Baggage handler issues warning to anyone who ties a ribbon on their suitcase at airport

Trying to make your luggage stand out from the crowd could do more harm than good, according to this Dublin Airport employee.

When you’re heading off on holiday, you want to make sure that you all stand out from the crowd and are easy to spot just in case someone gets lost in the crowds – and the same applies to your suitcase.

People put all sorts of decorations onto their luggage in the hopes that no one else will accidentally pick it up and leave them with one pair of underwear and zero clothes for their week-long holiday.

We’ve all been there – and there’s nothing worse than trying to put an outfit together with the offerings from the hotel gift shop, so can you really blame people for emblazoning their name in big diamantes on their case?

One vigilant passenger even strapped a GoPro onto their luggage to keep track on it after it left their possession and began its journey along the maze of conveyer belts.

Which says a lot about some of our trust issues, but that’s another story.

Travellers add trinkets, key rings, luggage tags, colourful strings, or stickers to their bags so that they’re easy to clock when coming around on the carousel – and tying a ribbon on the handle is also a popular method.

But according to a baggage handler at Dublin Airport, distinguishing your luggage in this way could end up completely derailing your holiday.