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LuggageOnline got a mention in this Washington Post article recapping this year’s Travel Goods Show.

Check back tomorrow for products highlighting each of the TGA’s suggested trends!

LuggageOnline and Robinson Luggage have made an ongoing effort to help fight childhood cancer, by partnering with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to help make a stand.  This relationship was built between the two companies along with Alex’s mother, Liz Scott who has even attended one of our Lemonade Stands.

On both company websites, you can make a donation towards this great cause! When a customer makes a purchase, they are asked if they would like to make a donation and even if it’s just $5, we all know every little bit helps. LuggageOnline and Robinson Luggage make donations to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation quarterly.

If you are unfamiliar with Alex’s Story…please become familar with it. It is a very touching story and LuggageOnline and Robinson Luggage have made an effort to continue working with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to help fight childhood cancer one cup at a time!  We hope that you will too!

Your pets are definitely precious cargo, but that doesn’t mean you want them tossed into cargo when flying. If your furry friend has his own frequent flyer account, check out Pet Airways, soon to be traveling through major cities such as New York,  Washington DC, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.

For $149 your pet will fly in the main cabin of the 20 – 40 passenger planes that have been stripped of their “human” furnishings; like seats and overhead bins. Pets or playfully dubbed “pawsengers,” are placed in their private carriers that are securely fastened to the plane.

While an official launch date has not been set, Pet Airways hopes to be flying this summer. To stay updated, visit the company’s blog, that offers tips, advice and a list of the country’s most dog-friendly cities. Your jet-set pet will thank you.

Lately, we’ve been a bit hard on TSA agents and other travel industry workers. To be fair, we thought it best to dish some dirt on the ridiculous behavior displayed by travelers.

The Telegraph recently posted several amusing articles highlighting such foolish behavior. 20 Ridiculous Complaints Made by Holidaymakers, as told to their travel agents, is a great place to start:

• One unhappy beach goer complained: “The beach was too sandy.”
• A bright British traveler was unhappy that it took him ”nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home.”
• Another jet setter was quite unhappy to discover that every restaurant in India served curry, stating, “I don’t like spicy food.”

Another Telgraph article features 20 Stupid Questions Asked by Tourists:

• One lover of lakes wondered, “Are there any lakes in the Lake District?”
• While visiting Windsor Castle, this tourist thought the British were quite foolish to have “built the castle on the flight path to Heathrow [airport].”
• A fashion conscious traveler wanted to be sure she was dressed to kill when she asked “Can I wear high heels in Australia?”

So while some TSA agents can be diffcult to deal with or down right rude, how would you feel about the general public if you were asked insightful questions such as which bus to take from one island to another?

The rich art and culture of Japan is rooted in ancient tradition. Origami, Bonsai, Haiku, Sushi, Shirt Folding? We have no idea, but it looks pretty cool:

Japanese Way of Folding T-Shirts

Hey, we said cool, not easy. Happy folding!

Who would have ever thought that you might need to pay to use the restroom? Especially on an airplane!!!!??? I guess since all airlines are charging for certain fees now…

European airline, Ryanair’s head of budget, revealed some potty humor, when he suggested that future passengers might be obligated to insert a British pound coin for access to the lavatory to get some in-flight relief.

This somehow makes Ryanair come to the conclusion that adding these lavatory fees would somehow lower the price of tickets? How could this be? Can you believe it, is this a joke?

What happens if you really need “to go” and you don’t have a Quid? Will there be restroom “cops” that won’t let you use the lavatory? Or will the doors not open if you don’t insert a coin? Maybe someone will invent a type of portable diaper to use, so no “accidents occur”. Hahaha, this is silly if you ask me!

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