With increased security leading to more people checking their bags in and less bags being taken as carry on items, the number of bags that are lost in transit continues to rise. In August, an average of 14,089 bags were lost each day. That is a lot of lost bags. Where do they all go? Is there a country that exists just to house lost luggage? Luggagestan perhaps?
In any event, losing luggage is about as fun as having your wisdom teeth yanked out by a three-year-old using a rusty screwdriver. There are ways to beat the system and if you are willing to dole out a little extra money for a bit of piece of mind you might want to look into joining the Luggage Club. Their door-to-door service looks to be easy and fast and will save your back from the pain of heavy lifting.