Affinity luggage tags/identification?
 

Aside from my yellow FT tags, I have blue/yellow Lindblad Expedition ribbons on my luggage.

Both have allowed me to connect with like-minded travelers.

Do you carry affinity identifiers when you travel?

I have red plastic ribbons tied to some of my luggages.

I have FT tags on bags that I fly with, along with the DL PM luggage tags on my roller.

I just had three luggage tags made up on Shutterfly using scenic vacation pictures. They are very distinct pictures so it helps identifying my bags.

I wasn't trying to start on luggage tags in general.

I was specifically interested if many people carried distinctive tags to identify themselves to other members of a group.

College tags, cruise line tags, that sort of thing.

On my old bag, I used to have an Eagle, Globe & Anchor sticker. I stopped using that bag once I started traveling internationally, however.

I made my own!

FT tags only on all bags (incl carryon).

I have an old LV carry-on which my parents used to use. It's at least 50 years old. They collected tags from many of their trips, and I have added to them. This one bag has over 200 tags, from all 7 continents. Not only is it a wonderful conversation starter, but flipping thru them brings back wonderful memories.

I got some of the flyertalk tags and I have to say that, while I appreciated the low cost, I thought they looked really amateurish -- like they'd been laminated down at the local Kinkos. Sorry to be critical, but I think a hard plastic yellow tag in the rounded shape of the flyertalk logo would be much more impressive. I'd be willing to spend more for something like that.

Impressive, maybe, while it lasts. I had a hard plastic tag from Tennessee (go Vols!) which was cracked and damaged after a few months of hard use. I think the hard tags (unless the plastic is really strong) do not hold up well to the rigors of travel, either through checked-in abuse or cramming into overhead bins. The laminated plastic seems to last longer because it's soft. Sure, they look cheap, but they work.

I have various airline tags, United carry-on "green" tags, and hotel tags from Whistler to Hong Kong to Maui.