Regularly moving files

Hi, I'm a new Lightroom 2.3 user. So far just getting my head around it.
I've three questions here is the third one.
I plan to use one catalogue per wedding client. That is fine when I am working at my desk. All of the files will be stored on an external storage device (one which I can't move easily).
When a client comes to review images I have (to date) been using Bridge in CS2. I take the files, copy the folder to my desktop, disconnect the external storage device and take my laptop downstairs. There I connect it to the TV and display images to the clients on that. When the selection has been done (using colour labels) I then take my work upstairs again, re-connect the external device and copy files back from the laptop to the external drive.
Now I want to do the same thing with Lightroom.
How can I achieve this?
I don't mind doing import/export to a temporary catalogue on the laptop and then importing/exporting back rather than just copying files but I do want to be able to regularly move files to the laptop and move them back *preserving the new labels and so on*.
It's easy with Bridge but I'm not sure how one would do it (or something very similar!) for LR.

Jonh, don't get grumpy life is way too short.
I said that I would try your very first suggestion and I now have. I only typed a few comments in response to comments made, nothing more nothing less. In forums I like to be polite and respond not ignore help offered.
We all have our own way of working with things. You are no exception. I'm coming to LR with a well established routine based on Bridge. I'm simply trying to work out if I can modify that routine easily for LR or if I have to start from scratch. It looks like I can just modify it which is good.
There are no "banal assumptions" going on here - I came asking for advice so that I didn't start using LR in one way to find in six months time that it would be better for me in another way. Talking to quite a few LR users (not just a few on here) there has been (and continues to be) much debate over single or multiple catalogues. And I have heard people who have moved from multiple to single and others moved from single to multiple. Similarly I am not assuming that LR works the same as iView. I did wonder if the preview mechanism worked the same way which is not an unfair thought given the similarities in the tools. But I've now been told one can zoom to 100% which is all I need. I imagine that I can crop etc on the previews and that's all stored... but I need to TEST that to be sure. As for "changing goalposts" - again, no change at all. Maybe I've added information, but as I said I only got hold of the program yesterday and am trying to find out what it does.
I have now had time to try export to new catalogue, change ratings and labelling, and import from catalogue. It did what I wanted, no problem.
When I talk about "one program change" might screw things up I wasn't meaning I don't have backups. I do. They're fine. What I mean is that sometimes a programmer makes a mistake as they add a new feature/modify/fix a bug and suddenly a single database (and I'm not talking LR, or iView here I'm just talking about databases in general) becomes unstable - for example a small memory leak (not closing off handles in storage) might mean that a tool takes over all available memory on a computer causing crashes. A point-upgrade to the software might mean that working in one way or another could cause an issue. One solution to this kind of thing is to use smaller databases. That's not always a practical or desirable route to go for. Here it is possible but is it desirable? The jury appears to be out even if you've made up your mind.
My first day playing with LR says to me that I'm likely to benefit more from multiple catalogues than a single one for my work. If I were a stock shooter I might have one big one to help me find different photos. Different folks will have different needs.
Bottom line - I've tested export and import. I can disconnect the F: drive and still work with the files with my clients. Job done. Thanks for your help.

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