Why could wrap their luggages with stretch film at the airport?

why could people wrap their luggages with stretch film at the airport? In looking for answers, I found several reasons. Bag Wrap, just one company that will sheath your luggage in cling film, with locations in airports all around Europe, states five: that it protects your luggage from damage, deters thieves, weather proofs it, makes it easily identifiable, and reduces the risk of someone slipping illicit goods into your bag.

Let’s go through these one by one. First, protection. The very purpose of a suitcase is to function as a container that protects your belongings. It is itself a barrier between your items and the outside world. Generally, the material is tough. Cling film, on the other hand, os made to protect things like sandwiches.

“industrial strength plastic wrap ensures new luggage remains in pristine condition,” the website says. It’s all very well to appreciate shiny new things, but a suitcase of all things is a workhorse, not a prop, and to keep it in mint condition would be to fight a losing battle.
Second, to deter thieves. Yes, a pilfering bag handler is less likely to pilfer a shrink-wrapped case, but in today’s world, there just aren’t many of them. Baggage mishandling rates have dropped by more than 70 percent since 2007, according to SITA’s latest report, and of the small proportion of bags that were either”delayed, damaged or lost” in 2017, less than five percent were stolen. Also, why not just usd a padlock?

Third, plastic wrapping”weather proofs”your luggage. Quitr aside from the fact that the only point at which your suitcase is ecposed to the elements at an airport is on its trolley ride from the carousel to the aircraft cargo container, I personally have never had a suitcase destroyed by a climate calamity. Have you?

Fourth, the plastic, often a garish colour, makes it easier to spot at arrivals. Not if others, like you, have also shrouded their belongings in a bright blue layer of skin. Then it become much, much harder. And anyway, why not just tie a ribbon to the handle?

Finally, it makes it tamper-proof to criminals who might want to plant illegal items in your suitcase. This is not really a thing that happens. In every case I could find of someone proclaiming at an airport”those aren’t my drugs”, they were indeed their drugs. I have heard(scarce) reports of corrupt security employees fiddling with bags behind the scenes, but airport officials are allowed to open any bag they like, shrink-wrapped, padlock-protected or otherwise, so that;s a moot point.