What brings a bag back
An airline that finds a suitcase with no readable tag has to open it to identify the owner, which adds days. What actually matters:
- Your name, spelled out in full.
- A phone number with the international dialling code — "+33 6…", not "06…".
- An email address: it works everywhere, with no roaming charges.
- The destination city for a one-off trip, or the hotel for a short stay.
What is better left off
A luggage tag is public: everyone who passes the bag can read it. Your full home address, displayed on a suitcase, announces that a home is empty for the duration of the trip.
Prefer a work address, the destination address, or nothing at all. A phone number and an email are enough to reach you.
If the tag faces outwards, turn the details against the bag, or double it with an identical tag inside the suitcase: that is the one the airline will read if the outer tag has been torn off by a conveyor belt.
A QR code instead of three lines of contact details
A QR code pointing at an email address or a contact page fits in the corner of a tag, scans in a second and does not smudge. It is also the only way to keep your details out of sight while staying reachable.
The QR code layer is part of the Pro version of Stick-it.
The size that holds up
Large (96 × 50 mm) is the size of a classic luggage tag: wide enough for a name and a number readable from a metre away. Keep Medium (63 × 33 mm) for cabin bags and inside-the-case tags.
Print on heavy paper, slide the tag into a plastic tag holder or laminate it with wide clear tape: a bare paper tag does not survive a wet baggage belt.
Label everything else too
The same template covers everything that travels and gets lost: laptop bag, instrument case, sports kit, moving boxes. Print a whole sheet in one go — you will not need to come back to it before the next trip.
Updated 2026-08-21
