[Electronics-talk] keeping track of bags while traveling

[Tom Lange]

Hi,
Good idea.  If you're going to pay for having your bags schlepped cross 
country it makes sense. There was a talk radio host out here in L.A. who 
absolutely refused to check any kind of baggage on an airline, on the 
assumption that it would be lost. He always Fedexed his stuff to wherever he 
was going. This had to be several years ago that I heard this; I would 
imagine that he saw the writing on the wall even back then, that careless 
luggage handling would be the rule rather than the exception, and that 
airlines would make you pay for the privelege of entrusting your bags to 
them and losing them in the process. Oh yeah, and don't even think about the 
luggage handlers who rifle through people's bags and make off with any 
valuables.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Evans" <tevans2003 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Jean Parker'" <radioforever at gmail.com>; "'Discussion of accessible 
electronics and appliances'" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] keeping track of bags while traveling


>I saw on the news that many people are mailing their bags.  It is 
>apparently
> cheaper and more accurate.  you would need to drop off in advance at a 
> store
> or pay extra for them to pick up at your house.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jean Parker
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:02 AM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] keeping track of bags while traveling
>
> Dear All:
>
> Recently, I have noticed an increase in the frequency with which airlines
> and other transports are losing my baggs.  Since I travel a lot I take all
> the usual precautions with correct labeling etc, but it is happening more
> often than usual.
>
> I have seen several electronic or radio frequency bag tracking mechanisms
> but naturally there is no information about whether they are usable by 
> blind
> people.  I would like to know if others have found a solution for this
> problem, what it is and how much it costs.
>
> This is becoming a real headache and it needs to be solved.
>
> Any thoughts on strategies or devices are welcome.  Airline horror stories
> are not welcome since I have heard them all and lived most of them.  My
> interest is confined to solutions only.
> Many Thanks,
>
> Jean
>
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