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Lost luggage nightmares

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Watching the airport baggage carousel empty out without your bag appearing is a nightmarish situation. No m atter what type of trip you are on, this is going to be a big inconvenience, to say the least. This four-minute video clip of comedian Rhod Gilbert on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (2009) about losing your luggage is a classic piece of comedy that always gets me laughing.    My personal lost luggage nightmare was in February 2011, landing in Montreal, Canada for a week of temperatures of -10 °C lower. It is one thing if you need to buy a swimsuit and shorts for an island hop trip, but requiring full ski gear for extreme temperatures is something else. The biggest mistake I made was not to go shopping immediately and buying some necessities. Instead, we travelled to our remote ski village only with a tiny convenience store and a very pricey ski gear outlet. Luckily, I had packed a change of clothes in my partners luggag e  –  a great travel tip we learnt from