Travel Trolley

Travel trolley

A suitcase with wheels is the simplest way to describe a travel trolley. The essential advantage being a suitcase that is easy to move around. Especially as airports have long walks and getting a porter or the luggage cart isn't always convenient. Travel trollies come in various sizes, some are meant to be checked into the luggage compartment of the plane. Others are 'cabin' size, meaning they can be taken along with the passenger and put in the overhead storage above one's seat.

Construction and designs

Travel trollies can be made from any number of materials. This includes fabrics, graphite, carbon fibre and aluminium. The design is generally similar with a slight variation in size and the number of compartments and pockets. The harder materials have the ability to withstand travel knocking better, while the fabric ones can be stuffed more in case one has extra stuff.

One can find multiple options from the same brand too.

The hard cases are often built with a combination lock and a key for the latches that pop open to open it. The softer bags usually have a zip which can be locked. The locks that come with these zips tend to be weak most of the time, so it is better to purchase a lock separately as well.

Comments

The size of travel trollies varies so one can choose something they need, the large size could be good for a long journey and the cabin size is convenient for shorter trips. People tend to have a check-in bag as well as a carry on sized bag for more space, for longer journeys.

The cabin bag is a standardised size as airlines have stringent size and weight requirements for bags that will be kept in the overhead storage.

Travel trollies are available at many different prices, the variation is dependent on the size and brand. The best known and most hardy commercially known brand is Samsonite, which is why their products are very costly.