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05.20.08
Luggage Forward Is Bringing Easy Back  
  Leading Provider of Door-to-Door Luggage and Sports Equipment Delivery Makes Summer Travel a Breeze [ full text]  
     
05.08.08
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Unveils Signature Travel Services  
  Global Guests of The Luxury Collection Will Now Enjoy Luggage Free Travel and Access to a World of News Publications Thanks to New Partnerships with Luggage Forward and NewspaperDirect [ full text]  
     
04.17.08
Exclusive Resorts® Enhances Member Benefits Collection  
  Club Membership Provides Access to Expanded Suite of Luxury Services
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02.05.08
Luggage Forward Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining Carbonfund.org’s Carbonfree™ Program  
  Luggage Shipping Company Offers Clients the Option to Offset Carbon Emissions for Every Shipment [ full text ] [ download PDF ]  
     
         
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Dallas Morining News - Look For Deals To Get Your Gear To The High Country For Ski Season
10.19.08 - It's impossible to travel light on a ski trip. Yet, since last season, most domestic carriers have begun charging for checked luggage...you can ship your bags via...a dedicated door-to-door service such as...Luggage Forward (www.luggageforward.com).
   
Boston Common Magazine - Special Delivery
August, 2008 - Convenient, secure, reliable - unfortunately, these words do not apply to modern air travel. They do, however describe the services of Luggage Forward, a Boston-based company that will pick up your bags at your door and have them waiting for you at any hotel, resort, cruise ship, or safari lodge in the world.
   
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Airline Luggage Fees Lighter Than the Alternative
07.22.08 - But for those who really can't stand the security lines or waiting at the baggage carousel, there is an alternative. Companies such as Boston-based Luggage Forward will pick up the luggage - not packed in a box - from the traveler's house and have it waiting at the hotel...It's true-door-to-door service.
   
MSNBC - Should You Check or Ship Your Bags?
07.08.08 - Shipping your bags ahead of time allows you to skip check-in lines and waiting around at baggage claim... To send a 40-pound bag between New York and San Francisco, the lowest price we found on Luggage Forward was $94 each way.
   
Forbes - Summer Flying Survival Guide
07.03.08 - If luggage is a persistent problem, try shipping it in advance. UPS and FedEx will ship bags if they are properly packed and boxed, but this requires involved paperwork. ...services like Luggage Forward...take care of the pesky details.
   
Wall Street Journal - Services Offer to Send Travelers' Luggage First
06.19.08 - Luggage Forward Inc., a Boston-based outfit that touts what it calls "total travel convenience," says that orders for this past Memorial Day weekend rose 400% from the previous year.
   
Daily Candy - How I Met Your Mother
06.03.08 - Pack me off in style on our next vacation: The guys at Luggage Forward will ship my golf clubs from the front door to my hotel room.
   

Wall Street Journal - How to Travel Smart This Summer

05.27.08 - Consider shipping your luggage instead of checking it. ...luggage shippers like Luggage Forward...may now be an attractive alternative.
   
USA Today - Hassle-Free Air Travel for Golfers, At A Price
04.11.08 - So I tried Luggage Forward, a service that picked up my clubs at my house and delivered them to Lake Las Vegas, then picked them up after my round and shipped them home.
   
WOWT - Passengers Finding Alternative Ways to Ship Bags
04.09.08 - Elizabeth Sloane is a world traveler, but at 82 years old, she admits it's a hassle to lug around baggage. "When I was younger I would carry my things around."So she went online and found a company dedicated to shipping baggage called Luggage Forward
   
International Herald Tribune - Luggage Services Popular with Frequent Fliers
03.27.08 - Chandler Blake, a Boston-based information technology consultant, uses Luggage Forward when he travels for work. On a recent trip to Munich, Germany, he decided to have his bag sent ahead of him so he could fly hassle free.
   
CNN - Travelers Avoid Hassles with Luggage Delivery Services
03.26.08 - Since Luggage Forward was established three years ago, sales have grown 300 percent each year, said Zeke Adkins, co-founder of the Boston-based company.
   
MSNBC - Weary Travelers Bypass Hassles of Checking Bags
03.26.08 - When Adam Kolodny took his wife and four children on a ski trip to Colorado, it cost him $1,200 to ship eight large bags of ski equipment and baggage round trip through Luggage Forward. But compared to the mess it would've caused at the airport, the price was worth it, said Kolodny...
   
Forbes - Travelers Duck Snags, Ship Luggage Ahead
03.25.08 - To expand its services among everyday travelers, Luggage Forward last year introduced a seven-day "economy" option that typically costs less than $100 for a bag one way.
   
