Travel Tips, Part 2

Continuing with travel tips, today let's talk about identifying your luggage. Unless you have a very distinctive bag, it's hard to tell when yours is coming around on the carousel. Of course, you need to have your name and phone number on the bag -- preferably your cell phone number. But I also like to make mine a little more memorable.

I recommend you find a distinctive bandanna, like the one shown, and buy several. Tie it on your bag(s) in a place where it won't easily come off. Rather than on the handle, I tied mine on the metal ring that holds the handle on the bag. Now I can spot mine from a distance, and it's not likely someone will mistake my bag for theirs.

I've also had my bag go ahead of me when I got voluntarily bumped from a flight. In that case, I had to pick my luggage out of a large crowd of luggage, and this helped a lot. The sight of this bandanna brings unspeakable joy -- knowing that my bag was not sent to South America is priceless.

Tomorrow, another luggage tip.