Managing Excess Baggage

Last month, the Telegraph reported that Britons spend £340m a year on excess baggage fees. That's a lot of money for an extra hat or a jumper in case it gets chilly on the beach.

A recent poll of British holidaymakers revealed that one in five had been hit by an excess baggage charge at the airport with 31% of those polled admitting to removing items at the airport to avoid being charged. A quarter also revealed that they would spend over £30 on clothing while abroad due to under-packing.

It's clear that in a lot of cases, the British holidaymaker is a little unbalanced - luggage-wise. Packing can be stressful and this will sometimes lead to rash decisions over what to leave in and what to leave out. This, in turn, leads to the embarrassing spectacle of the holidaymaker on their hands and knees, scratching their heads over an open suitcase as if it were a logic puzzle.

Many travellers are unaware of the companies in place to help them avoid such awkward and financially-troubling scenarios. And without wishing to blow our own trumpet (though it is a nice trumpet and it'd be a shame not to blow it), one of the most popular is Seven Seas Worldwide.

Seven Seas Worldwide is an excess baggage company; it's what we do. If a holidaymaker so chooses, he or she can store extra clothes (or any other holiday item) into our free boxes and leave it to us to send them ahead to their holiday destination, virtually anywhere in the world, door-to-door. In fact, if the holidaymaker wishes to be really smug- Sorry, sensible, they can leave Seven Seas Worldwide to transport all their baggage, door-to-door. Imagine breezing through the airport with just hand luggage, a book, a bottle of water and nothing to check in. Sounds sweet, doesn't it?

Seven Seas Worldwide offers a range of services so that checking-in doesn't have to be a chore. If you're off on a trip soon, get in touch or grab a free online quote. Better that than end up paying the airline to ship it for you. Cheeky airlines.