Eye on Travel

Eye on Travel — New York — September 9, 2023

Locations in this article:  New York City, NY
This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel is from New York. And the focus: the art of travel, told through our….luggage. In fact, the entire show is devoted to the design, testing, durability, resilience, and the art of luggage. And it coincides with a special exhibition at the Chelsea Factory in New York that celebrates the 125th anniversary of the iconic Rimowa bags from Germany. Peter is joined by Consumer Reports on how it tests and rates bags and by the TSA on some very strange bags and some even stranger things people pack in them. Chris Elliott of Elliot.org on what you should always and never do with your bags, and Bryan Owens, from Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama (where thousands of lost airline bags go to die…..). And we’ll answer your emails and take your calls. There’s all this and more on this week’s Eye on Travel.