What to put on a personalized luggage tag?
#31
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: London & Sonoma CA
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On the way out, I don't mind putting address, phone number and email. On the return journey, I put email, phone number, country and post code.
#32
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: next to HAM
Programs: LH M+M
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On outbound, I add dates+phone numbers of the hotel(s) I am staying at.
Don't know if it would help, never "lost" a bag outbound so far :-}
I always take a photo of the bags before leaving home, was helpful to get one bag back inbound (9 min connection was too tight for sure
Don't know if it would help, never "lost" a bag outbound so far :-}
I always take a photo of the bags before leaving home, was helpful to get one bag back inbound (9 min connection was too tight for sure
#33
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: Delta
Posts: 270
I don't usually put my address on the outside of a bag, but I suppose I could. I'm not sure I buy into the notion that thieves are waiting (all over the world) to look at the addresses on random bags to alert their international counterparts to go rob houses somewhere else. Besides they can never be sure that one bag seen somewhere is proof that all occupants of a house are away traveling - seems like quite a risk for the thief to take on? The more pressing concern for me is that if I lose a bag when I'm traveling I'm more interested in having the finder contact me to figure out next steps. My home address may not be the best location for someone to send my bags to if I'm mid-trip and neither do I want to keep changing the address on my tags as I travel. (Traveling with family as a child I recall my parents going through the ritual of always updating luggage tags with the address of our next destination.)