Gifts for Travelers: Bag Tags
December 17, 2006 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Air Travel, Products & Resources, Shopping, Travel Tips
In a world of black luggage, it’s sometimes easy to grab the wrong bag. Hopefully, you always check the beg tag to make sure the bag you’ve got is your own!
A brightly colored bag tag will add an additional visual to help you spot your luggage, whether you’re putting it in an overhead bin or looking for in on a crowded luggage carousel.
Currently, I’m using a bright neon pink bag tag, and you can see it from a mile away. On a recent trip, I checked my bag, and it was easy to spot “my” black bag among all the others in baggage claim.
I’ve written about some fun bag tags previously, so take a look here to see if these suit you.
Here are a couple of other suggestions.
Tags for Bags offers bag tags made out of a heavy duty polyester webbing that can be personalized, Global Bag Tag offers a bag tag with an electronic tracking option, and Corporate Travel Safety offers larger sized, brightly colored faux leather tags (in photo).
Bag tags are relatively inexpensive, and make a great stocking stuffer or secret Santa gift.
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Because so many people carry black-colored luggage, I’ve decided to travel with luggage in green or silver hues.
I also attached a braided piece of brightly-colored yarn to the handle to differentiate my luggage from others looking for green or silver.
My sister is an artist, so she decorated my mom’s black-colored luggage with top to bottom painted drawings. No way will anyone claim that bag as their own (at least I hope not).
The tags are cool, too. We thought of these differences before the tags were introduced.
Great idea! Anything to stand out in a crowd.
I have to use black luggage for work, so I’m stuck trying to differentiate my luggage with brightly colored tags.
We haven’t had a problem since our little boy stuck dinosaur stickers all over our samsonite suitcase when he was two. I admit it’s not a solution for everyone, but the stickers do have golden highlights, so it’s not completely unstylish!
Kate: That will do the trick, all right, and a good way to look at what could have been an otherwise unpleasant occurrence.