Avoiding Lost Luggage

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Avoiding Lost Luggage
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orried about your airline losing your luggage? Will it make it to your destination with you? Or will it disappear for the first few days of your vacation?

Here's what you can do to avoid loss, shorten the amount of time you're without your belongings, and assure you're properly compensated in the rare event your bag is permanently lost.

	1) Don't check valuables. Checked bags are no place for cash, travelers' checks, expensive jewelry, etc.
	2) Have a list of what you packed in each bag.
	3) Make sure the outside of your bag has at least one form of identification with at least one address or phone number or e-mail address ... that will be answered while you are away.
	4) Make sure the INSIDE of your bag has a detailed day-by-day itinerary including the name, address, phone number and e-mail for each hotel or other lodging at which you will stay, as well as your home address, etc.
	5) Remove all old luggage tags. If Acapulco was your destination last winter, you don't want your bags going there while you're on your way to Rome this summer!

any, many "lost" bags are not lost at all ... the vast majority are found. Unfortunately, many of the found bags never find their owners due to inadequate identification and contact information.

Other bags are found quite early, but their owners will have been without the contents for the duration of their trip since the only "contact" information with the bag was a home address ... and no one was home!

ags will occasionally go astray despite the best efforts of the airlines. But we, the passengers, cause much of the lost luggae. A few simple actions, as above, will reduce the odds of your luggage being lost at all, or for very long.

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Avoiding Lost Luggage Put the Odds in Your Favor

Avoiding Lost Luggage
Put the Odds in Your Favor