Washington Post - Court Rejects Air Travelers Bill of Rights
03.25.08 - As struggling airlines add extra-luggage fees and travelers worry about growing security restrictions, services like Luggage Forward...have emerged as ways to bypass the hassle of checking bags
   
Coast Magazine - Sending It On
February 2008 - Plan on skipping the baggage carousel on arrival at your honeymoon destination. Luggage Forward, a worldwide luggage shipping company, has that covered.
   
Conde Nast Portfolio - Ship, Don't Schlep
02.05.08 - Andy Abramson, the chief executive of Communicano, a communications agency based in Southern California, is a Luggage Forward fan. He cites a recent on-the-fly international itinerary change that was simplified by having a Luggage Forward staffer involved.
   
Entrepreneur - The Increasing Cost of Air Travel
01.28.08 - If you don't want to hassle with luggage at the airport, Luggage Free and Luggage Forward are two of the new companies that provide luggage shipping service. The cost depends on the number of bags and when you need them to arrive.
   
Wall Street Journal - Delivering Fliers From Lost Luggage
11.29.07 - Luggage Forward, a delivery company in Boston, allows customers to insure luggage and sports equipment for up to $10,000 per bag, while most major airlines like Northwest Airlines Corp. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines insure baggage for only up to $3,000 per customer -- a major perk for passengers with expensive equipment headed for the golf courses and ski slopes.
   
Travel Detective Bible - by Peter Greenberg
Luggage Forward, the Boston-based company reported that bookings in the forth quarter of 2006 increased by 500 percent! It has a domestic shipping guarantee that waives the shipping charge for anything that arrives late. They will also reimburse you for any expenses deemed to be directly related to the delay, up to an amount of $500 per piece of lugage.
   
Chicago Tribune - When Good Bags Go Missing
10.15.07 - Contributing to the luggage woes, no doubt, were the airlines' horrible on-time performance in August... So, during this age of the ongoing baggage mess, what can passengers do? Ship your bag via .. firms like luggageforward.com.
   
Men's Health: Best Life - The Art of the Escape
10.02.07 - Leave the details to someone else. Luggageforward.com guarantees door-to-door baggage delivery in more than 200 countries.
   
International Herald Tribune - Excess Airline Baggage Can Be Quite Costly
10.11.07 - Luggage Forward (luggageforward.com), a Boston-based baggage and sports equipment delivery service, charges $187 for a "small" bag; $250 for a "medium" bag and $355 for a "large" bag for door-to-door shipment between Europe and the United States.
   
New York Times - When Lost Bags Put You on a Carousel
08.19.07 - For those who don’t mind paying for convenience, companies with names like Luggage Forward...will pick up and deliver bags, bypassing the airline baggage system altogether.
   
Marketplace - Travel With a Lot Less Baggage
08.13.07 - For people who don't mind doing their own packing, several companies will forward their luggage... Zeke Adkins is co-founder of Luggage Forward, with a slightly different customer base...
   
New York Daily News - Bad Trip: You Make the Flight, Your Bags Don't
08.13.07 - The experience sold Hindenburg on a service called Luggage Forward, which picks up your bags and delivers them. The service can also pick up bags at your travel destination and return them.
   
Health Magazine - A Stress-Free Vacation: The Prep
July/August 2007 - Send your bags ahead. It sounds extravagant, but in Japan most travelers pay companies to ship their luggage. The service is available in the United States, as well, through...specialty luggage shippers, such as...Luggage Forward.
   
Cookie Magazine - Getting There
July/August 2007 - Best way to bypass baggage check-in: Luggage Forward. It will have your bags picked up from your house and delivered to your destination, so you can show up with only a carry on.
   
WNBC New York - When It Absolutely Positively Has To Be There...
06.18.07 - Aaron Kirley of Luggage Forward says "we service over 200 countries and every zip code in the US." Luggage forwarding is nothing new. It has been around for at least 10 years, but air travel has become a lot more complex since then...
   
Wall Street Journal - Baggage Delivery
06.12.07 - Sick of hauling your luggage? American Express Vacations, offers a luggage-delivery service for customers traveling on one of its packages.
   
Kiplinger's Personal Finance - Airlines Nickel-and-Dime
June 2007 - Starting in June, Spirit Airlines will charge up to $10 for every checked bag and $1 for beverages. Explore services that ship bags ahead, such as LuggageForward.com.
   
