New Travel Hack: Ditch Your Bags Using LugLess
When the pandemic first hit and travel grinded to a standstill, it was a difficult moment for me - as it was for so many other passionate travels. Now, seven months later, people are still leary of traveling and the airlines are facing a potentially devastating near term financial hit. But I do want to travel - and with the holidays coming up, visiting friends and family in other parts of the U.S. is very important to me.
As you know, I pride myself on finding the best ways to travel and that includes traveling safely, which means using the best technology out there. So I scoured the internet and found an amazing service, LugLess, that offers a great way to conveniently ship your bags without ever having to touch a check in counter or luggage carousel.
That’s a great relief to me personally, since “contactless” travel is definitely the way to go. And the best part is that the service is really affordable. The Lugless website finds you the cheapest luggage shipping rates and also lets you choose the best options for your trip, like doorstep pickup or additional coverage. That’s great because you can tailor (and pay for) exactly what you need.
Shipping luggage ahead is one of the easiest and safest ways to reduce contact points and avoid those crowded areas in the airport. It is also a great way to ship large and clunky items that you wouldn’t want to take with you on the plane, like golf clubs, skis or wardrobe boxes. They can even ship your golf clubs to the course and your snowboards to the mountain. How great is that?
LugLess offers real peace of mind to travelers who can effortlessly send their luggage to their final destination in advance. The process of booking a shipment is incredibly simple:
Book - Input trip details, choose bag types (LugLess offers a calculator to determine each bag category). LugLess’ finds the absolute lowest UPS and FedEx rates for you.
Print - Print a shipping label and attach it to each of your bags.
Ship - Drop off your items to a local UPS or FedEx location, or pay a small extra fee to have your bags picked up from your home or office directly.
Fly - Head to the airport bag free, skip the check-in line, bypass the crowded baggage claim and meet your bags at your destination.
Using this service can really bring down the anxiety levels associated with flying during a pandemic. I can really relax on a flight, knowing that I have greatly reduced my contact points at the airport - not to mention the fact that I don’t have to worry about the airlines losing my luggage or worse, standing around a crowded luggage carousel with strangers.
Have you used this service before? Let me know what your experience was like in the comments section!