How To Never Lose Your Luggage

Handle any emergency with Howcast's First Aid app - http://howc.st/jkDRTe

Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video.

Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from vinzfeller and more videos in the Air Travel category.

You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at http://www.howcast.com/videos/new or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at http://www.howcast.com/filmmakers/apply.

After dealing with a middle seat, a screaming baby, and a weather delay, you get to your destination—but your luggage doesn't! It happens to 10,000 people every day, but that doesn't have to be you.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Your luggage
Ribbons, stickers, or colorful tape

Step 1: Fly on a weekend

Pick a weekend flight. Because fewer people fly on weekends, baggage handlers aren't so frazzled and are less likely to make mistakes.

Step 2: Avoid connections

Avoid connections. Having a layover almost doubles the odds your luggage gets lost. And in a tight connection, your bags may not follow you to the plane.

Step 3: Remove old tags

Remove anything that might confuse automatic bag screening machines, like pieces of old luggage tags from previous trips.

Step 4: Personalize your bag

Jazz things up a bit! Put a big ribbon, stickers, or tape on your bag—anything to personalize it. Thousands of people unknowingly walk off with the wrong bag.

Tip: When buying a suitcase, choose any other color but black. It accounts for more than 80% of all bags!

Step 5: Check in early

Check in early. Most lost luggage is checked within 30 minutes of takeoff. It also takes longer for a bag to get to the plane than for you to get to the gate.

Step 6: Check the airport code

Ask for the code of the airport you're flying to, then compare it to the tag they put on your bag. Most lost luggage is incorrectly tagged.

Thanks for watching How To Never Lose Your Luggage! If you enjoyed this video subscribe to the Howcast YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=howcast

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• howcast
• how-to
• luggage
• travel
• lose
• safe

[frighteningbolt]

2% of 10,000 lost bags a day is 200 bags per day that are lost forever and never returned, that's a lot. =/

[nobodycares456]

The baby is so cute!

[Mrdahportugal]

In Dublin airport over the loud speaker every 5 mins or so, they say "unattended baggage will be taken and destroyed, thank you, and enjoy your flight"!

[Danyelle2345]

ok why did he give the baby a piece of paper?????

[TheZombiedemon95]

How to never lose your luggage

you will need luggage...Crap i lost it

[lolz665]

My suit case is pink ugh

[angelcake318]

my suitcase is blue with flowers on it :D

[PlastikHaifisch]

My suitcase is red ;)

-PlastikHaifisch

[tory111199]

Thats why you only bring money and buy everything when u get there... Then leave all the stuff you bought and go home, luggage free.

[GORDONJ46]

BUY A SUPERSMARTTAG!

Supersmarttag. com

[DeeandEd]

200 bbags a day get burned, blasted with a laser, and get thrown a plane. (lol jk soz i wuz bored)

[MsLittleCatfish13]

i sure would be frazzled if i had to work on a weekend