Should you put stickers on your suitcase?
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Just like in the days of jet-setters' trunks, stickers have reappeared on the trolleys of the neoglobe-trotters. A very useful practice for finding your luggage on airport conveyor belts but also, seemingly insignificantly, for showcasing your travels.
" Honestly, it would never have occurred to me before a passenger mistakenly took my suitcase from the conveyor belt at Athens airport," says Raphaël, in his thirties, when asked where the stickers on his aluminum trolley came from. "Because of this mishap, I decided to personalize mine!" Without further ado, he found himself in a tourist shop in the Plaka district, looking for that rare gem. " I took the most kitsch sticker possible! And in the end, I like the result; it makes for souvenirs. Since then, at every destination, I look for a new sticker; it's become a game!" Since then, traces of his trips to Rome, Hong Kong, and Lisbon adorn his Rimowa model. " And no one will steal it from me again!"
Limiting the risk of having your luggage mixed up with someone else's and bringing back a souvenir from your travels is also what prompted Vadim, 35, to stick labels on his Muji model. " For the first time in my life, I invested…
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