How to Keep Your Luggage Safe

Huffington Post offers a behind the scenes look at stories and tips of a baggage handler, which helps travelers identify ways to keep their luggage safe.

Some suggestions include:

• not packing red wine or alcohol in a suitcase
• making sure to have the correct destination on your bag tag and removing any old tags
  
• avoiding buying luggage with handles that are sewn on or very flimsy 

The article offers more involved stories and tips so take a look at their suggestions for how to keep your luggage safe.

Packing Tip for Business Travel

Smart Women Travelers offers a travel tip for packing your clothes in your luggage:

If your luggage does not have a fold-out section for you to lay out your clothes, then roll them up. Rolling them seems to save space and also keeps wrinkles to a minimum. In case of wrinkles, the above site also has small sizes of WrinkleSpray and Febreze to freshen up your clothes.

Infographic: Flying with Presents - What Items to Not Place in Checked Baggage

With the holidays fast approaching, here's a travel infographic for business travelers advising what items to not place in your checked bags or luggage. The items are divided into valuables, critical item, fragile items, and perishables. If your are planning on bringing presents back from your business travel, take a look at the packing advice below.

Business Travel Tip: Packing Important Documents

Instead of wrangling through your briefcase or bag, try this business travel tip for packing your carry-on bag and "include a brightly colored, plastic envelope to hold your passport and other important documents. You can also save time by having enough currency exchanged into the denomination of the country you are going to for payment of taxis, car services, and tips."

Replace Your Backpack With Smarter Business Travel Luggage

It might be time to ditch that backpack and look into some new luggage for your business travels. There are more options than ever now that cater to the needs of business travelers on the go. Frankly, I'd lean towards this bag - the Chrome Backbone Messenger Pack. The bag is designed by bike gear maker Chrome, but the items have found a place among American business travelers. The messenger pack works as a backpack, is cleanable, and available in this sleek design with a variety of colors.

Anyone else have business travel bag suggestions?

Photo credit: chromebagsstore.com

Photo credit: chromebagsstore.com