![]() We had to get rid of it and got a Ford Escape that is red.like about 300 other Escapes in town. I always have our itinerary in our bag for this reason (as well as to remind me where we are supposed to be when.lol).tho we do carry on only most of the time and generally only check a bag when we are coming home.Īnd as for making mistakes.we had until recently a Mazda Tribute in an uncommon copper colour. We were standing by the lady who did this and I said what a good idea it was.she said she did that with all her really made it stand out (as long as the ribbons aren't to long and bung up the conveyor belt). Last year while waiting for bags to come out.one went by that had all kinds of colourful curly ribbon on the was otherwise a plain black suitcase. ![]() And, let's thank Gretchen for her helpful, reminding post. ![]() "I am Margaret I almost took the wrong bag.". Had I quickly discovered my pink ribbon was missing from my bag, everyone was unloading so quickly and the van took off so quickly, likely I would have had to chase after it to the next drop-off point. I wanted to HUG that young man for keeping me from making a potential mistake. But, you know how it is when you are grabbing your luggage (from where you knew you put it) and making sure your tote bag is zipped, that you have your boarding passes in a close/safe place, and you are saying good-bye to your new friends. Would I have noticed it did not have the pink ribbon on it? Maybe. Seems, the luggage had been rearranged, and my bag was scooted over. But, a young man who was still seated in the van stopped me.I was grabbing his bag by mistake. And, guess what? Yes, as might be expected, and I soon later found out, others had the same model luggage.Īt the very crowded airport, as we were quickly hopping out of the van, I reached for my bag from the place where I had positioned it in the back of the van. The van was stuffed to the max with other Ricksters. We were in a van going to the airport at the end of a Rick Steves' tour. When I first put the ribbons on the handles years ago, he rolled his eyes (I offered to let him use the pink ribbon instead.end of eye rolling).īUT.even I almost made a mistake. My husband and I have matching RS rollaboards, mine has a big pink ribbon on the handle, his has a big blue ribbon on the handle. Her post is not intended to open the flood gates for people to criticize her friend who made the mistake. Gretchen's post is to remind us to put contact info within our bag, so if someone makes a mistake they can find us. I agree with Carol's post.we ALL make mistakes. It had had a more exotic trip than we did. (He learned his lesson about putting his meds in his "personal item" instead of the bigger checked bag.) The bag didn't get to us until over a week after we returned home south of Seattle. We were gone about 2 weeks and had to get new clothes and some meds for my husband. There was an ID tag on it, but that apparently didn't help. We flew on to Montreal for a business/pleasure trip and contacted the airline everyday. The bags were just loosely placed on the floor for anyone to grab with no supervision whatsoever. It might have helped 20+ years ago when someone picked up my husband's duffle instead of their own after going through passport control. I have it on my phone and print 4 copies that we put in each of our 4 bags (1 each carry-on which sometimes has to be checked and "personal item"). I send it to all of our kids and to neighbors so that they know where we are when. I make a spreadsheet with our names, home address and mobile numbers along with all the information suggested by Gretchen. This is very good advice that we follow on every trip.
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