Print out the tag for the suitcase. DIY luggage tag. Making a blank for the tag

Countless bags, backpacks, and suitcases are lost in one way or another in the world. It is especially unpleasant to stay in a strange unfamiliar city or country without personal belongings. But lost things do not always become the prey of dishonest people. You can lose your bag in public transport, in a hotel, at a train station, on the subway, etc. (the problem of lost luggage at airports has long been a headache for most airlines, despite numerous precautions). Of course, the main thing for us is our luggage, and we are little reassured by the thought that the loss of a suitcase or bag is a fairly common event. A luggage tag in such cases can greatly facilitate your efforts to find your lost suitcase.

Luggage personalization

A suitcase tag can contain a wide variety of information about the owner. For example, you can write your last name, first name, contact numbers, address, email, and do it in Russian or English (depending on the possible country of residence). This information may come in handy because, fortunately, lost luggage is rarely due to someone's evil intentions. And in most cases, people who found the missing bag simply do not know who to return it to, because there is no information about the owner of the luggage.

The luggage tag attaches to backpacks, sports bags, suitcases, laptop cases, etc. They are waterproof and UV resistant and will store all the information you place on them for a long time. A suitcase tag can also be a great little gift for those who love to travel.

Even if you have never lost your luggage, but you have bags, backpacks, suitcases that you use, you should not neglect a small precaution in the form of a stylish suitcase tag, which you can choose for yourself right now.

When preparing to go on vacation, we habitually attach a tag with our full size to the handle of our suitcase. ID in case it gets lost... So, doing this is strictly not recommended. Why? Tips from WallaNews for those with heavy luggage.

1. Don't write your address on your suitcase.

So, vacation again. We pack our suitcase again, think ten times: “put it down, don’t put it down,” but we almost never doubt about this plastic tag that we were given along with the ticket from the travel company (if we went there). How can this innocent tag hinder us?

Here's what a popular American travel forum says Quora. The fact is that with this tag - whether our luggage goes where it should or not, we can lose more than a suitcase. This tag is a message from the mafia of apartment thieves: “Dear sirs, I won’t be home any time soon, you can break the door and make yourself more comfortable in my apartment.”

That is, we do not want to say, of course, that all baggage handlers at the airport are entirely spotters. But apartment thieves are not fools either; they know where to make contacts. We asked a reliable neighbor to take the mail out of his mailbox so it wouldn’t accumulate, but have you thought about that?

Some thought and write on the tag not their address, but the address of their good friends or relatives. Not a good idea either. Thieves don’t know that they are not you, and they can break into their apartment. The right decision is to write your work address on the tag; thieves won’t go there, but they will, because it’s worse for them. Even better, insert a business card there and leave another one in your suitcase. Home addresses are usually not written on business cards.

A few more tips from Quora.

2. Take photos

Take pictures of your luggage. Make photocopies of all documents, including the air ticket, convert them into the most common format (for example, doc) and have them everywhere: on your laptop, on your smartphone, on the Internet. And print it out. You will see for yourself how much calmer you are now. If you lose your luggage or something else, it will be easier for you to communicate with the airport staff. Especially in countries where staff speak little English. Or even in countries where the staff speaks English well, but you don’t speak the language well.

3. Weigh yourself

Everyone knows that they need to weigh their luggage and hand luggage before leaving for the airport, but for some reason many people don’t do this. And then they begin to panic when they discover an advantage. What to do if the limit is still exceeded?

4. Laptop - separately

And preferably in a special case. The fact is that airport workers treat a laptop, smartphone, camera and other electronics separately from the rest of hand luggage and do not require additional payment for them. In fact, you have not one piece of hand luggage, but two.

That is, you understand: the laptop is from hand luggage, and there is something extra from luggage. Can they find fault and force you to weigh all your hand luggage and laptop together? Yes they can. But, according to reviews from forum participants, this happens very rarely.

5. "Careful, glass!"

Stick it on all your things. So what if there is nothing glass there, stick it on anyway. The baggage handlers at the airport are not known for their gentle attitude towards things, but here, perhaps, they will be wary of kicking and throwing them: who knows, what if there is glass there, and you warned them, you wouldn’t have to answer later. As practice shows, this works.

Required materials and tools:

12 cm of fabric or five scraps 17 by 10 cm;
hard seal;
threads;
scissors;
ribbon 35 cm long and 1.5 cm wide;
invisible;
disappearing ink or chalk;
transparent vinyl 10 by 3 cm;
iron;
fabric glue.

Making a blank for the tag

Draw the outline of your tag on a piece of paper and make a window on the front side. Cut along the outline. This will be our stencil. Let's put it on the seal and circle it. You don’t have to trace the second stencil, just fold the seal in half and cut along the drawn outline. Now attach the front side stencil to one of the parts and circle the window. Fold the gasket piece in half and carefully cut out the hole. The photo shows these steps in detail, so there shouldn’t be any difficulties.

Sew to fabric

Before we proceed to the next step, the luggage tag must be ironed, preferably on the reverse side. Place the seal piece with the right side on the wrong side of the fabric. Sew with small stitches.

Cutting out parts from fabric

Cut out the stitched parts from your piece of fabric, leaving a few millimeters behind the seams. Now cut a window in the seal. Try not to go beyond the line.

Making a layer

Turn the liner over so the front side is facing you and iron it. Cut out the outline of your tag from another piece of fabric. Sew with sealant and iron. Glue the resulting parts onto another piece of fabric.

Preparing a place for a window

Place your pieces right sides together. Cut, leaving a few millimeters around the edges. In the place where your window is located, cut a small hole, as shown in the photo.

Attaching the vinyl

Make diagonal cuts to the corners of the window. Apply glue to these parts and wrap this fabric inside. Press firmly so that the fabric sticks better. Now take the vinyl and apply it to the part of the tag where you just wrapped the corners of the fabric. Sew with small stitches. Trim off the excess.

Making a loop

Fold the ribbon in half and sew the ends to the inside of the tag. Make a small cut at the top of the tag and stitch around it. This is where we will thread the ribbon.

Tag is ready

To complete your DIY luggage tag, place the pieces together and machine stitch. Be careful not to sew the top edge, we will need this part to thread the data card through. Now you can insert our card into the tag. To prevent it from falling out, thread the ribbon through the hole and pull lightly. Your DIY luggage tag is ready! Attach it to your bag or suitcase and feel free to hit the road.

If you travel frequently, then you are familiar with the problem of waiting and looking for your suitcase at the baggage carousel among many similar in color and size. I'm not talking about those happy owners of brightly colored or printed suitcases that can be distinguished in the blink of an eye. But if you are the owner of a black-gray-blue-brown suitcase, then this problem is familiar to you.

This luggage tag would also make a great traveler's gift!

Overall, a great solution to this problem is a personalized letter luggage tag. This can be one letter, or two, for example the first letters of the first and last name.

You can do it in half an hour with your own hands. For this you will need:

- a piece of leather (any, new or used, but preferably bright)

- about 30 cm of strong braid (I used synthetic). If the braid is thin, take 60cm.

- scissors or cutting knife

- letter stencil (you can draw it yourself or print it from your computer)

- a pen, or better yet, a disappearing fabric marker

- sewing machine.