What to put on a luggage tag, and what to leave off
A luggage tag has one job: to get the bag back to you. It does not need your home address to do that.
- Leave off your home address. A label on a suitcase tells everyone in the queue where you live, and that you are away.
- A way to reach you is enough. A phone number works, but it is on show to anyone who reads the label.
- Put a card inside the bag too, with your name and an email address. Outside tags can be torn off in handling.
A Reuno tag shows none of your details. It carries a QR code that opens a private message page, so a stranger learns only that the bag belongs to someone they can reach.
How a Reuno luggage tag works
Claim the tag in your dashboard and name it, for example “Blue suitcase”. Add a note, such as “Flying back to London on Sunday”. If someone finds the bag, they scan the code with any phone camera. A web page opens with your note and a box to message you. No app, no account.
The page translates itself into 8 languages, which helps when your bag turns up abroad. You reply from your dashboard, and your number and address are never shown. Notice a bag is missing? Turn on lost mode and the page tells the finder you are looking for it. See what a finder sees.
Where a luggage tag helps most
If a checked bag does not arrive, start with the airline. It traces bags with the barcode label it printed at check-in, so your own tag plays a small part there. A personal tag matters most once a bag is outside that system:
- Left on a train, coach or taxi.
- Left behind at a hotel, a café or a station.
- Picked up by mistake at the carousel by someone with a similar case.
- Cabin bags, backpacks and gym bags, which never get an airline label.
Luggage tag or AirTag? Use both
An AirTag packed inside a case shows you where it is, and Apple lets you share its location with some airlines. It needs an iPhone or iPad, and a coin-cell battery that you replace about once a year.
A Reuno tag on the outside does the other half. It tells whoever is holding the bag how to reach you, from any phone, with no battery. Compare Reuno with a tracker side by side.
Fitting the tag
The tag is 38 × 58 mm and printed in the UK in tough PLA, with the QR code set into the tag itself, flush with the surface. Loop it firmly around a handle or strap, with the code facing out where a finder can reach it. The three-pack and five-pack include luggage loops. The single tag and two-pack come with split rings. See what each pack includes.
A bright tag makes your case easier to tell apart. There are five colours: Pink, Blue, White, Yellow and Black. Add NFC for £2 per pack, once, and the tag can also be read with a tap: see NFC key tags. The same tag works on keys too: see QR code key tags, or read what to do if you lose your keys.
Prices
Pay once for the tag. There is no subscription and no charge per scan.
- One tag: £9
- Two-pack: £15£7.50 per tag
- Three-pack: £19£6.33 per tag
- Five-pack: £28£5.60 per tag
UK delivery is free. EU delivery is £2 per order. NFC adds £2 per pack, once, however many of its tags have it.
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