New York Times - Meet Your Clothes at the Hotel
05.22.07 - Luggage Forward introduced a deeply discounted rate last summer that guarantees delivery in the continental United States in five days. This discounted rate is usually less than half the rate for guaranteed overnight luggage delivery.
   
International Herald Tribune - Travelers See Benefits to Shipping Their Luggage
05.22.07 - Luggage Forward said its quickest service to London from New York would take two to four business days, while service in the other direction would take three to five business days...
   
WTTG Fox 5 - Lost Luggage Safe Tips
05.21.07 - Find out about some tips on how to keep your bag safe. And hear what Luggage Forward, a home to hotel luggage delivery service, has to say about traveling and your luggage.
   
Fast Company - Pack Up Your Troubles
May 2007 - As airport hassles grow, and as airlines begin to charge for checking a second bag - thanks, British Airways - luggage forwarding looks smart. Services such as, uh, Luggage Forward can be a boon...
   
Inc. - Schlep No More
May 2007 - For the few travelers who prefer to pay to be unencumbered...Luggage Forward offers a refund and up to $500 if your domestic shipment doesn't arrive on the right day.
   
New York Times - Sending Excess Baggage Home from Abroad
04.08.07 - Luggage Forward, a Boston-based baggage and sports equipment delivery service, for example, compares its charges for shipping a second or third extra bag with the new British Airways’ charges of £120, or $240, for each excess bag on long-haul flights; Luggage Forward charges $187...
   
LA Times - Breeze Through Airport Security with Luggage Shipping Services
04.01.07 - "My boss got tired of dragging his golf clubs through airports," said Marsha Nieto, assistant to a Pacific Palisades businessman... She now ships his clubs using Luggage Forward. "It's great," she said.
   
Entrepreneur Magazine - Ditch the Baggage
April 2007 - Luggage Forward offers four levels of forwarding options: five-day Basic service is the slowest and cheapest; guaranteed Express, Priority and Standard services provide next-day...
   
National Geographic Traveler - How to Conquer Long Airport Lines
April 2007 - If you can fit all of your gear into your carry-on bag, don't bother checking in your luggage. If you can't, consider sending it by overnight delivery or use a shipping service such as Luggage Forward.
   
Women's Health - Fully Loaded
April 2007 - ...if you're willing to pony up for peace of mind - say, you're going to climb Everest and can't run the risk of lost gear - consider signing up for one of these door-to-door luggage delivery services: luggageforward.com...
   
International Herald Tribune - Too Many Bags? Try Shipping Them
03.22.07 - A release from Luggage Forward, a Boston- based baggage and sports delivery service, compares its charges for shipping that second or third extra bag with new British Airways' charges...
 

 

MSNBC - Fly In Style With These Travel Buys
02.05.07 - Hate the hassle of waiting at baggage claim for your luggage? For everything that doesn’t fit in your carry-on, send it in advance. Services like Luggage Forward transport your bags from point A to point B, so you can travel without taking the world in tow.
 
Inc. - Packing in the New Security Age
01.04.07 - In fact, several specialized services, such as...Luggage Forward...have popped up to fill the gap in shipping bags fast and reliably; most of these shippers even pick up.
   
Boston Magazine - Leave It All Behind: Strategies for Savvy Nomads
January 2007 - Stop envying those business travelers who fold a week's worth of gear into a carry-on. "Planning is half the battle," says Ben Harman, packing expert at Luggage Forward, a Boston-based baggage shipping business.
   
BusinessWeek - The Wish List: Entrepreneurs' Most-Wanted Gifts
12.25.06 - To make traveling easier, Brian Drum, founder and CEO of Drum Associates, an executive search firm in New York, would like a gift certificate from luggageforward.com, a new luggage delivery service. “I travel a lot, and airport baggage check-in lines are inconvenient,” he says. “I would like to send my luggage directly to my destination.”
 
Fairways & Greens - Luggage to Go: No Sidecar Necessary
December 2006 - Since there’s basically no safe way to carry golf clubs on an extended motorcycle trip, a club-delivery service is the answer. This wasn’t my first experience using a club-shipping service, but it certainly was the best. This time, Luggage Forward came through, twice.
   
Angeleno Magazine - Bag the Burden
December 2006 - Many luggage services have partnered with hotels, tour companies and cruise ships in order to provide this higher level of service to luxury travelers. First-class tour operator Abercrombie & Kent often works with Luggage Forward.
   
Modern Bride - Ship Shape
November/December 2006 - If luggage restrictions are weighing you down, help is here. (Luggage Forward) delivers everywhere in the U.S. and in more than 200 other countries.
 
