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Out of the closet: new luggage option for business travelers
FlyLite is a new service that offers overnight shipment of suitcases, including dry cleaning, aimed primarily at business travelers.
Users choose what goes on each journey via the iCloset, a remote wardrobe manager on the FlyLite website.
The cost: $100 per trip.
FlyLite claims to save three hours per trip in packing, airport, and laundry time. For its average customer, who travels once a week, that frees up 150 hours per year, according to the company.
“There’s a lot of upside,” says Joel Chusid, chairman of the Association of Travel Marketing Executives. “Down the line you may see more carriers charging for luggage and that will make this service even more attractive.”
Currently FlyLite has closets in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington.
The company aims to add closets in 12 more major cities by the end of the year.
FlyLite has also signed a deal in March National Livery so users can add a limo to and from the airport by checking a box on the iCloset. The company also is looking at deals that will let customers pay with frequent-flier miles.
On the down side, FlyLite requires 12 hours’ notice, so travelers will have to pack their own bags for that last-minute red-eye.
Report by David Wilkening
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