Luggage Travel Hacks

Are you a bag checker or do you carry on? If it’s a weekend, I’ll carry on, but anything over that and I’m checking a bag! Here are my favorite tips for making sure my bags arrives at the same time I do 🛬

Here’s what to keep and what to leave off of your bag to make sure your luggage arrives on time!

We already know we need to remove bagtags from your previous trips but what about those little barcode stickers you have all over your bag? Remove ALL previous barcode stickers as they may be accidently scanned which can confuse the system.

If you keep previous barcode stickers on, it could end up being manually processed which may mean your bag may not make it on the flight. Remove those old stickers to prevent your bag from being delayed.

Instead of checking hardshell suitcases, go for a soft sided bag. They typically perform better than hardshell bags when being stacked on the plane.

I used to think that when checking a bag, the most important factor was the time of check in. Turns out I was wrong! The weight of your bag is actually much more important than check-in time, and the color of your bag does NOT matter at all.

This overweight pink bag has a higher chance of being delayed than this underweight generic black bag.

While marking your luggage with a ribbon may make it easier for you, the luggage handlers don’t love ‘em. Skip those ribbons or any markers, as they may coverup the routing stickers and delay your bag!

Do you have a hard shell suitcase or a soft sided one? Comment and LMK! 🥰 Make sure to follow along for more helpful travel hacks.

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