* Place the name-and-address tags on the inside and outside of each bag. You should use your business address rather than your home address. Remove all old baggage-check tags. Place some form of instant identification on your bags to set them apart, like a brightly colored ribbon.
* Place a note inside each bag that tells where you are heading on your trip and the dates you will be there.
* Lock your bags. It probably won't prevent theft, but it will keep a bag from opening accidentally.
* Carry medicine, jewelry, your contact-lens equipment, and any other small, irreplaceable items on the plane with you.
* When you check in at the airport, make sure correct baggage checks (destination and flight number) are attached to your luggage.
* Avoid flights where you must change planes and/or airlines. Transfers account for about 40% of lost baggage. If this proves impossible, don't check your baggage through - make arrangements to recheck it between flights.
* To minimize the risk of having your baggage stolen, get to the baggage claim area as soon as possible after landing.
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