Avoid Baggage Weight Limit Issues | Taylor Luggage Scale

I’m embarrassed to say with all of the years of travel and “HEAVY” baggage tags, I’ve never seen the Taylor Luggage Scale. This would have saved me a ton of headache. I usually weigh myself and then weigh myself plus my luggage together. Subtract my weight, and then I would know more or less if I maxed out the 70lbs for international or 50lbs domestic flights. When traveling with a baby/toddler it’s easy to blast through 70lbs! Usually if I was a pound or two off they’d let me slide, probably due to my frequent flier status or class of travel. But I would always sweat it at the check in counter. Anyway, using my old method is tough because sometimes I’d have to re-adjust my weight to see the display as holding the luggage would block it. This throws off an electric scale, so I’d have to repeat it multiple times.

This is a Taylor Luggage Scale. You attach it to your luggage and hold it up. You attach it to your bag and the scale will beep when a measurement is taken. Voila – a luggage weight measurement that travelers claim is pretty accurate. The baggage scale has very good reviews on Amazon.com and I just picked one up at the Container Store Travel Sale. If you want to travel with it, no big deal. It only weights 1/2 a pound. Taking it with you is a good idea because, well, we all shop on vacation and bring stuff home, don’t we? Or maybe you can squeeze in an extra outfit into that overstuffed luggage.