THALALO

I’m not one to wax poetic about luggage, but there’s just something special about Rimowa.

At the airport a few years ago, I retrieved my trusty (and ugly) soft-sided luggage from the baggage carousel and was horrified to find that it had been completely soaked through with someone else’s duty-free rum.  Disgusted, I threw away the fragrant bag and immediately ordered a piece of hardsided luggage, my first cherry red Rimowa Salsa.

Here’s why Rimowa is the best:
1. POLYCARBONATE – The bags are completely indestructible and waterproof.
2. SO LIGHT WEIGHT – With current carry-on weight restrictions getting more and more, well, restrictive (especially on international flights), being two pounds lighter can make all the difference.  Plus it’s much easier to lift into those overhead compartments.
3. FOUR WHEELS – I, sadly, own just one of their multi-wheel trolleys, and it is amazing.  It pretty much rolls itself through the airport.

Currently I have three pieces of the Rimowa Salsa line, a 29″ trolley for check-in, a multi-wheel cabin trolley for domestic carry-on, and a IATA Cabin Trolley for international carry-on.  (And they have recently come out with the Rimowa Salsa Deluxe line which has my beloved cherry red color).  Rimowa is definitely pricier than most, but these bags last forever, are easy to spot on the luggage carousel, and are really good looking.  I’m in love.