>>2956769So as I take you want to take photos during travel. You have two options here, go with small easy to carry camera with some compromise or go with a smaller crop body DSLR or a decent mirrorless.
The smaller option goes for compact point and shoots like the RX100, LX100, X100T, X70 and the likes. Of course we don't take into account the cheap low end compacts. Also there are the MFT cameras like the EM5 MkII, EM10 Mk.
The bigger option is a crop DSLR like a Nikon D5500, D7100, pentax K-S2, K-70 or K-3, Canon 760D, 70D or 80D.
The rest can be decided which one you like, which you can afford with decent lenses and so on.
For me the DSLR never held me back, not really an issue to carry it around especially if you only take a couple lenses with you, a normal prime and a wide to normal zoom. You will bound to get a separate bag for the camera, no matter what you choose.
Also mind that mirrorless cameras rely on electric viewfinders which use battery power so they usually take less shots on a single charge than a DSLR with optical viewfinder. A DSLR only takes the most juice when it exposes, in the mean time is mostly inactive with the occasional metering.
Usually it takes a beginner a few weeks of research to get the exact setup he wants, it took me a month to actually narrow down the candidates on the one I chose. So take your time, do your research and later you will be able to enjoy it the most.
Also buy used from trustworthy retailers to lower costs and stretch your budget for better lenses.
For a direct recommendation:
Pentax K-70 or K-S2 with kit zoom and DA 35/2.4
Nikon D7000 or D7100 with kit zoom and 35/1.8G
Also look at the Olympus cameras, I don't really know much about the lenses to recommend one.
