Actually, everybody is still wearing clothes—even on vacation! Why risk wrinkling your clothes in a bulky and tight suitcase or backpack when you can use a garment bag for your travel plans? Garment bags are specially designed travel bags that reduce the wrinkling in clothing during transport. In addition to having longer and more accommodating storage compartments for longer clothes, garment bags also give you extra pockets for shoes, toiletries and other folded items.
What style of garment bags are available? The primary design question is choosing between rolling garment bags and non-rolling bags. Rolling styles have wheels and allow for a much easier transport. However, the non-rolling units are more compact and lighter to carry, since there are no frames or wheels to worry about. Also keep an eye open for the tri-fold style garment bag, which gives you a more compact design by folding three ways.
Types of Garment Bags
Hartman Luggage manufactures luggage, travel bags as well as garment bags. Their garment bag selection are available in distinct styles: wings, tweed, intensity, belting leather and stratum. Hartmann Luggage designs their luggage exquisitely, with careful attention to theme in each model. For this reason, Hartmann's products can cost upwards of $500.00. American Tourister also makes garment bags, in addition to suticases, duffel bags and business and computer travel bags. American Tourister Luggage offers the 600 Series Tribute III Cruiseliner, the Optio Tri-Fold Garment Bag, and the Kenya 6 Cruiseliner. While moderately expensive, these models usually sell for less than $200.00.
Skyway Luggage as of 2007 has celebrated its 97 th birthday, and is noted in the industry for their innovation in lightweight case construction, such as seen in its Zero Gravity and Ultra Cloud Lite lines. Delsey Luggage is likewise known for its lightweight construction and introduces garment bags and other luggage up to 40% lighter than other brands with its Delsey Helium collection. Briggs Riley Luggage features toiletry kits, garment bags and deluxe wheeled garment bags for larger capacity.
Atlantic Luggage has several lines of garment bags and related luggage, through their Infinity Elite line, Eternity Lite, Escapade 4, Altitude Lite and Graphite Lite. The company's Wheeled Garment Carriers improve capacity while reducing the weight of the bag.
If you're traveling make one of your checked or carry on bags a garment bag so you can keep your clothes wrinkle free for the big trip.