Associated Press - Help For the Holidays
12.08.06 - Luggage Forward will pick up your luggage at your home or office and deliver it to your destination before you even get there. No more checking bags at the airport, enduring security check-in and facing the risk of having your luggage lost and delivered three days late.
   
Denver Post - Travel Websites Ease Holiday Turbulence
11.22.06 - LuggageForward.com. If you don't want to deal with the hassle of checking your own bags, you can pay to have them delivered to your destination...there's still plenty of time to book Christmas and New Year's service.
   
Metro - Keep Track of Your Underwear
11.22.06 - If you've lost your luggage or had your $25 MAC lip gloss confiscated by an airport security guard, you'll understand why Luggage Forward is becoming a popular alternative for travelers.
   
Chicago Tribune - How to Avoid Holiday Hell When Flying
11.19.06 - you can have your bags picked up at your home and shipped to your destination in time for your arrival. Companies such as Luggage Forward...will do the lugging for you.
   
Dallas Morning News - Ski Resorts Up and Running Early
11.10.06 - To avoid airport security hassles, consider shipping luggage or ski gear from your front door to the resort. Check out Luggage Forward at www.luggageforward.com.
   
Modern Agent - American Express Vacations Sets New Programs
10.25.06 - The wholesaler's luggage delivery service, which it will implement by year-end, is in conjunction with Luggage Forward. It will provide discounted rates for shipping luggage and/or sports equipment to and from any American Express Vacation destination.
   
Miami Herald - Airlines Are Bringing Back First-Class Amenities
09.25.06 - Its website, www.luggage forward.com, lets you complete your booking online. It also will pick up your bags at your home and office, then have them waiting for you at your destination. You can also track your bag's progress on the site.
   
National Geographic Traveler - Special Report on Luggage
October 2006 - If you'd rather pay someone else to hassle with all this, you're not alone: Private luggage-shipping companies report that business is booming, with millions of suitcases sent door-to-door last year. Companies such as Luggage Forward...will pick up your suitcases at your home or office and deliver them to your hotel, condo, or even cruise ship.
   
InStyle Weddings - Shipping Your Luggage In Advance
Fall 2006 - Schlepping your suitcases is hardly a romantic way to spend your first hours as newlyweds... Luggage Forward...will pick up your bags and get them safely to your destination.
   
Palm Beach Post - Taking the Lug Out of Luggage
09.24.06 - Don't want to deal with luggage? Ship it to your destination, so it will be waiting for you when you get there. Luggage Forward offers door-to-door luggage delivery service to more than 217 countries.
   
Luxury Travel Advisor - Sensational Skiing (p. 32)
September 2006 - Check out Ski.com's concierge service, which has staff that can take care of everything...before clients arrive (Luggageforward.com, which ships customers' luggage and sporting equipment door to door offers a discount in partnership with Ski.com).
   
Miami Herald - FedEx the Liquids and Skip the Long Lines
09.11.06 - Banned from cabins as of Aug. 10, liquid toiletries are following passengers to their destinations by other means. Luggage Forward...reported an increase in business last month.
   
FoxNews.com - Tips For New Travel Restrictions
09.07.06 - Consider shipping your luggage. Luggage Forward...will pick up your bags at your home or office and deliver them to your hotel.
   
New York Times - Heading Off a Headache: Have Bags Shipped
09.03.06 - For those who don’t mind paying for convenience, companies with names like Luggage Forward...will pick up and deliver bags to a destination, bypassing the airline baggage system altogether.
   
Baltimore Sun - No Liquids In Flight? No Problem free registration
09.03.06 - Luggage Forward, which ships baggage to and from homes, offices and hotels, said business has gone up even though the company chose not to advertise after travel restrictions were imposed.
 
CNBC On The Money - Following the Money
08.29.06 - Business at Luggage Forward has doubled and is growing.
   
New York Times - Terror Alert Prompts a Flood of Travel Advice
08.20.06 - ...a suggestion that a good way to avoid security hassles at check-in counters was to ship your luggage ahead of you (from Luggage Forward)...
   
Miami Herald - Getting There Getting Complicated
08.20.06 - Some companies will ship your papers or baggage to your destination, so you don't need to deal with checking them. Among them...Luggage Forward...already seeing some increased demand.
   
PC World - Practical Tips for Avoiding Tech Travel Hell
Services like Luggage Forward resemble the package carriers in many respects, but the baggage doesn't travel on commercial airlines
   
Denver Post - Luggage Tests Cargo Capacity
08.16.06 - Business travelers who can no longer carry on all the things they need are responsible for an increase in calls, website traffic and bookings at Boston-based luggage-delivery service Luggage Forward.
   
