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I have a luggage story.
Once while sailing from Miami (and I happened to live there at the time, which was lucky) I checked my luggage in..and I thought I was really clever and put 3 metalic red strips of tape on the corner of the luggage so I could identify it. It was a hard Samsonite suitcase...dark blue.

After the cruise, I picked up my luggage at the port..same suitcase...SAME red tape in the SAME place...put it in the car and drove home. Well, when I got home...I found out the luggage was NOT mine.

Fortunately for me...the owner's address was on the label and I looked and the owner lived on Key Biscayne! I called her...and sure enough...she had mine. We made arrangements and met half way between our houses and switched luggage!

Now I was very lucky that this person didn't live in England or someplace!

I don't think anyone would deliberately take your luggage....who wants to go through your dirty underwear and most people don't pack anything valuable in the checked in luggage...but as my example proves....someone else might be as original as you are in your marking your territory!

So...moral of the story...get REALLY original when marking your luggage!

<blockquote data-quote="Cruisin Gal" data-source="post: 675951">I have a luggage story.Once while sailing from Miami&nbsp; (and I happened to live there at the time, which was lucky)&nbsp; I checked my luggage in..and I thought I was really clever and put 3 metalic red strips of tape on the corner of the luggage so I could identify it.&nbsp; It was a hard Samsonite suitcase...dark blue.After the cruise, I picked up my luggage at the port..same suitcase...SAME red tape in the SAME place...put it in the car and drove home.&nbsp; Well, when I got home...I found out the luggage was NOT mine.&nbsp; Fortunately for me...the owner's address was on the label and I looked and the owner lived on Key Biscayne!&nbsp;&nbsp; I called her...and sure enough...she had mine.&nbsp; We made arrangements and met half way between our houses and switched luggage!Now I was very lucky that this person didn't live in England or someplace!I don't think anyone would deliberately take your luggage....who wants to go through your dirty underwear and most people don't pack anything valuable in the checked in luggage...but as my example proves....someone else might be as original as you are in your marking your territory!So...moral of the story...get REALLY original when marking your luggage!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cruisin Gal, post: 675951"] I have a luggage story. Once while sailing from Miami (and I happened to live there at the time, which was lucky) I checked my luggage in..and I thought I was really clever and put 3 metalic red strips of tape on the corner of the luggage so I could identify it. It was a hard Samsonite suitcase...dark blue. After the cruise, I picked up my luggage at the port..same suitcase...SAME red tape in the SAME place...put it in the car and drove home. Well, when I got home...I found out the luggage was NOT mine. Fortunately for me...the owner's address was on the label and I looked and the owner lived on Key Biscayne! I called her...and sure enough...she had mine. We made arrangements and met half way between our houses and switched luggage! Now I was very lucky that this person didn't live in England or someplace! I don't think anyone would deliberately take your luggage....who wants to go through your dirty underwear and most people don't pack anything valuable in the checked in luggage...but as my example proves....someone else might be as original as you are in your marking your territory! So...moral of the story...get REALLY original when marking your luggage! [/QUOTE]