LuggagePoint.com – A Terrific Travel Gear Shopping Site

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Tis the season for holiday shopping, and the Traveling Mamas have a great tip for online shopping: LuggagePoint.com. This online luggage shop is teeming with everything travel related and the perfect place to get some shopping out of the way for the traveler in your life.

LuggagePoint offers pages and pages of suitcases, carry-ons, umbrellas, luggage tags, laptop cases, digital accessories and the list goes on. LuggagePoint also features travel tips, a currency converter, and baggage guidelines. LuggagePoint is an eBillme merchant which is sponsoring a Traveling Mamas giveaway tomorrow ($100 to spend as you wish on eBillme – including LuggagePoint.com. Be sure to come back tomorrow and enter!)

In the meantime, here is what the Traveling Mamas have to say about some Luggage Point items:

MountainMama: I’m the plane traveler you always see with her sweater shoved up under her neck, trying to assume a decent position for napping en route. I’ve tried those donut-shaped travel pillows, but they just haven’t worked for me. I either feel like I’m choking (I’m the same girl who doesn’t like to wear turtlenecks), like I’ve got the mumps, or like the bloated Michelin Man. So, I was thrilled to read about the L-shaped JetRest travel pillow on LuggagePoint.com, and even happier when I got to sample it on a recent four-hour flight.

With the JetRest pillow, the weight of your head holds the pillow in place and cushions the side of your face so you can lean to one side without cramping your neck. Indeed, it’s much less obtrusive than those typical round-the-neck pillows, and I felt very comfortable using it in my aisle seat. My husband borrowed it to rest against the plane window comfortably, but it’s designed for any high-back chair. So my kids even shared it while they were watching DVDs in the back of the minivan on the ride home (although there are JetRest pillows sized for kids on LuggagePoint.com, too).

The soft, zippered cotton cover is removable for washing. And you can Velcro it tightly shut for transport in your carry-on. I suppose I’d love it if it could be smushed even smaller (one good thing about those air pillows is that you can inflate them on board and they travel flat), but still, I’d heartily recommend this pillow for a holiday gift. At $29.95, it’s reasonably priced; buy two and you get free shipping from LuggagePoint.com!

CajunMama: I’m the mama that cannot use a rolling carryon bag. I trip people. The world is a safer place when I use a backpack. Now with all these checked back restrictions and extra fees, I’ve been on the lookout for a backpack big enough to hold all my mama items for a long weekend.

The High Sierra Passport 21″ Back Pack fits the bill. This backpack is large enough for a long weekend trip and is small enough to carryon an airplane. The convenient pockets assist with packing and organization. It offers a cell phone pocket, pen pockets, and key fob. It even has a handy water bottle side pocket to place that post-security check bottle of hydration. This bag can be carried as a backpack or converted into a duffel bag. The Passport comes in three coordinated color choices.

The retail price of this bag is $140.00, but LuggagePoint.com carries this bag at a discounted price of $82.50. Now that’s a price this mama can live with. Now, if it this bag would only come in pink….

MudslideMama: I have more carry-ons than I can count. My family has gotten pretty good at taking the no-checked-luggage route for air travel; this saves time upon arrival, since we can avoid the luggage carousel. But there are trips on which we’ve just got to check luggage. It’s unavoidable, for example, on international flights. Also, when we travel during the holidays, we like to have extra space in our suitcases, for the gifts my children accrue from relatives. Those are two reasons why I just love this 29″ Samsonite Hardside Spinner.

This is one tough piece of luggage. The Samsonite Hardside Spinner holds up under the abuse of international baggage handlers and foreign cab drivers that are…less than gentle. At 29 inches, the upright suitcase is big enough to not fall by the wayside, and certainly big enough to fit all those Christmas presents into on top of a vacation’s worth of laundry. It has four wheels that easily spin in all directions, so rushing through the airport and taking tight turns won’t result in a suitcase spill – they don’t call it the Spinner for nothing. This Samsonite is sturdy, no doubt, but at 17 pounds, it’s also really lightweight for its size.

The push-button pull-out handle makes for easy manageability. My 9-year old handled it will minimal effort, at least when it was empty. Best of all, it comes with a TSA-approved travel sentry lock. You know, a lot of us have seen those undercover videos of baggage handlers riffling through suitcases at airports. This lock prevents that airport thievery. Peace of mind while traveling is worth every penny. If you have to check luggage for a big trip, the Samsonite 29″ Hardside Spinner Upright is highly recommended.

DesertMama: My regular suitcase is too big for carry-on, plus I always have a purse and my laptop bag which puts me over the two-item limit. When I saw the Swiss Army Turbin Deluxe 20 inch Pilot Case (in red or black) I knew my days of checked baggage fees were over. I was a little hesitant that it wouldn’t be big enough, after all I like to bring more than a couple pairs of shoes, but here I am in Palm Springs thrilled that I was able to pack everything I needed because of the 2.5-inch expansion option – and the best part is my laptop fits perfectly in the padded computer sleeve.

Savings Tip: eBillme is offering Traveling Mamas readers a $25 rebate if you spend $100 at LuggagePoint. (It’s not too late for holiday shopping.)

Happy Travels and Shopping!

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November 30, 2008 | Filed Under The Cookie Jar, Travel Gear 

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3 Responses to “LuggagePoint.com – A Terrific Travel Gear Shopping Site”

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  2. Pat says:
    December 1, 2008 at

    Every item makes my heart beat faster but the High Sierra Passport
    21″ Backpack calls my name. What a versatile useful creation!

    Thanks for the contest. Best wishes for happy holidays.

  3. securoseal says:
    October 18, 2009 at

    A point to note if you’re checking in luggage is that many of the travel accessories that are sold as luggage security items (locks, cable ties, security seals, etc) do not actually work to protect your luggage. You’d think for the money spent on these things it would take time to break into a bag, but it’s as simple as several seconds with a paperclip or even a pen. And people wonder why there is a problem with luggage theft.

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