Forget toilet paper: This summer’s suitcase shortage could leave travelers in a lurch

ThePointsGuy ^ | 7-13-21 | Ashley Kosciolek

[oldasrocks]

Will those Georgia suitcases work for a body? Asking for a friend

[CFW]

First world problems! Hefty bags work just fine.

[Big Red Badger]

GI Duffle ,,,
Yup!
.
What’s a “Duffle” ???

[Big Red Badger]

A “Duffel or Duffle” is a large woolen bag first
Made in Duffel Belgium
in the 17th century
Badger!
Thanks for Playing.

[miserare]

Really?

All these people have to do is go to the local Thrift Shop.

They always have good, usable suitcases.

I prefer the vintage ones.

[miserare]

Hah!

A man after my own heart. 🤣

[metmom]

A few reusable shopping bags work just great.

They’re mr. mm’s favorite way to transport clothes for trips.

[rfreedom4u]

I’ve noticed the empty shelves in the luggage aisle at our local Wal Mart. But I’ve been using my same luggage for quite a few years now so I’m not worried.

[rfreedom4u]

I still have mine too! I had it modified with a sturdy zipper in the side because it seemed that what I needed was always near the bottom.

[whitney69]

“...could leave travelers in a lurch...”

John Kerry has nothing to do with it.

wy69

[Albion Wilde]

They were all stuck in the Suez?

[Albion Wilde]

Just in time for my latest get rich scheme. A rental company called “Luggage Are US.

Just make sure the business has an anti-bedbug regimen for when they are returned, especially if anyone was going to New York City.

Then there was the time I went to Arizona, the Painted Desert, other points out west, and came home with ants in my tote bag.

[PapaBear3625]

Ah-ha! Just in time for my latest get rich scheme. A rental company called “Luggage Are US.”

I already run such an operation. When my kids go places, they borrow our luggage out of our attic. Sometimes they even remember to return it.

[lurk]

There is a variety of suitcases in good condition at the thrift store.

Fake crisis.

[pfflier]

Use illegal alien luggage...Wal Mart plastic bags.

[DEPcom]

“Shortage of RVs too...”

There is my is not for sale. I was able to get rid of an old abandon 25 foot RV this week. The new owners even empty out all the junk from it. It was in very bad shape.

[DEPcom]

My A bag develop holes in it, it traveled to many times to the sandbox.

[SamAdams76]

I still have the suitcases I bought in the 1990s. Makes no sense why travelers suddenly need new suitcases.

[2111USMC]

Depends on how often you use them.

I wear out a roll around suitcase about every 3 - 4 years. (And that’s not counting the damage that baggage handlers and TSA do to them.)

[twyn1]

Yep - check your Local Thrift shop — I donate suitcases (up-to-date & in very good shape) to them all the time.

I work with clients who are moving to Senior communities — they always have a LOT of suitcases in all sizes that they don’t need.