Summer is peak travel season, and every year more of us opt for holidays abroad. Unfortunately, as passenger numbers grow, so does the share of lost or stolen luggage. Statistics show that around 5 pieces of luggage go missing for every 1,000 passengers, and although some of them are eventually recovered, most are lost for good. Securing your suitcase properly can improve your chances of getting it back.
How to make lost luggage easier to find
Before you travel, take photos of your suitcase from every side. This makes it much easier for airport staff or the relevant authorities to identify your luggage in the event of theft, and also helps establish its value and claim any insurance payout. It’s also good practice to attach some distinctive marker to your bag, such as a tag or a sticker, so you can tell it apart from the thousands of similar bags at the airport. Remember to carry your most valuable items, such as electronics, jewellery and important documents, in your hand luggage.
How to check in hold luggage properly
When you approach the check-in desk, airport staff weigh your suitcase and attach a baggage tag to it: a small sticker with a barcode and a string of digits. It’s important to take a photo of this too.
The same code appears on your boarding passes, so it’s essential not to throw them away until you’ve collected your luggage and made sure everything is in order. It’s also worth considering putting a note with your contact details inside the suitcase, in case someone takes your bag off the carousel by mistake.
How to track your suitcase during the journey
More and more airlines offer the option of following your suitcase’s journey to the destination airport in a mobile app (for a small additional fee). Usually, though, all you’ll find there is information about which stage of the process your bag is currently at.
The most reliable solution is a tracker such as notiOne GPS PLUS. A device like this may turn out to be somewhat more expensive than the previous methods, but it’s usually only a fraction of the value of your suitcase.
Which tracker works abroad?
The notiOne GPS PLUS tracker works in more than 110 countries around the world and offers precise location of your belongings in a free app for Android and iOS phones. What’s more, its high-capacity battery lasts up to 2 months on a single charge, so once you’ve arrived on holiday you can use it, for example, to protect your hire car or your camera bag.
Why buy a luggage tracker?
Before travelling to another country, we often read warnings about the many dangerous situations that occur there and that tourists should bear in mind. Most of us probably find it hard to imagine a situation in which a backpack with important documents goes missing abroad, or someone steals our suitcase.
What should you do in a situation like this?
The features of the notiOne GPS PLUS tracker can come to the rescue. One of them is the anti-theft alert, which sends a notification to your phone when the device detects movement. The intuitive notiOne app lets you follow its location in real time. In addition, the device:
- stores route history going back up to 90 days
- comes with a silicone case that keeps it waterproof down to a depth of several metres
- supports e-TOLL, Poland’s government-run electronic toll system, for automatic payment on toll road sections
“We try to focus on completeness and usefulness. In my opinion, notiOne GPS PLUS is one of the more versatile trackers on the market. With no unnecessary ‘bells and whistles’, the device gives the user exactly what people buy a tracker for in the first place: it simply locates things and keeps your belongings safe, and on top of that it’s easy to set up and use.” says Adam Koszalik, Marketing Specialist at notiOne.
Where to buy a suitcase tracker
The notiOne GPS suitcase tracker is available in the official online shop, with the option to upgrade to the PLUS version through the app at any time and a lifetime subscription included with every device.
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