7 *NEW* Tips for Checking Luggage in 2024 (Airlines Won't Warn You!)

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Great tips & hacks! Thanks! I’d like to add 2: -Remove tags and those little stickers from previous flights to avoid confusing baggage handlers. -Take photos of your bag and its contents to use in any claims.

A tip that a frequent traveller mentioned to me a few years ago is if you're travelling with another person, always split your clothes up between the bags rather than each person having a bag just for themselves. That way if one of the bags goes missing, both people will have at least some clothes for the trip and will minimize having to buy replacement items.

One tip I learned several years ago is that bedbugs can’t tolerate heat and dry conditions. If you don’t need your suitcase contents right away when you return home put your whole closed suitcase into a black plastic trash bag. Leave the bagged suitcase out in the hot sun for at least several days. The heat and the dry conditions will kill any bedbug hitchhikers that traveled home. Wash everything when you decide to open your bag and bring it inside.

Bed bug tips: Invest in a hot box to treat luggage. When you get home, pop the entire, unopened suitcase in the hot box and let it heat for 8 hours. It should get up to 140°F/60°C/. Examples of these are ThermalStrike Ranger, and Zappbug Heater/Oven. Also, pack some white plastic garbage bags in your luggage. Put your suitcase in a bag and then into the tub. Tie it tight. It'll keep bed bugs out (which can walk across ceilings and drop onto their targets) and if one lands, you can see it on the white plastic.

This isn’t about luggage, but it’s an important safety reminder: DON’T post your location on Facebook, especially at the start of an extended trip. One wrong “share” and a burglar will know you’re not home.

I stayed at a 5-star hotel in Dallas years ago. When I woke the first morning, I saw bed bugs on the other bed next to me where I had set my suitcase. When I got home, I undressed outside and put all my clothes in a hot wash. I threw out my bag since the handle had broken on the way home. I put my backpack and all items inside in the freezer outside for a week just to make sure any bugs/eggs were killed. Now, I pull up the sheets and look around the mattress when I check in to a hotel.

I've traveled to Asia and the Middle East several times in the past. After watching your video, I think I'll stay home.

When I book a taxi to take me to the airport I always give the neighbors’ address then make sure I’m waiting outside before taxi shows up. No need for taxi or Uber guy to know my house is going to be empty.

About 5 years ago, I accidentally forgot my laptop on a domestic Delta flight in the overhead bin. I immediately notified the airline and asked them to see if they could find it and filled out the appropriate forms. No such luck even though my name, address, and telephone number were on the case and taped on the laptop itself. I heard back nothing so I bought another laptop ($2,500). About 3 months later, I got a telephone call from an old man in Atlanta wondering why my name, address, and telephone number were taped to the laptop. I explained and for the low low price of $35, they sent it back to me.

Add two trackers to your bag. One in plain sight (doesn’t even have to work) and one well hidden. If the bag is stolen the theif might stop looking after finding the one that’s easier to find. 😊

Just want to say "Kudos!" for offering an Apple AND Android option for smart tags. So many of these videos assume everyone is an Apple user and just recommend their products when those are completely unusable unless you have an Apple phone or computer.

We were told that you couldn't put any trackers in our baggage. We did anyway. We found a suitcase that had been donated to a charity shop. It contained a passport, special visa and medication in there. The organisation donating them hadn't checked the pockets.

My house isn’t empty. We have one family member that is usually there. It’s traveling with rv that we aren’t there. Thank goodness for great neighbors

I actually will leave my suitcase in my garage for about 4 days after a trip, and it is thoroughly sprayed with Lysol... before I even think of bringing it into my home. The contents I will remove and straight into the washer it goes ( not necessarily the same day). I love the idea of the air tags. I could've used it on my recent trip as I arrived at my final destination minus my luggage. Thankfully, after about two days, I was reunited with my suitcase, and it was intact. Thank you for the video! 👍😁

I take a strip of ducktape and put inside with my name, phone, and email on it. A card can and will be lost very quickly.

wow, just when I thought I had considered everything when traveling , the “don’t put your suitcase on a bed” was a tip I had not thought of😳. Fortunately, I have not run into bedbugs while staying in any hotels before, but one of my sons has had an infestation in his place so I know it can be a nightmare. The exposed address risk another tip not considered before. The other tips are also good and I have used most of them. Some that have saved or helped me internationally are keeping my luggage ID receipt in my passport, no-zipper locking hard shell luggage, itinerary copies inside luggage, bright straps or covers that stand out and other tips shown on your channel. The sling bag tip has been a great help keeping critical items safe & handy while providing bonus carry-on storage. Thanks for keeping the travel ideas coming, John

Put a large picture of your face in the suitcase. If you get security to stop someone taking off with your bag, and there's a dispute as to whose it is, when the bag is opened and your face is right there...

Once lost a bag in Canada. It disappeared and the airline did not know where it went. Ten days later I received a letter from the "Airport Manager, Rio de Janeiro Airport" telling me they had my bag. They had used my information as you suggested we do. Told the airline and I got the bag two days later. People should pay attention to your ideas. They work.

Good video. Taxi-drivers doing airport-runs are also very well-placed to recce properties that will be empty for a week or two. That light blue dress really suits you.