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An insane new niche-within-a-niche is renting clothes rather than packing clothes while traveling, ostensibly in the name of carbon reduction: https://www.cntra

An insane new niche-within-a-niche is renting clothes rather than packing clothes while traveling, ostensibly in the name of carbon reduction: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/japan-airlines-renting-clothes-to-passengers https://www.cntraveler.com/story/japan-airlines-renting-clot...

AussieWog93 3y ago
That sounds fine until there's some sort of mixup and you're left stranded in a foreign country with no clean clothes.
- xenospn 3y ago
  I mean you can always go out and buy something. That’s possible in 100% of situations.
  - avh02 3y ago
    I'm a tall and large person, while i don't think that particular service would cater to me anyway, i once spent a day and a half running around hong kong to try to find a store that had anything remotely in the ballpark of my size. If you land in certain countries on a long holiday weekend, might also be difficult to find shops open. I'd go with 99% of situations : - P
  - xkekjrktllss 3y ago
    True. If you have no taste or clue how to dress yourself then any old clothes should do just fine.
    - xenospn 3y ago
      You mean when the alternative is not having any clothes at all? Or are you being intentionally obtuse?
mslate 3y ago
I personally think that's a great service offering, though I haven't had reason to use it yet. The friction of personal checked baggage on airline travel is huge. Easily multibillion dollar per year huge.
- ghaff 3y ago
  In general the best strategy is probably to just avoid checking baggage if at all possible.
  - 15457345234 3y ago
    I have no idea why people say this. Airline baggage handling is incredibly robust and, if for whatever reason your baggage doesn't pop out of the carousel when you arrive, they deliver it to your hotel or office or wherever ASAP, usually the next day. Airport backends aren't dark warrens full of hiding places, they're well lit spaces. Suitcases don't just 'disappear' any more. I've flown on at least 300 two-hop flights and never had a baggage issue in either the US hubs, the ME hubs or HK/SG hubs.
    - ghaff 3y ago
      It’s better than it used to be but I have routinely had luggage miss connections or had checked luggage be an issue when rebooking flights because of weather etc.
    - crazygringo 3y ago
      This is such a weird take. Your luggage often shows up 3 or 5 days later, not the next day. Which can do a lot to ruin your vacation, especially since you might be traveling on immediately from the city you flew into, whether by car or train or boat or whatever. And suitcases absolutely still do disappear. Happened to a family member last month. All it takes is for the label to be torn off, or somebody at baggage claim to accidentally take your bag while you're still going through immigration. Or it just gets put somewhere and forgotten about. Another family member's suitcase got returned... five months later. Apparently it got locked in some room that they never access. I'm happy you've been so lucky, but don't assume everyone is.

AussieWog93 3y ago

That sounds fine until there's some sort of mixup and you're left stranded in a foreign country with no clean clothes.

xenospn 3y ago
I mean you can always go out and buy something. That’s possible in 100% of situations.
- avh02 3y ago
  I'm a tall and large person, while i don't think that particular service would cater to me anyway, i once spent a day and a half running around hong kong to try to find a store that had anything remotely in the ballpark of my size. If you land in certain countries on a long holiday weekend, might also be difficult to find shops open. I'd go with 99% of situations : - P
- xkekjrktllss 3y ago
  True. If you have no taste or clue how to dress yourself then any old clothes should do just fine.
  - xenospn 3y ago
    You mean when the alternative is not having any clothes at all? Or are you being intentionally obtuse?

mslate 3y ago

I personally think that's a great service offering, though I haven't had reason to use it yet. The friction of personal checked baggage on airline travel is huge. Easily multibillion dollar per year huge.

ghaff 3y ago
In general the best strategy is probably to just avoid checking baggage if at all possible.
- 15457345234 3y ago
  I have no idea why people say this. Airline baggage handling is incredibly robust and, if for whatever reason your baggage doesn't pop out of the carousel when you arrive, they deliver it to your hotel or office or wherever ASAP, usually the next day. Airport backends aren't dark warrens full of hiding places, they're well lit spaces. Suitcases don't just 'disappear' any more. I've flown on at least 300 two-hop flights and never had a baggage issue in either the US hubs, the ME hubs or HK/SG hubs.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    It’s better than it used to be but I have routinely had luggage miss connections or had checked luggage be an issue when rebooking flights because of weather etc.
  - crazygringo 3y ago
    This is such a weird take. Your luggage often shows up 3 or 5 days later, not the next day. Which can do a lot to ruin your vacation, especially since you might be traveling on immediately from the city you flew into, whether by car or train or boat or whatever. And suitcases absolutely still do disappear. Happened to a family member last month. All it takes is for the label to be torn off, or somebody at baggage claim to accidentally take your bag while you're still going through immigration. Or it just gets put somewhere and forgotten about. Another family member's suitcase got returned... five months later. Apparently it got locked in some room that they never access. I'm happy you've been so lucky, but don't assume everyone is.