Choosing Travel Luggage
Travel Luggage comes in all shapes and sizes and although its purpose is largely practical it is also often considered to be part of a your wardrobe and therefore you may want to choose something that matches your tastes and styles. However, before you choose your next item of luggage let's summarise the various options open to you.
The following luggages types would serve as a starting point:
- Backpack - a bag that is slung over both shoulders. Sometimes called knapsack when carrying camping supplies.
- Trunk - a large piece of luggage often wooden, plastic, or even light metal. Due to its size this isn't really practical for most air travel and is usually only used for sea voyages or for overland journeys.
- Suitcase - a general purpose piece of luggage that comes in various sizes and may or may not have wheels.
- Wheeled Upright - a suitcase on wheels with an extendible handle that allows the owner to pull it along behind or push it in front.
- Suit or Garment Bag - a large flat bag that is often lined and which is used to store clothing. It sometimes has a coat hanger integrated with it and straps on the outside which enable it to be folded and secured. They can be quite large and are sometimes wheeled.
- Tote Bag - a shoulder bag or a small bag on wheels. Often used as hand luggage on aircraft although some models exceed the maximum allowed weight and size for overhead lockers.
- Duffel bag or Holdall - a soft bag that comes in a variety of sizes. Usually barrel shaped and used to carry clothes or sports equipment.
- Briefcase - a piece of hand luggage usually used for carrying business documents.
- Carpet bag - luggage made from pieces of carpet!
- Rolling Luggage - a term which describes any kind of luggage that has wheels attached to aid movement (see above).
Go to our luggage section for some examples of these and other types.
