Traveling should be relaxing instead of stressful. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are over 250,000 mishandled or lost luggage in the U.S. every month. Help reduce the risk of ruining a trip due to lost luggage with these travel tips by using globalbagtag.com. Globalbagtag are stainless steel 60mm x 30 mm tags that are fastened with high strength security to your bag.

Each tag has a serial number that will trace the lost luggage back to its owner via the globalbagtag.com website. Members are registered to their tag and the globalbagtag system has all of the members contact information. Travelers may add information to their account such as descriptions of their luggage or their travel itinerary. The minute your lost luggage is located, you will be notified by email, phone or text message. A pack of globalbagtags, which includes two tags and a one-year database membership, costs about $18.95.

Registration for the tag is free and each year after the first year, membership renewal is about $8. Globalbagtags are better according to travel tips than a traditional tag with your home address because you may not want your lost luggage forwarded to your home if you are not there. Globalbagtag can forward your lost luggage to a destination according to your itinerary.