One of the things that people often purchase for new college graduates. Thrift shops often have a great deal of used luggage for sale. Not a great gift but great for lots of travel.
When you think of what actually happens to your luggage when traveling it really doesn't make sense to make a large purchase. It gets stolen, it goes on unpadded conveyer belts, it is handled by people more interested in volume of luggage handled than its care. It is zipped, unzipped by TSA agents, it is thrown on piles, it gets pulled through all kinds of weather, it is placed in planes with all kinds of other stinky, smelly luggage.
Need I go on? I used to travel a great deal, started off with expensive luggage and ended up (before discovering thrift stores) going to Target and purchasing cheap nylon bags. The inexpensive nylon bags are also far easier to prod into overhead compartments if you so desire.
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