Free Travel Tips: Air Travel

Travel Tips: Air Travel

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Prevent Lost Luggage

- I travel almost weekly with my job and have had my share of lost luggage. Because my luggage carries work related materials, it is important that it is located as quickly as possible. Tips to ensure this are:

Purchase luggage that is a color other than black - because with the high percentage of black luggage out there, yours will stand out.
Always put a strap around your luggage. Once again, this makes your luggage stand out.
Carry a photograph of your luggage. I have had numerous misplaced baggage agents tell me this makes the location easier.

Paul Burton ID1183

Privacy and Sanity Break

- Although this may sound strange, please keep in mind that I travel 75% of my time for business. When you are tired of fighting for a place in line and hearing that your flight has just been cancelled, take a walk directly into the nearest restroom stall. I have found it to be my sanctuary. After I shut my stall door and place my 35-lb. shoulder bag down, nobody can bother me. Sometimes I even read a magazine between flights.
Leah Tews ID1204

Protect Your Driver's Licence

- Paranoid of losing my drivers license, I kept my recently expired drivers license to use as photo ID for the airport security checkpoints. My current DL stays safe in my wallet and I only got quizzed on the expired date once.
Bob McConnell ID1430

Protect Your Film

- New 'checked luggage' explosive detectors/scanners WILL ruin all undeveloped film - whether it is new in the box or exposed. It's okay to check your camera gear, but get your film out of the 'checked luggage' and carry with you. Standard X-ray screening will not hurt or damage your vacation/family memories - but machines such as the InVision CTX-5000 will 'fry your film'.
Andy Lightbody ID1213

Protect Your Luggage

- When waiting in line or sitting in the airport (or anywhere else, for that matter), always have the strap(s) to your carry-on luggage wrapped around an arm or a leg, then they won't disappear without your knowledge. I carry this suggestion to the extreme if I am in a questionable area. I have even straddled my large bags when I felt it necessary - or at least have them touching my leg so I'd know if they were moved.
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Travel Kiosk ID1218

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