Savvy Travel Tip: Skip Fees With an Adaptable Carry-On


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Carry-On With Laptop Bag

If you don't want to bother with the hassle of checking in your luggage, being charged baggage fees, and potentially losing your bags, consider an adaptable carry-on. If you're wondering what that is, it's a flexible luggage that has bags attached to it so it'll still be counted as one piece since they are all stuck together. These adaptable bags are measured to easily fit into the cabin storage Read more

Do You Have a Luggage Rack?


Updated 08/29/10 5:51 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 1 comment

Photo of Blair Waldorf's Bedroom in Gossip Girl

If you're Blair Waldorf, it's only natural that you have a luggage rack to prop up and display your luxe Louis Vuitton suitcase. But for the rest of us who own less glamorous nylon Samsonite-style rolling bags, a luggage rack isn't exactly a decorative item, but merely a functional one! After a trip, I'm definitely guilty of the drag and drop in my house. In any case, do you own one? Do Read more

Pointless or Point Taken: Drop Off Luggage Locked and Loaded?


Updated 07/18/10 10:56 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 6 comments

Should I Lock My Checked Bags?

While most luggage comes with locks and keys, admittedly they look like something a five year old could pry open with little more than a bobby pin. The locks aren't meant to keep everyone out — they need to be TSA approved regardless — but seeing this clasp can cause criminals to pass on the bag because of the sheer hassle and opt for an unlocked case instead. For this reason, I could see Read more

Steal of the Day: Pottery Barn Rattan Luggage Rack


Updated 08/26/09 11:55 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 3 comments

Steal of the Day: Pottery Barn Rattan Luggage Rack

Still reeling from the parade of friends and family in your home this Summer? Prepare your house for the next busy season by outfitting guest rooms with the Pottery Barn Rattan Luggage Rack ($59.99, reduced from $89). The durable rack, made of thick rattan poles and wrapped with rattan strips, will host a revolving door of suitcases and seasonal gear. Don't get many visitors? I'd transform it Read more

How-To: Find Lost Luggage


Updated 05/15/09 2:32 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 5 comments

How-To: Find Lost Luggage

Hopefully, you've learned to pack by now. But once you've rolled up your socks perfectly and handed your suitcase off to an airport employee, you don't have much control over where it goes. Sometimes luggage disappears, and when that happens, Is This Your Luggage is there to save the day. The mysterious person behind this website collects lost luggage, photographs it, and then tries to find its Read more

Do You Own Pretty Luggage?


Updated 01/05/10 3:50 PM · Posted by FabSugar · 45 comments

Do You Own Pretty Luggage?

Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen does. Pacific Coast News Online Do You Own Pretty Luggage? I sure do. I always look Fab, even when traveling. I don't — Mine are more practical than pretty. I really want some, but it's too pricey, no? Other — do tell! Read more

If Money Weren't an Issue . . .


Updated 08/21/08 9:36 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 6 comments

If Money Weren't an Issue . . .

Luxury publisher Assouline has teamed up with French trunkmaker Goyard to release a trunk custom-made to store 100 of Assouline's chic photo-biographies on art, fashion, design, and architecture. You can get your Goyard Trunk for the measly price of $20,000. Gotham magazine says, "You're guaranteed a great read as well as a chic tote." Well . . . I'd hope so for 20k. Tell me, if you had the Read more

Midday Muse: Luggage Furniture


Updated 07/29/08 8:57 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 2 comments

Midday Muse: Luggage Furniture

We've all heard the expression, "living out of a suitcase." And, until now, it's been associated with temporary, not ideal living situations — "slumming it." But, Marie Claire Maison has envisioned tes valises in a whole new form. Here, inspired by traditional hard-case trunks (think Joe Versus the Volcano), two wooden shelves painted fluorescent yellow were installed in a metal suitcase to Read more

On Our Radar: Karl Lagerfeld Handbag and Luggage Collection


Updated 09/16/08 1:37 AM · Posted by FabSugar · 10 comments

On Our Radar: Karl Lagerfeld Handbag and Luggage Collection

Given Karl Lagerfeld's famously pompous demeanor, it's not surprising that he served as his own inspiration for his latest holiday/resort handbag and luggage collection. The designer wanted items that are obviously identifiable with his style and those items include zippers shaped like cravats (cute!), handles inspired by sunglasses, and woven Ks on leather clutches. The color palette is mostly Read more