Baggage: Check It or Ship It?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.23.08 | 10:03 AM ET

Most folks have thought about shipping extra baggage home by mail at one time or another—especially when the souvenir shopping gets out of hand. Now that free checked baggage is going the way of the dodo (or should I say, the way of in-flight meals, movies and complimentary beverage service?) the postal alternative is likely to become ever more popular. Wired blogger Dave Demerjian breaks down the numbers on both options.

Related on World Hum:
* Beware the Carry-On Baggage Bulge
* American Airlines Announces $15 Fee For Checking First Bag

Tags: Air Travel

Eva Holland is a contributor to the World Hum blog. She is also a contributing editor at the Matador Network and at Not Coming to a Theater Near You, and a regular contributor to the Ottawa Citizen. Based in Ottawa, Canada, she loves to write about travel, history, sports, and culture high or low.


2 Comments for Baggage: Check It or Ship It?

Alicia A. 07.24.08 | 8:36 PM ET

When my boyfriend and I went to San Diego we opted on shipping some extra baggage home. Our flight out costed us over $60 extra dollars because my suitcase, which I had measured before we left, was two inches over limit and over the weight limit too. The extra two inches came from the fact my luggage was bulging. We saved almost $50 shipping it home instead of checking it. It’s definately the way to go these days.

baGGirl 10.28.08 | 9:51 PM ET

I used to chek my extra baggages home, and I think it is ok. However, if the free checked baggage is going the way of the dodo, I will not refuse to have a try now that the postal alternative is likely to become ever more popular.

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