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Anyone
who has travelled a few times will have seen luggage leaking liquids,
open and worse when waiting for their own suitcases to come off the
luggage carousel at the airport. Discovering that your bag has burst
open or that the bottles of disinfectant inside your suitcase have
broken and are now making your expensive clothes smell worse than a
hospital, is one of the worse possible ways of beginning or ending a
trip.
Just
a little time spent selecting the right luggage for your trip can help
avoid any such disasters. We personally recommend hard cases, especially
for holidays or longer trips, such as those from samsonite, as they are
a lot sturdier and far more reliable. Granted they do reduce your
overall weight allowance but at least the contents will be that much
safer. We recommend to go for the larger size even if you think you
won't need so much space, a larger size allows unforeseen purchases to
be packed without the need for buying new bags.
If
you do opt for a hard case then try and personalise it a little, by
adding some stickers or pictures etc. That way there can be no confusion
about which suitcases are yours or a fellow travellers.
Most
of these new suitcases have combination locks. We asked a luggage
handler at London's Heathrow Airport what the most common combination
was and were surprised to learn that the most common is '000' which is
the default combination the suitcase ships with. With this in mind you
may want to consider changing the combination to something more personal
to you.
If
your trip does not require such a large size suitcase then there are
many options available for the traveller who wants the ease of
travelling with only carry on. The new designs are on average very light
and should be able to pass any size requirements the airlines or airport
may have, which means it cannot be too large. With such cases you really
should be looking for compartments where all your needed items can be
easily and efficiently stored. For example you should look for shirt
compartments, special areas for toiletries, and a useful documents
holder on the outside of the case that allows easy access to money and
passports etc.
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There
are many other country specific tips in the column to the left and other
general tips below:
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