Stand Out On The Carousel

Flight delays are depressing and rather boring, in fact anything that could potentially eat away at your holiday time. So making it through customs after a long wait, if you’ve flown during a peak time then you’ll definitely know the feeling.

Moving towards the luggage area, it is a painful to watch the bags go round and round especially when it’s not yours. Trying to determine which bag is yours amongst the rest of the passengers on your flight with ever-popular black suitcases.

Why not speed up the process by standing out on the carousel by upgrading luggage to a first class look and status. Luggage designs and constructions has improved over the years, with various brands implementing their own innovated style concepts as well as using great materials to produce ultra light weight suit cases.

One the industry leaders for combining unique design with functionality is Samsonite’s Cosmolite range. This is said to be the lightest and strongest Samsonite luggage ever.

Definitely appealing with the strict luggage restrictions, as you wouldn’t want a suitcase to take up half of the allowed weight.

Samsonite Cosmolite is made from a material exclusive to Samsonite, known as Curv® technology, this used in bulletproof vest. It is an advanced impact resistant, lightweight material and woven fibers of durable polypropylene together. Turning them into individual sheets that are quickly reinforced and fused to the Cosmolite’s outer shell.

The Cosmolite is inspired by nature; their shells have a unique ridge design to add strength without adding thickness and lowering scratch sensitivity.

•        4 Wheel Spinner design
•       Ultra Light
•        TSA Combination
•        ID Tag
•         Zipped divider pads
•        Samsonite limted warranty

Lastly the Samsonite Cosmolite comes in a wide range of trendy but yet tasteful colours that will easily noticeable for the fashion conscious traveller as well as stand out on the carousel.

Available from all good luggage stores, with prices starting at £199.00.

No Need For The Luggage Fee

Being able to find discounted flights for short breaks away has become easy to come across with airlines such EasyJet and Ryanair offering great rates.

These rates unfortunately, can slowly increase after you have included the advised travel insurance and then the shocking ‘luggage fee’. Most low cost airlines now charge a fee for checking any luggage into the holds of their aircraft, although you’re offered a discounted fee when booking online.

Your cheap getaway starts to become a little expensive than you originally anticipated.

Travelling on a budget you would be trying to avoid the luggage fee, especially if you’re only away for a weekend break.

So we would like to provide a solution to this problem, by selecting a few ‘Cabin Friendly Luggage' pieces. These will comply with the size restriction of most low cost airlines, 56cm x 45cm x 25cm, helping you to avoid the dreaded luggage fee. It’s always still advisable to confirm the size limits with your airline or airport before travel.

Cabin friendly luggage is ideal for those short trips or weekend breaks, although it is questionable on to how much can be packed in. Depending on the purpose of your trip, there is a wide variety of cabin luggage to fit most no matter your price range.

Lets take a look at the Eminent Porta C12S (Porta Lite Cabin Case); this case is constructed from ultra light, durable ABS hard-shell. The Eminent range of luggage is backed by a 5 year guarantee and is manufactured to the highest quality standards.

This contemporary design has a fully lined internal clothes compartment, reversed zip closure with the fixed combination lock. Also a lockable multi-position trolley handle, this is an affordable, high – quality for any consumer. (Dimensions: 55 x 24 x 38cm, Price: £77.00)

Now the Ashwood Cabin Trolley with Laptop Compartment, which will definitely appeal to anyone taking business trip. Ashwood produces beautiful innovative designs combined with timeless shapes for the latest generation of gentlemen and woman.

This luxury Italian leather case has an extendible push button trolley system, smooth inliner wheels and spacious internal section with packing straps. The internal pockets on the underside of lid, helps to organize garments and accessories. Now here is the business appeal, the zippered front pocket opens to reveal organizer section to store business cars, PDA or iPhone. Finally, a secure laptop compartment to store laptops between 12 to 15 inch.

(Dimensions: 52 x 39 x 35cm, Price: £176.00)

The Briggs & Riley Bassline 18” Carry -On Expandable Upright U418X is slightly smaller than the rest but packed full with features to stand bold with them.

Garment securing panels keep clothes in place, minimizing wrinkles and pockets on the lid are perfect for toiletries, makeup etc. The SpeedThru pocket on the front of the case is for hassle-free airport security checks.

Made from nylon outer fabric resists against wear, water, dirt and abrasions. Coming with a lifetime warranty, EVEN covers airline damage! Simple as that.(Dimensions: 45.70 x 35.60 x 20.30cm, Price: £269.00)

With these cases and more to choose from, there’s no need to change your discounted trip away into a pricey venture due to luggage fee. Take a look at other Cabin Friendly luggage pieces such as the Samsonite B Lite Spinner 55cm at very reasonable £155.00 and for the style craver why not check out the Rimowa Topas IATA Cabin Multiwheel. Made from aluminium-magnesium shells, designed with the most state of the art technology at £532.00.