Originally Posted by Flaflyer

There was a post a few months back from a guy who went often to the same cities in the US and stayed at the same hotels. He kept several packed identical suitcases and FedExed one two days before his trip to the hotel and then had FedEx pick it up and return it. Mail your dirty laundry home as it were. Said it was cost effective and of course no checked bags, no airline lost bags, no waiting at the bag claim, all trips carry on only. I think it is a cool idea and would work for some repetitive travel plans.