- Shop until you drop...and then send presents home in luxury with First Luggage -

Savvy shoppers already make the compulsory Christmas shop more enjoyable � by combining it with travel to exciting destinations, from Viennese Christmas markets to a jet set New York stop or the futuristic malls of Hong Kong. For the ultimate in ease, those �in the know� call First Luggage once the shopping is complete to send their heavy presents home ahead and enable them to avoid the un-seasonal slog back laden with Santa-like sacks.

Across the globe, beautiful cities beckon with sparkling lights, beautiful gifts and heavy snow or alternative sun; a perfect time to enjoy a different culture, explore medieval cobbled streets or swish shopping boulevards and stock up on unusual gifts for family and friends. With First Luggage, there�s no need to spoil the experience by ending with armfuls of presents at the airport, but instead glide through check in and baggage collection with less luggage than you carried out.

With 20 million bags missing or lost by airlines each year, don�t let carefully chosen gifts become part of this statistic. Pop to Vienna for the �Christkindmarkt� and send a suitcase worth of presents home for �79*. Or get everything under one roof at New York�s Bloomingdales before enjoying a cocktail at Bungalow 8 and your gifts collected and brought home alone for �149*.

First Luggage will collect your luggage on the day of departure and deliver it back safely to whichever home or office address requested. Bookings may be made online at www.firstluggage.com or by �phone on 08452 700 670. Customers are provided with a unique tracking number, enabling them to follow the progress of their luggage in real time on the website. This is made possible because, unlike airlines, First Luggage scans items six times during transit.

Prices are per item and customers don�t need to worry about weighing or measuring their luggage - the First Luggage service operators work this out automatically. Prices vary according to the country the luggage is being picked up from and sent to - full details of costs are available at www.firstluggage.com. * Prices shown do not include VAT

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