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Travel Gear: Truck Tarps Turned Luggage

7/29/2008 at 1:45 PM
Tags: Luggage, Baggage Fees, Baggage, Travel Gear (all tags)

Visions of epic travel don't generally include a hand-me-down pea green hard case. And besides, with some airlines now charging for checked luggage, finding a overhead bin-sized bag is key.

Swiss company Freitag has an elegant solution to the travel bag dilemma. The F37 Renegade bag is part of a collection of luggage that's made out of colorful recycled truck tarps, seat belts and inner tubes. The Renegade is industrial-grade tough, waterproof, meets most size regulations for carry on luggage and even has handles on the bottom to easily get it in and out of the overhead bin.

The coolest feature on the Renegade, though, is its ability to zip apart into two separate bags. The top piece can be used as a day pack and the large bottom compartment can stay back at the hotel.

Since Freitag uses a random collection of truck tarps for the outer skin of the bag, no two are alike; you'll never have to worry about getting this bag mixed up with someone else's. And thanks to its construction from reclaimed materials, the F37 is also a winner from a sustainability perspective.

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Nevada Brothel Offers Customers Relief... From Pesky Airline Fees

5/28/2008 at 4:00 PM
Tags: Sex Travel, Airline Fees, Sex, Prostitution, Dennis Hof, Baggage Fees, Airlines (all tags)

The legendary Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel in Carson City, Nevada is offering customers a $15 "baggage rebate" in response to American Airlines' new fees. A press release posted on the brothel's website says:

The BunnyRanch will reimburse any customer $15 for their first bag at the brothel (upon receipt of baggage claim stub, we will credit your account).

We called up the BunnyRanch and spoke to their "sexy secretary" who told us that the offer isn't limited to clients who arrive the ranch via AA.

Dennis Hof, the BunnyRanch pimp and star of HBO's series "Cathouse," says he felt he had to act out against the injustice of excessive airline fees:

As long as the airlines keep sticking it to the consumer we feel obligated to help ... We're all about helping the little guy from the gougers in the air.

Hof's magnanimity makes sense: Prostitution is supposed to be a recession proof industry. Guess the rising cost of petroleum hasn't affected lubricant prices yet.

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