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Travel Tip: A New Way to Get Out of Checked Bag Fees

Image Credit: Courtney Crockett

Image Credit: Courtney Crockett

Almost everywhere you look it seems that someone in the travel industry is trying to charge you an ancillary fee for everything short of breathing.

But now there’s a new way for travelers to actually earn some money every time they travel.

Ironically, it’s all about saving money by checking your airline bags.

It’s called Orion, a luggage company that sells hard shell bags and then offers you free checked bag fees while traveling on commercial airlines.

Why? You agree to let them use your hard shell bags as mobile traveling billboards.

They will plaster your bags with front and back advertising wraps. Then every time you travel, you’re indirectly promoting everything from a resort, a cruise line, rental car company, or even a new TV show.

Check those bags, and they fly free.

The unanswered question—do you have any control over who you’re promoting?

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