Travellers have been hit with a warning ahead of a busy summer for getaways.
After the pandemic made international travel almost impossible, airlines and tour operators are reporting record numbers of bookings. But an expert has now warned how thieves can break into your suitcases, as well as how you can stop them.
With some of your most important possessions potentially packed inside, the thought of someone rifling through your stuff is hard to handle.
According to Sarah Adekola, a TikTok user who goes by @millennialwealthsarah, it is possible to break into such a bag using just a pen, the Mirror reports.
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Rather than suggesting people refrain from ever going on holiday again or only taking hand luggage with them when they do, Sarah offered some tips on how to keep your bags as secure as possible.
After showing how easily certain suitcases can be broken into, she explained what qualities she looks for in a travel bag. Sarah recommends going for darker coloured suitcases in either grey and black, and ones made from harder materials rather than soft, squishy bags.
When buying a new bag, she she always goes for one with wheels as they're easier to move, and prefers those which have zippers that are difficult to spot or obscured by fabric. Sarah also said it is now possible to buy bags without any zippers at all.
She added: "I would also go for suitcase brands that give me a lifetime warranty or at least five years".
If you are also concerned about how well treated your bag will be after you've said goodbye to it at the check-in desk, then you may want to consider slapping on a "fragile" sticker, according to escape.com.au
The outlet reports that asking for one for your luggage could not only earn the bag gentler treatment, but that it could also speed up your wait time when it comes to the baggage carousel, as the sticker will affect the order in which your bags are packed onto the plane.
Baggage tagged as being fragile will go into the plane last, which means it comes out the other side first, which equals less time to wait at the dreaded carousel.
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