Baggage

[1] A modern traveler can be expected to have packages containing clothing, toiletries, small possessions, trip necessities.

Since the Second World War smaller and more lightweight suitcases and bags that can be carried by an individual have become the main form of luggage.

[3] Also according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word luggage originally meant inconveniently heavy baggage and comes from the verb lug and the suffix -age.

Plath later commercialized them, after travelers became interested after seeing them in use by crew members, and founded the Travelpro company, which marketing the suitcases under the trademark "Rollaboard".

More recently, four-wheeled luggage with casters has become popular, notably since their use by Samsonite in the 2004 version of their signature Silhouette line.

[13] Others attribute the late invention to "the abundance of luggage porters with carts in the 1960s, the ease of curbside drop-offs at much smaller airports and the heavy iron casters then available.

"[17] Passengers are allowed to carry a limited number of smaller bags with them in the vehicle, these are known as luggage (more commonly referred to as carry-on in North America), and contain valuables and items needed during the journey.

Often at an airport or train station there may be a staffed 'left luggage counter' or simply a coin-operated or automated locker system.

Driven in part by the rapid growth of Airbnb[23] and homestay traveling in general, a number of services offering short-term luggage storage by utilizing unused space at local businesses such as hotels, restaurants and retail shops have emerged.

[24][25] Baggage can also refer to the train of people and goods, both military and of a personal nature, which commonly followed pre-modern armies on campaign.

Its loss was considered to weaken and demoralize an army, leading to rearguard attacks such as that at the Battle of Agincourt.