Is luggage rental useful? We review Cargo, a new suitcase hire service

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• BP says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:18

  Paid £110 for a set of three perfectly good American Tourister cases from Costco recently. Will get many years of use from them. Can’t imagine ever renting luggage. Unless it was specialist luggage like a bike case.

• Nick says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:25

  £43 to hire once… or £35 in Argos for a decent case that’s doing me very well (gets handled by airlines roughly once or twice a week and is still in as-new condition). I know which I’d pick!

  (But then I guess skiing is see-and-be-seen, so maybe having an unnecessarily expensive suitcase is part of the package, like a Rolex and designer sunglasses. In which case it’s probably an aspirational way in. As you can tell, I far prefer practicality to showiness!)

• Alan says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:28

  If you only need a suitcase for one specific trip why would you spend £200 on a decent suitcase. Spend £30 on a case that will last at least one trip then either store it for your next trip or stick it on gumtree or Freecycle to get shot of it. You could even throw it away although that would be wasteful.
  Talk about a business serving an imaginary need! Jeez.

  • Alex Sm says:

    22 Feb22 February 11:40

    I made very nice beds for veg and flowers in my garden from several old suitcases (the idea picked up from Chelsea Flower Show!). Very practical, sustainable and reflect two of my main hobbies perfectly

  • Rob says:

    22 Feb22 February 13:59

    NEVER use Freecycle. There are a group of people who will instantly respond to EVERY listing to take it and then never turn up, when they have failed to eBay your article before the agreed collection date. That’s a real waste of time.

• Anna says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:31

  The only time we ever used passport holders we were made to remove them at MAN. Don’t know if this is standard or just typical MAN jobsworth attitude!

  • Callum says:

    22 Feb22 February 09:38

    It’s a pretty standard rule all around the world, though it seems a bit pointless.

    I use a cover regardless as my passport ends up getting battered over time otherwise. My old one won’t shut flat and the printed logo/text on the front has completely rubbed off!

    • Mikeact says:

      22 Feb22 February 10:08

      I see the Blue ones will start being issued in the next couple of weeks.

      • NotAgain says:

        22 Feb22 February 20:32

        I’m prepared to hire mine to those wishing to save on storage space.

  • ChrisC says:

    22 Feb22 February 12:56

    Lots of airports say remove passport from the holder (if you use one) before inserting it into the e-gates.

    If only the woman at Amsterdam earlier in the week followed that we wouldn’t have been held up behind her

    I think her husband was called Colin He seemed upset about the wait time.

• marcw says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:35

  “buying a decent suitcase starts at about £200.” LOL. I bought a EastPak luggage in abour 2011 for about GBP 95. Still working, in almost perfect condition, and I use it about 3-5 times a year.

• Peter K says:

  22 Feb22 February 09:50

  I thought it was going to be some sort of Airportr like service, but they provided the bags as well. That might make sense in certain circumstances.

• Peter K says:

  22 Feb22 February 10:09

  If you find out who to contact then let me know.

  I have a hire a flight attendant business I want to get off the ground. If your flight looks like it will be cancelled due to strikes then you can hire the attendants to allow it to go ahead anyway.
  Each flight attendant comes with a no union membership guarantee.

• Alan says:

  22 Feb22 February 10:36

  Plastic is bad for the environment, I’m going to tap in to the “green pound” and rent paper swimwear.

  • Charity says:

    22 Feb22 February 20:43

    Whatever you do, please for the love of God don’t aspire to emulate ‘Speedo Mick’.

    Or go on holiday anywhere near my family and kids! 🙂

    • Shoestring says:

      22 Feb22 February 22:00

      he’s reached Cornwall!
      https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/speedo-mick-asked-people-cornwall-3875938

      • Shoestring says:

        22 Feb22 February 22:03

        [Formerly homeless, Mick has overcome alcoholism and depression to raise money for charity. ]

        Very good & aspirational goals, I must say 🙂

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