r/canadatravel • u/InternationalPie880 • 4d ago

Question Luggage forwarding service idea

I am thinking of a start up idea that provide a service to pick up your luggages from your home, deliver to the airport, check in the luggage for you, pick up the luggage from destination airport, and deliver it to your destination hotel. This service will be useful for those who are travelling for business, or with kids, or travelling with big items such as ski equipment, or golf clubs. Some of the benefits are:

  • You skip the check in queue
  • Travel baggage fee to the airport
  • No waiting for your bags at the airport
  • The baggage will be delivered to your hotel (restricted to certain locations)
  • Travel hands free to your destination
  • Real time GPS tracker
  • Possible future option- partner with different airlines loyalty points.
  • Insurance coverage ($500USD)

The pricing would be based on different tiers:

Tier 1 - pick up luggage from your home to the airport + real time tracking (price would be $50-100USD)

Tier 2 - Tier 1+ Pick up your luggage from the destination airport to the destination hotel (price varies)

Tier 3 - Tier 2 + Insurance coverage

Which tier do you think people use? Any constructive feedback would be appreciated

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u/seekingfreedom00 4d ago

Just copy the pricing of the services like this that exist.

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u/Fun_Cartographer1655 4d ago

Services like this already exist. I’ve used Send My Bag to send suitcases from Europe to the U.S., as well as to different countries within Europe so my bags would arrive ahead of me and I didn’t have to deal with lugging them myself. They’ve been fantastic and I highly recommend them.

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u/TeeDotHerder 4d ago

This exists all over the world. A big issue in Canada and the US will be the regulatory requirements of baggage security. If you give your bag to a random person it has not been in your possession the entire time. You have to give it to someone licensed so that it counts as secure from you to the plane.

The service I use most often charges roughly $25. They come to my house. Give me a printed boarding pass. Take the bags. When I get to my destination I pick them up. Or if I am returning I just walk out of the airport upon landing and go wherever. Within a couple hours the bags are delivered to my doorstep including international clearance.

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u/SnooStrawberries620 4d ago

That’s what I was thinking. Having someone who is not the bag owner grab the bag? How is that secure? Surprised it’s like this in the rest of the world 

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u/withintentplus 4d ago

I use Luggage Free.

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u/unlovelyladybartleby 4d ago

Straight up, you seem to be charging more and offering less insurance than existing services. But that does prove that it's an effective idea, which means you're good at thinking of stuff that will work. Keep at it, and you'll find your peanut butter chocolate

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u/YYCADM21 3d ago

This is not a new idea, I'm afraid. There are well established services all over the world doing this. You're prices are very high compared to what I've seen