USA Today - New Regulations Force Traveling Outside the Box
08.15.06 - Luggage forwarders can reduce the hassle of air travel. Luggage Forward...also saw its book-ings more than double in the most recent Thursday-to-Sunday period from a comparable period in July.
   
New York Times - What Can Be Carried On? free registration
08.15.06 - Karen Warner, a marketing consultant from Pacific Palisades, Calif., now pays Luggage Forward about $150 to ship her carry-on bag ahead on her frequent flights from Los Angeles to Boston.
   
Washington Post - Coming and Going
08.13.06 - Consider other luggage options. More checked bags means more lost bags. One option is to preship your luggage...
   
Los Angeles Times - Groaning Belts and Empty Bins at LAX
08.12.06 - Companies that ship luggage ahead for travelers reported a boom in business Friday, saying inquiries increased...
   
Palm Beach Post - Tighter Security May Aid Shippers
08.12.06 - ...Luggage Forward of Boston, which transports passengers' luggage to their destinations all over the world.
   
USA Today - Brisk Business for Luggage-Delivery Services
08.11.06 - Luggage forwarders, which pick up, ship and deliver bags for passengers for a premium price, are seeing brisk business as a result of the events in the U.K.
 
Mass High Tech - Trying To Make Travel Easier For Conventioneers
08.11.06 - A door-to-door luggage forwarding service, Luggage Forward, will come to your house, pick up your luggage and deliver it anywhere in the world.
   
BusinessWeek Online - Tomorrow's Business Traveler
08.10.06 - Shipping luggage to your destination before flying is another solution. One company that provides this service to domestic and international travelers is Luggage Forward
   
Washington Times - No Sore Shoulders
07.29.06 - Whether you're headed to Barcelona, Shanghai, Toronto or a Caribbean cruise liner docked in Miami, Luggage Forward will ship your bags or sports equipment to more than 200 destinations worldwide.
   
Travel + Leisure - Ask T+L
06.18.06 - Luggage Forward recently launched Luggage Tracker, which lets travelers follow a bag's trajectory via PDA or cell phone. Pickups are scheduled in two-hour blocks...
   
Boston Magazine - Forward Thinking
05.30.06 - The company offers front porch-to-hotel room shipping for travelers who don't want to deal with checking (or losing) bags at airports.
   
Gotham Magazine - Leave the Big Lug Behind
05.30.06 -Whether you're making a transatlantic crossing or a weekend trip to the Berkshires, this is the way to experience luggage Zen.
 
Boston Globe - Business Class
05.21.06 - Meanwhile, over at Nantucket Airport, a top Cape Air destination, travelers will find a new walk-up luggage-forwarding operation called -- you guessed it -- Luggage Forward.
   
International Herald Tribune - The Frequent Traveler Q & A: Shipping, and Insuring, Extras
05.11.06 - Luggageforward.com specializes in "sports delivery" and says it will insure "up to $10,000 for any order."
   
Mass High Tech - Luggage Shipping Firm Adds Wireless Tracking to Roster
04.10.06 - Luggage Forward, a shipper of luggage and sports equipment, is launching a tracking system for customers to get updates on the status of shipments through wireless devices...
 
New York Times - Shipping Luggage to Avoid Excess-Baggage Fees
03.11.06 - At Luggage Forward, a U.S.-based baggage and sports equipment delivery service, price depends on luggage size, distance and level of service...
   
Ski Magazine - Bag Free
03.03.06 - Luggage Forward, the newest company to join the fray, offers a simple pricing structure...the ability to set an exact pick-up time, and instant online price quotes. They guarantee delivery times...
   
Financial Times - The Fast Track To The Skies subscription required
03.02.06 - Business travellers are nowadays all too familiar with the stress and inefficiencies of air travel...But new services are emerging that, for a price, could ease the hassles of travel...
 
CNN - American Morning
02.21.06 - SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Oh, man. So tell us about this Luggage Forward...
   
USA Today - More Fliers Let Someone Else Lug Their Bags
02.21.06 - Times are good for business travelers tired of schlepping luggage...
   

CNN Headline News - Your Money, Travel Trends
02.21.06 - If you're a business traveler and you're tired of lugging heavy bags, you'll be happy to hear this. The USA Today reports companies like Luggage Forward, based in Boston, are growing...
   
Ocean Drive - Get Me Out of Here
01.24.06 - There will be no need to schlep your bulky suitcase around or worry about packing everything into a lightweight carryon...
   
     
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