Fly away from carousel chaos

This Easter break families are opting for the sensible, cost effective way to travel – without their luggage. Whether sloping off to Aspen for a spot of skiing, beaching it in Malaga or camping in the south of France, First Luggage picks up bags and delivers them to your chalet, resort, or villa in time for arrival.

With airlines charging similar rates for placing luggage in the hold, ongoing baggage strikes and record statistics for lost luggage the case for luggage free travel is growing.

Anyone fed up with skis, rackets, prams, clubs and the general paraphernalia that goes with a ‘relaxing’ family holiday should take the sensible option, using a ‘luggage airline’ such as First Luggage to send their luggage ahead cost-effectively and with complete confidence. Enjoy the luxury of a breezy check in, sail past the baggage carousel at the other end and have everything waiting at the destination be it hotel, chalet or villa. Recent reports illustrate that a staggering 200,000 bags checked in at airports every year are stolen or permanently lost*.

With one quick phone call or online booking, First Luggage will arrange to collect any luggage from the customer’s home or place of work before the day of departure and deliver it to their holiday destination in time for arrival. A text message lets them know that it has arrived safely. For the return trip, the same applies – First Luggage collects the luggage on the day of departure and delivers it back safely to the customer’s home.

Bookings may be made online at www.firstluggage.com or by phone on 08452 700 670. Customers are provided with a unique tracking number, enabling them to track the progress of their luggage in real time on the website. This is made possible because, unlike airlines, First Luggage scans items six times during transit.

Prices are per item and customers do not need to worry about weighing or measuring their luggage - the First Luggage service operators work this out automatically. Prices vary according to the country the luggage is being picked up from and sent to, but the cost for a suitcase begins at £59. Full details of costs are available at Firstluggage.com.

*Statistics from report by Sita, the airline industry’s computer tracking company. The survey also showed that some 30million of the 3billion bags checked in worldwide in 2005 did not arrive on time.