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Travel Savvy: BagFinder (Luggage tags) & HandleWraps

Travel Savvy: BagFinder (Luggage tags) & HandleWraps

by Anne Garber

Every once in awhile, apparently clever travellers make a fundamental mistake. Take me, for example. I'm a seasoned travel writer. Yet, last fall in Paris, bent on buying a new suitcase (we have a favourite area for shopping for luggage, and we've had great success with quality and value there), I carefully compared features and reputation of manufacturer, until I was certain I had just the bag I needed. It wasn't until I had hauled my new suitcase -- on the Métro -- all the way back to our apartment that it dawned on me: I had just purchased a brand new BLACK bag -- something I had long ago promised myself I would never do again!

It was too late in our trip to exchange the bag for another, so I made-do with a hot-pink strap around the middle (to make it easier to spot among the hundred of other black bags on the carousel), but it really didn't cut it as a solution.

I was very delighted, therefore, to discover a regional entrepreneur who has provided not one, but two solutions to my dilemma: A couple named Marlene and Kit Eldredge ("MarKitNow" -- get it?) from Sammamish, WA have created "BagFinders" and "HandleWraps" under their Expression Media product line, as part of the "unique individual" banner of their sales and marketing company, MarKitNow. Whew!

Bottom line is that these LUGGAGE TAGS are products that really work, helping your same-as-everyone-else's luggage really "stand out in the crowd." BagFinders luggage tags are approximately 3 by 5 inches and are available in styles from sports themes, to "almost solids" (small prints and bright colours), to miscellaneous motifs such as wine (very popular), coffee (very popular here in the Pacific Northwest), travel, dogs, cats, animal-print, kokopelli (that Hawaiian/Mexican dancing icon), music and chili peppers, among many, many others. (Whew, again!) The loop from the BagFinder luggage tag makes it a breeze to attach securely to any loop on your luggage, plus there's a plastic-guarded insert area just right for a business card or other identifying feature.

At a trade show recently, Marlene Eldredge introduced me to a new wrinkle she and Kit have just added to their designs: HandleWraps not only help you spot your bag from a distance, but have the added bonus that they make the handle itself a little more comfortable to grip.





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Anne Garber
(Visit Anne's Website) Anne Garber's media career spans 43 years in both print and electronic media, as author, publisher, photographer, columnist, broadcaster and the mother of two -- and evalu8.org's Managing Director. She has written 14 best-selling books and -- with editor John T.D. Keyes (who is also her husband) -- writes food, business and travel features worldwide; she contributes online to travellady.com and chocolate-atlas.com. The couple writes a travel column for the Culver City News and co-authored Victoria's Best Bargains, Exploring Ethnic Vancouver and Cheap Eats Vancouver. Ms. Garber has worked as both publishers' and authors' agent, and is known as the 'go-to' person in the book, magazine and newspaper publishing industries for legal opinion on North American trademark and copyright issues. A practicum in San Diego as Environmental Practice Group paralegal was followed by a return to the Pacific Northwest, where she is currently considered a leading expert on internet copyright infringement actions and online fraud investigations. Anne Garber divides her time between Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA, Toronto, ON and Paris, France.

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