Every day holidaymakers in London take up more than an estimated 7,000m3 with their bags. Using up valuable tube space at rush hour, getting in the way on escalators and, in the shape of pesky backpacks, being swung around from their owners' behinds.

The research from Stasher, the world's first sharing economy solution to luggage storage, reveals this is enough baggage to fill three Olympic-sized swimming pools, or more than 44,600 bath tubs to the brim… every single day.

With a growing number of venues, landmarks and events introducing a no-bag policy, Stasher is helping travellers enjoy a hands-free holiday with StashPoints on more than 600 locations across 70 cities globally.

Jacob Wedderburn-Day, co-founder and CEO, Stasher, commented:

“When you're on holiday you want to be able to maximise your time, and more importantly, your fun! Being weighed down by heavy bags quite literally gets in the way of that. These estimates only take into account the day-to-day baggage we carry around with us on our travels; it doesn't include the suitcases that are dragged through the street to and from accommodations which takes up an estimated staggering 1,200,000m3 annually.

“This is why we set up Stasher, inspired by the growing number of people using the likes of Airbnb. When you have to check out of your apartment early in the day but don't fly home until later that day, you can find and book your closest StashPoint quickly and easily and enjoy every last moment of your holiday free of the baggage burden.”

The first sharing economy solution to luggage storage, Stasher is the newest and most convenient way to store your luggage quickly and affordably – drop your bags and enjoy the city. The ideal solution to dragging suitcases, backpacks or more around a city, allowing travellers to enjoy their time there hands-free.

The world's largest luggage storage network, with 600 StashPoints in more than 70 cities across four continents, users can find their closest StashPoint and book easily online from just £5 per item for up to 24 hours.

Joining forces with shop owners, hotels, largescale events and other businesses which have extra space to 'Stash' excess luggage, Stasher offers an intuitive, mobile-optimised web app to pair customers with their nearest StashPoint using GPS technology.

For more information, visit www.stasher.com.

The average daily volume of luggage was calculated using the total number of inbound visitors to London in 2017 (19,828,000) and their average length of stay (7.3 days) from Visit Britain's snapshot report and the average maximum size of carry-on and hold luggage for British Airways passengers (40cm x 30cm x 15cm and 56cm x 45cm x 25cm respectively).