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5 New Gadgets to Make Your Luggage & Travels Better

Gadgets & Gear, Luggage & Packing, Travel News — on February 20, 2013 8:35 am

2. Luggage Tag Improvement: RuMeID

Like the standard luggage tag, the RuMeID Luggage Tag comes in bright colors and pattern to make your luggage recognizable. Unlike the standard tag, the information on the tag is a QR code/URL. This means that you can update the tag and your information to have the most current information through each stage of your travels so that if a bag is lost you can update the tag with your cell, hotel and other pertinent number. As a bonus, RuMe will give rewards to those good Samaritans who contact the owner of the lost property. ($59.50)

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  • Syl Tang

    The clear permanent bags are a waste of money, no matter how green. I have a completely clear reusable one already that is airline sized and I have literally had TSA people ask me to take everything out and put it in an identically sized ziploc disposable bag because that person did not understand that the point is to limit the size of contents and so the contents can be seen. Some of them don’t think about the “why”; only following the regulation it must be ziploc. So spend at your own risk.