Should you lock your luggage when traveling? Why it's a weighty matter

As travelers embark connected their summertime trips this year, experts are weighing successful connected whether radical should instrumentality the other precaution of protecting their luggage by locking it up.

Travel expert Francesca Page of New York told Fox News Digital that bags and checked bags person ever been an issue.

"Over the years, question information has tightened for bully reason," said Page.

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"People are not lone acrophobic that their bags volition spell missing, but besides that the bags are not unafraid oregon adjacent securely handled," she added.

Page said there's besides the hazard of airport theft.

With tightened question information today, experts pass of luggage risks specified arsenic theft and mishandling. (iStock)

A monolithic 45.1 cardinal Americans were predicted to question astatine slightest 50 miles from their homes implicit Memorial Day play — with 3.61 cardinal Americans flying to their destination, according to AAA.

In addition, a 2025 summertime question survey from Deloitte has reported that 53% of Americans program to instrumentality leisure vacations this summer, a emergence from the 48% reported successful 2024. 

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Gary Leff, a Texas-based question manufacture adept and writer of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital helium wouldn't battalion thing worthy locking successful checked bags.

 "Losing luggage is conscionable arsenic atrocious arsenic having it stolen," 1 question adept told Fox News Digital.  (iStock)

"The risk of an airline mishandling your bags is acold greater than the hazard of theft," said Leff.

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He added, "Losing luggage is conscionable arsenic atrocious arsenic having it stolen — and a TSA-approved lock won't halt different rider from taking your container astatine the carousel upon arrival." 

Approximately 90,000 to 100,000 items are near down astatine checkpoints each month, TSA estimates. (iStock)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) estimates that astir 90,000 to 100,000 items are near down astatine checkpoints each month. 

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"There isn't overmuch downside to locking your container — until, of course, you suffer the cardinal oregon hide the combination," said Leff.