Best place to buy luggage sets and favorite brands .... HELP ME

Just got some Samsonite stuff from that outlet mall on 290. Seems cheaper then other places.

 

My wife travels a LOT for business (I don't remember the last time she wasn't platinum for Continental/star alliance), and we've had relatively expensive stuff, and some cheap stuff. The expensive stuff isn't always as good as advertised, and EVERYTHING gets abused by baggage handlers, and the cheap stuff just won't last very long. We've actually been very happy with this stuff that we tried on a whim.

http://www.ebags.com/category/helium-fusion-lite-20/20055638

 

Rimowa.

 

Tumi for me looks great and lasts. Although I only carry on.

 

Kohls, of all places, sometimes has name brand luggage on sale. We bought my son a set of Samsonite from Kohls when he was getting ready to go out of state to college, and it has held up very well. It appears solidly made, as good wheels, etc., and is lighter than our own sets of luggage. Worth looking at. Honestly, my S.O. had to drag me over there, because I thought it would be a waste of time, but we got an excellent deal.

 

We haven’t had a noticeably better experience with any other brand. The biggest names we’ve had were Tumi, American Tourister, Samsonite, and Atlantic. Tumi was the expensive one we had that didn’t hold up (zipper issues), but we only had one piece, so that isn’t a great sample size. We only had one Samsonite, and it was a hardside. I would never buy another hardside of any kind…..we found it really difficult to stuff things into it, so it just didn’t seem to hold nearly as much. We’ve had a few American Touristers, several Atlantics, and several of the Delsey’s (along with some stuff I can’t remember the names of). I think the Atlantics were probably the best of the big names, but we’ll keep going back to Delsey now until they make us unhappy. They just seem to be the best value.

Also.......I've heard other people say good things about getting luggage at Kohls.........though we usually just hit up the Internet.

 

Sampsonite...I was way off

 

Another vote for Ross/Kohls/Marshalls/TJMaxxx.

They have name brand luggage, sometimes sets, discounted quite a bit.

 

Kohls normally has great deals for luggage sets.

There are a few places off of Harwin as well if you're hard pressed on cash. You need to check the sets out through to make sure there isn't any damage.

Sears is another place that normally has great deals.

 

I like Amazon.

 

briggs and riley

 

Zappos. they have a great selection, and a painless return policy if it doesn't work out.

 

I heard the costco is having Samsonite sale, right now. But it is only available in the local costco store, the set of 21' and 27' for $129.99. Do you guys think it is good deal?

 

We got a really nice set of Victorionox Swiss Army luggage that has held up like champs (and I travel a lot) at Marshall's.

Shop around at the Stein Marts, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx's. They'll get good stuff sometimes.

 

I travel almost twice a week, and I went with a random Case Logic 21" Roller from ebags. That got manhandled by the baggage team within 6 months, and they replaced it with some cheap alternative. About two months later it is already showing intense wear and tear.

Lesson Learned: Next time, get an expensive Tumi (last forever and have a lifetime warranty), or whatever the flight attendants use (TravelPro).

 

2nd this recommendation.

 

I suggest going to Leather and Luggage. They have several Houston locations. They carry the top end brands and have a very knowledgable sales staff.

We buy all of our luggage there.

My wife used to travel a lot. She started out with Samsonite and it got completely trashed within a year. She next bought Adiamo (from Leather and Luggage) and has got 15+ years of hard use from that luggage. I would highly recommend Adiamo but they went out of business.

 

costco