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Although it’ll be yonks before a luggage tracker can master its own travel fate, its GPS traceability can help you locate your luggage using a smartphone app that connects to the tag, greatly cutting down the length of time of locating missing bags. Having intel of where the bag is half the battle won, not to mention, infinitely ups the chances of getting it back.
Knowing the location of your missing bag offers peace of mind but landing on foreign soil with nothing to your name is never ideal. That’s why a well-kitted carry-on has never been more important than now. A gentle reminder, Singapore Airlines recommends for carry-ons to be no larger than 115cm and each bag should not exceed seven kilograms.Red TOIIS C Spinner, S$320, by Samsonite. Packing the right arsenal in your carry-on will immeasurably ease the agonising wait for missing bags and hopefully, kick off your travel on a less rough start. So what should you fit in there? Everything from downright basics to thank-god-I-have-this odds and ends.