Join HfP and Globe-Trotter for a private shopping evening this Christmas

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• sayling says:

  5 Dec5 December 08:42

  They do truly gorgeous suitcases, if you like that sort of thing.

• John T says:

  5 Dec5 December 09:46

  Maybe the company should give away one suitcase to a lucky attendee rather than these silly luggage tags to everyone.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 Dec5 December 13:10

    Tag only if you purchase on the evening

    • lumma says:

      5 Dec5 December 13:43

      And you get the tag free also if you buy on their website and sign up to their mailing list

• Peter W-G says:

  5 Dec5 December 09:53

  “from noon today (Monday 4th).” Today’s the 5th…

  • Rob says:

    5 Dec5 December 10:17

    Good point ….

• Richie says:

  5 Dec5 December 10:18

  BTW a glass of Prosecco at nearby Cecconi’s is £10.

• Andy says:

  5 Dec5 December 10:31

  Terrific, not. I just bought my wife one of their suitcases for Christmas, could have done with the 10% discount.

  On another note, she already has one of the London Squares bags bought last year. I had to wait 6 weeks for delivery because “they are made to order” which is why I assumed some of the high cost was there. The one I just purchased was delivered in 3 days.

  • Rhys says:

    5 Dec5 December 10:49

    Return it and re-order it….

    • BigG says:

      5 Dec5 December 10:56

      You can just ask for a price adjustment. If they are smart, they would say yes.

    • Andy says:

      5 Dec5 December 14:48

      I’ll only get the discount if I attend the event, which I can’t.

• BigG says:

  5 Dec5 December 10:36

  I do own one of cabin trolleys. They are exquisite. However they are not very practical as mine came with leather straps and it was too much work to open them mid-journey. There was also no easy way to stash away items if that is the only piece one is carrying on board. I asked the advice of a person I saw carrying one on Eurostar but I ignored his discouragement. I think it is useful for certain special travel occasions but maybe not as a workhorse item. Can also work as elegant decor.

  • yorkieflyer says:

    5 Dec5 December 12:08

    Perhaps use as a coffee table?

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      5 Dec5 December 15:41

      Or a champagne store

      Only the expensive stuff though.

• yorkieflyer says:

  5 Dec5 December 12:07

  Surely only the brave or reckless use expensive branded hold luggage as it is surely an advertisement that the bag and contents are worth nicking and secondly the likely hood of damage to the said luggage?

  • Rhys says:

    5 Dec5 December 13:03

    ….and yet weirdly, none of the luxury suitcase brands are out of business!

    • Navara says:

      5 Dec5 December 13:35

      Most will be used when off for a jaunt in the Bentley

      • Bagoly says:

        5 Dec5 December 14:49

        Or on private jets, where the luggage is more carefully handled.

        • Andrew J says:

          5 Dec5 December 15:19

          Or hand luggage when you look after it yourself.

    • Sam J says:

      7 Dec7 December 01:57

      For the record Globe Trotter is 65 % owned by Privae Equity Firm Oakley who buried £120m deep in the business to keep it running. It is heavily leveraged and we suspect it will be sod when the market turns to LVMH. It makes a loss as it debt to revenue ratio is very high it has never made a profit and relies solely on PR and celebrity endorsements to delive te and equity required to improve its potential as an acquisition

• Greenpen says:

  5 Dec5 December 12:08

  I don’t really notice suitcases; something on the luggage belt that has acquired a few more scratches. My cases are all Tripp, bought cheaply from Debenhams ten or more years ago and still going strong (although one has lost a thing that slots into the lock, but adequately replaced by a zip lock nylon strip it’s got a good many years left)!

  • Andy says:

    5 Dec5 December 14:53

    Mine are all Tripp as well bought at Debenhams. They seemed to be the only ones making luggage with clamps instead of zip ups which I find really flimsy.

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