Our favourite smart luggage picks for your year-end holiday

From a luggage that tells you its own weight to a set that connects for a hassle-free rolling experience, here are our fave smart luggages.

By Aaron Kok - 6 Nov 2023

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Holidays, we love 'em. Who doesn't? The feeling of your stresses and problems melting away the minute you smell that familiar scent of an airplane cabin should be bottled up and sold as an antidote for everyday anxiety.

But if there's one thing that could potentially derail your holidays from starting off on a happy foot, it's a bad luggage situation. One that involves lots of fumbling as you attempt to wheel three bags alone on the cobblestone paths of Europe, or one where your luggage goes missing entirely from the baggage carousel because it got misplaced or (gasps) mistaken as someone else's luggage and they've left with your bag.

Ahead, we've found some smarter luggage solutions ahead to help make travel as pleasant as it could possibly get.

Trackable luggage: Carry-on, US$405 (S$556), Samsara

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Perhaps the biggest trigger of anxiety on holiday starts when you're waiting at the baggage carousel for your bag to show up. You know how it goes – the more people get their bags and roll off, the higher your stress level climbs. Eliminate that with Samsara's Tag Smart tech, which lets you insert an Apple AirTag into the luggage. Unlike throwing an AirTag into your luggage and hoping that it can be read amidst your clothing, the AirTag here is securely attached to the back of the luggage.

Bonus points for Samsara's signature flat-top design, which doubles as a portable workstation for your laptop too.

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Biometric luggage: Beamix, $970, Samsonite

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We use biometrics on almost everything – our phones, our doors, even clearing custom checkpoints – so it only made sense for luggage makers to get on creating a biometric bag too. The Beamix by Samsonite can memorize up to 20 unique fingerprints, making opening and closing your luggage that much easier. Antimicrobial technology is also applied to most of the bag's touchpoints for added safety.

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Hands-free luggage: Smart luggage with cup and phone holder, $75, Wrangler at Amazon

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For those situations where you find yourself with too many things in your hands, take one off with Wrangler's patented holder device, which can stow your Starbucks safely, as well as double up as a phone stand. It even allows you to plug your phone into its built-in charger for added juice.

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Self-weighing luggage: Front pocket carry-on, US$248 (S$340), BÉIS

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Created by BÉIS – a luggage brand founded by actress Shay Mitchell – this luggage comes with a super-nifty built-in weight limit indicator so you never have to guesstimate your luggage only to get a nasty shock (and overweight baggage fee) at the counters.

The front pocket also makes it convenient to store your laptop, toiletries or documents for quicker and easier access.

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Smart packing luggage: Big backpack, US$59.99 (S$83), Matein

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For travellers who prefer backpacks, the Matein Big Backpack might be your new best travel friend. This extra large lugger comes with an expandable compartment, as well as a shoe compartment and 2 packing cubes to help you get all of your belongings neatly and optimally stowed away.

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Connecting luggage: V3 3-piece set, US$495 (S$680), Tach

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Finally, the solution for solo travellers who hate having to double-hand their carry-on and check-in roller luggages. This innovative system from Tach lets you connect your luggages together seamlessly, and push them along for complete ease of motion.

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