"I don't have a traveling Mac, so that wasn't my concern. i actually have a Mac Pro desktop. However, the author mentioned that the confusion with the TM can be if it hasn't been used in a while. I was wondering if simply turning off my computer for a week would cause that confusion."

Sorry for misconstruing your question. Since the problems with Time Machine seem less than universal, I would suppose that you are in the best position to answer your own question - by testing it.