New Travel Show I Baggage Battles


Posted by Mark on 15 Mar 2012 / 9 Comments


Baggage Battles

Ever wonder what happens to your lost and unclaimed luggage at the airport? There’s a new show called Baggage Battles brought to you by the the Travel Channel. Baggage Battles brings a taste of the business of bidding, buying and selling unclaimed lost airport luggage. The show premieres Wednesday, April 11th 10/9c with a one hour episode followed by 30 minute episodes during the show’s season. The show follows 3 teams; Laurence and Sally Martin, Mark Meyer and Billy Leroy, who all have many years experience in the business, you’ll be following them around to many interesting places as the go about their business.  The show kicks off at Miami International Airport and then heads over the pond to London Heathrow  International Airport.

About the teams, Laurence and Sally Martin, a married couple with 20 years antique business, they co-own Studio Antiques in El Segundo, California.  Mark Meyer is an entrepreneur and owns The Nifty Thrifty store located in Long Island.  Billy Leroy owns  Billy’s Antiques and Props, a notable antique stores located NYC.

Baggage Battles Show

[Photo Credit: Travel Channel]

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  • Nick

    wow a show about the criminal airlines stealing peoples luggage and selling it to other criminals who should all be beaten in the street. Only a morally void person would watch or approve of this CRAP.

    • Quin

      Reply to Nick………

      After working for the airlines for years and years.. The people who travel need to take responsibility for their possessions and follow up on their lost baggage… Many times the name tags come off baggage…The lost baggage is stored at the airport (usually the origination or destination city) for months and months and months..I remember trying to locate the person whose baggage was lost. People should never pack jewelry or medicine or other valuables in a checked bag… The traveler should put inside their suitcase on a large piece of paper, their name, address, phone, email..This is for both the originating city and destination city…Also, people should update their baggage tag..I can’t tell you how many people don’t do this when they move.. Mark the outside of your baggage with a tape or something that will identify you, the traveler… AND people who spend a ton a money on designer luggage are waisting their money…Those bags do not hold up… So before you talk criminal airlines and selling to criminal people, think about what I have told you…By the way, this is not new at all… It has been going on for years (I knew about it in the 70′s)… There is no stealing on either end… Just people who are not informed on how to travel or use common sense…..You would be amazed too how many people do not even try and find their baggage…Sad but ALL true….Some just want the money the airlines give when a bag is lost when in reality, it isn’t….

      • Fuckquinn

        Quin, your a fucking tool, you know damn well that you and your shill co-workers that get paid dick, get a hard-on sifting though people’s shit, lifting whatever whenever, smelling women’s panties and anything and everything that has been dreaded my us scared travelers. You and your cronies get off on watching people dis-robe and remove shows, begins x-rayed and watching the flesh of old ladies appear before computer screens. Ya ya there great people in the airlines, as they are everywhere. Cept you logged on here for one thing, to get further info on this show, whether positive or negative — You chose to defend your airline, your work, your sick pedophile co-workers instead of simply admit that “shit happens”. Christ man, you really think that people need to be more responsible when punks like you make a hobby of throwing luggage on conveyer belts and scanning id-tags and asking “chicken, or beef” Get A Life. Stick up for the man and not the machine.. you sir are a Shill, a lone wolf upon millions of sheep. Why let them rape when you wouldn’t want you children molested either. You know damn well EVERYONE HATES FLYING NOW, it is NOT fun, NOT REWARDING, and STRESSFUL AS FUCK. If I could, I would bitch slap the TSA piss out of you so hard you would realize just how shallow your pitiful excuse of a career is. Yes flying a plan is cool, if anything bad ass- but pilot put it on auto pilot and get the most of their day taking off and landing.. They have set-routes, and are NOT doing barrel-rolls and firing off migz.. this ain’t no Air Force, this is the fucking scum airlines that reaps the rewards of others losses. Here is an idea for you. If you do have baggage you cannot find a home for after contacting EVERY airport in the nation. BURN IT. but don’t post video of peoples panties, personal belongings and your girlfriends big dong. Listen this show is FAKE, I am sure these people will find jewelry and gold, and everything $$$$ you could every imagine, everything that WE DO NOT CARRY ABOARD. as for medication, people need meds, so as I agree with your statement of what people should and shouldn’t bring aboard..

        show some compassion for the man
        instead of logging Big Brother’s cock down your throat defending your career in the name of what…. ahhhh, ya that is right, this post ain’t getting you ANYWHERE, your just ranting just like the rest of us… only thing is, your ranting for the wrong team.

        Your a fucking loser, I hope you get raped by TSA and you and your gay-porn is found and displayed on tv.. you know damn well this show is garbage and that nobody-should reap rewards of others.

        BURN THE LUGGAGE

        • Chris Bodragon

          Hey, I’m just some old sad fifty year-old here in London but I agree WITH EVERYTHING YOU FUCKIN’ SAY. Wish, somehow I could send you my email so we can swap thoughts on the rest of the TV BULLSHIT that’s doin’ the rounds. Hat off to you, sir. Oh, and back on for a sharp and honest salute.
          WELL SAID. COULD NOT BE BETTER PUT. WELL MAYBE… HAHA JUST JIPPIN’…

        • Loser

          You’re mean and your opinion mean nothing to anyone. Go back to helping your mom wash the dishes douche.

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  • Jami007

    It is shameful that network TV is allowing stolen luggage that someone did not intend to leave their possession lands up on a TV show. I hope the show gets NO audience in such a crime! Funny how people that loose luggage is so easily found to be on that show and sold!! I know for a fact many things get lifted out of bags too!! and now they do not allow our bags to have a personal lock so the airport employees can steal out of our bags if they are not completely stolen.. they do still get stolen from!! I would never watch or support such a show!! I know also people that have HAD to put carry on bags in the under part of the plane due to the space inside when it was too little of space. Do not trust the airports or employees- keep your good things home pray a robber don’t know your gone LOL!! sure Quin the show is showing thousand dollar rings and such in the intro to the show.. tell me the person did not LOOK FOR THAT BAG!!

  • Chris Bodragon

    Mark, you are illiterate but you’ll never know since you can’t read…

  • g soule

    I have a hard time believing this show is not rigged. How many people lose track of some of the pricey antiques and items that bring big money in for the bidder? Houdini hand cuffs, Frank Loyd Right blueprint, etc? Come on. And we are to believe that these boxes and bags are not sifted through by employees of the auction house? I bet some items are planted to make the show exciting. I suspect these auctions produce very little more than clothes and shoes.