Six hacks to prevent your luggage getting lost on holiday

Follow these expert tips to reduce the risk, says Katie Wright

Losing your luggage is at best a minor inconvenience, and at worst a total nightmare.

If you’ve found yourself staring at an empty baggage carousel when all the other passengers have long since departed the airport, you’ll know that losing your luggage is at best a minor inconvenience, and at worst a total nightmare.

If you manage to get your bag back quickly you can breathe a sigh of relief and get on with your trip, but if it takes days – or weeks – to locate, you’ll need to hotfoot it to the nearest shops and get ready to shell out a small fortune on replacing your holiday wardrobe, toiletries and other essentials.