What are Garment Bags?
Savvy travelers know that in order to protect their quality clothing during a trip, they need to pack a garment bag. A garment bag is a piece of luggage that will help reduce wrinkles, allowing your wardrobe to arrive in shape for that big social event or important business meeting. Garment bags are ideal to pack business suits, dresses, or eveningwear. Garment bags used to be simple plastic or nylon covers that would fit over clothes, featuring a hook at the top for hanging. These bags were long and cumbersome to carry and store, particularly for airline travel. Newer garment bags are easier to handle because they are designed to be bi or tri-folds. Being more compact, many garment bags now qualify as carry-ons by the airlines, and a tri-fold bag slips easily beneath your seat. There are also larger caddy-style garment bags that can be pulled along on rollers, but these must be checked with suitcases and other luggage.
