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Goodbye to bags: Hello to renting your travel wardrobe
GOLD COAST – Lost baggage, long queues, invasive security checks and fighting heavy suitcases could one day be a thing of the past.
In a report carried by The Age in Melbourne, a new Zero Baggage pilot project is under. Travellers would rent their holiday wardrobes from clothing stores, freeing up the need to pack.
The iea was flagged at the Tourism Futures Conference on the Gold Coast yesterday.
Zero Baggage chief executive Catharine MacIntosh told business and industry representatives the new way of travelling would save airlines money, travellers time, be more sustainable and reduce safety fears at airports.
Instead of fighting with overstuffed bags, travellers would log onto the Zero Baggage website and pack online, dragging and dropping new or pre-loved clothes into a virtual suitcase, Ms MacIntosh said.
When they arrived at their hotel, their selection would be waiting for them, with rental prices at just a fraction of what the clothes cost new.
When the holiday was over, the clothes would be cleaned and used again.
Ms MacIntosh said the idea would work especially well with business travellers who could keep a Zero Baggage locker with their clothes at hotels they regularly stayed at for work.
The idea had also attracted support from the retired and young, who would participate in a pilot project in Toronto, Canada, from November next year, she said.
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