College Travel Gear

Beginning nine years ago, Victorinox® Travel Gear by Swiss Army Brands developed a strong, durable yet lightweight line of carry-on luggage items for the seasoned traveler. The objective was to match the strength, durability and packing capacity of hard-sided luggage with the ease of handling and lower carry weight of soft-sided luggage.

Their solution was the Werks Traveler "WT" Line. Each of these Victorinox® Werks Traveler travel bags is made of 1280 Denier ballistic nylon fabric stretched over a hollow tubular steel frame. The zippers, handles and hardware are all rated for more than three times the industry-approved standard for travel. The wheeled bags travel on in-line skate wheels designed to handle the shock of stairs, the damage of "droppage" and the disdain of luggage handlers at airports across this Great Nation of Ours.

In a comparison test, our Swiss Army wheeled bags were rated as 30% lighter than other comparable brands. With the built-in expansion gusset, this means you can carry much more in the same space and still meet the airlines' weight maximum for carry-aboard luggage. Combine this with our "Carry with Confidence" product guarantee and there are multiple sound reasons to switch to Swiss Army luggage.

What's more, we embroider your favorite school logo on each bag to help you sport your school name with pride and locate your baggage more quickly. Swiss Army Luggage: Saving you extra charges for checked bags while giving you more freedom when you travel!

Luggage Tags: Victorinox, Swiss Army, All, Werks Traveler

Just two short months ago in our March 25th Collegiate Luggage blog article we noted with minor alarm/resignation that Delta Airlines and American Airlines were now charging $25 to check a second piece of luggage on any and all domestic flights.

We then called your special attention to our Victorinox® WT-22 Deluxe Wheeled Travel Bag, which is the acknowledged largest available bag that may be carried aboard most domestic airlines. In the two months since then, other airlines have adopted the $25 fee for a second bag, making our WT-22 a smart investment since it would save you $50 per round trip when carrying it aboard instead of checking it.

Now, American Airlines has a new policy designed to make air travel just a bit more expensive: A $15 fee to check your first bag, followed by a $25 fee for each additional checked bag. And it appears that the other airlines will follow suit.


Collegiate Luggage's Victorinox® Travel Gear by Swiss Army Brands lets you proudly sport your favorite school's logo on your luggage, and now helps you save serious buckaroos on your travel budget.

Two wonderful things for one reasonable price.

Luggage Tags: WT-22, Victorinox, 2008 Travel, Swiss Army, Carry-Ons, Luggage

CollegiateLuggage.com: Where complex financial issues are dealt with in five paragraphs or less.

This May the U.S. Government will begin sending out $600 Economic Stimulus Rebate checks (or $300, depending on the circumstance) to taxpayers everywhere in our Nation. From extensive reading and interviews we have been able to determine that "The rebate that will be sent out in May 2008 is a credit to the taxes you'll owe on 2008 income, but it is a new credit, so you don't have to 'pay it back'." In other words, this $600 is an "advance" on a new credit that will be presented on 2008 tax returns when you are filing your taxes in 2009 for the fiscal year 2008. Got that?

Setting aside the warm, fuzzy "Pay it forward" nature of this rebate, we citizens have been given the fiduciary responsibility of spending these monies in such a way as to do the most good for ourselves and our Great Nation. Rather than just letting the money burn a hole in your pocket, we at CollegiateLuggage.com strongly urge you to invest at least a portion of the rebate in Swiss Army Brand™ travel and business gear.

First of all, our products represent a good investment because they don't depreciate like most luggage items. Each item we sell comes with a Lifetime Guarantee. Second, with airlines now charging $25 per bag to check more than one piece of luggage aboard the aircraft, our WT-22 Deluxe Wheeled Bag earns back nearly 10% of the purchase price of $275 every time you travel because it carries the most stuff of any item of luggage that may be wheeled aboard domestic aircraft. None of our competitors can make this claim. Carry it with you on 6 round trip flights and it will have paid for itself!

So, when your rebate arrives, proudly convert it into Swiss Army collegiate luggage, knowing that your actions have, in a small-but-meaningful way, been helpful to yourself, your family, your community and your grateful Nation. It's what the Swiss would do.

Luggage Tags: Swiss Army, All, Stimulus Rebate, College Luggage