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Garment Bags Tips
Great Garment Bag Features
If your budget is tight and you're not concerned about appearances or durability, simple vinyl garment bags may offer everything you need.
If you're ready to step it up a notch, look for some of these features in the travel garment bags you consider:
Heavy-duty zippers (usually the first thing to fail on a garment bag)
Hook for securing hangers, so your clothes don't drop to the bottom of the bag in a wad
Removable pockets (great for storing ties or scarves)
Heavy-duty wheels for durability
Contoured handle for easy walking
Foam bolsters to prevent wrinkling
Convenient pocket for tickets and other in-flight necessities
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Garment Bags
eBags.com Tip: Garment bags are designed for anyone traveling with formal clothing, suits and other apparel that needs to be transported carefully to minimize wrinkles. Today's garment bags offer compartments for shoes and shirts or blouses, they come with options like wheels and fold into a variety of convenient shapes while protecting up to 8 or 10 suits.
For a single event, a simple gown bag or garment cover may be sufficient for your needs. If you need to travel often with suits or other professional clothing, consider a larger, more convenient garment bag with wheels.
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Garment Bags for Business
Whether you are a business student traveling around the country for interviews or a seasoned professional starting a consulting career, a quality garment bag is a must if you want to take good care of your suits. Save yourself some stress by shopping for rolling garment bags -- and save your shoulder muscles for those firm, steady handshakes.
Pay attention to the visual style of the company and industry you represent. Leather garment bags may be just the thing for investment consultants, but Web designers may prefer nylon garment bags in up-to-the-minute colors.
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Carry-On Garment Bags
eBags.com Tip: You're set for the big presentation in LA -- PowerPoint slides loaded onto a disk, great-looking suit, perfect shoes. Then the airline gremlins whisk your bag to Boston, and you're left standing in California with nothing but a set of travel-rumpled clothes and a vague memory of what you had planned to say.
Today, many business travelers avoid being stranded at the airport by carrying the most important items in a carry-on bag. Fortunately, many manufacturers have carry-on garment bags available to help get your clothes to the next meeting unwrinkled and unruffled.
In particular, check out bags from Travelpro, like the Garments 2 Go bag, which acts like a garment bag on one side and a traditional suitcase on the other. More than just one of the many garment bags with wheels, this Travelpro bag includes a removable extension panel for long garments -- great if you're tall or frequently carry evening wear.
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Special Occasion Garment Bags
At last you've found the perfect wedding dress -- the one that magically subtracts 10 pounds and five years, harmonizes with your personal style and shows enough cleavage to look attractive without making you look like you took a night off from pole dancing to get married.
Only problem is, the wedding is in St. Louis and you -- and the Perfect Dress -- are in New York.
A dress garment bag, sometimes called a "gown bag," is the solution to protecting your lovely white creation until the big day. If you're going to travel with your gown, you need something sturdier than the lightweight cover your bridal shop may have sold you for $10 (or even thrown in for free).
Look for a bag that's extra strong across the top (so it won't be damaged by hangers) and is long enough for your dress. Unless you have a muscular, athletic groom who likes carrying your luggage, consider getting a garment bag with wheels so you'll be better able to pilot your dress to its destination.
