In Reply to: Soft Bags posted by LouV on Saturday, 18. July 2009 at 20:41 Bali Time:
We always take a roll of electrical tape with us and use it to tape the handles together. That way, the baggage handlers can't grab the bag by just one handle and yank it - which is how they usually rip. Usually put some tape around the bags in a couple of places too, just to give the zipper some back up. No trouble with this method using the same floral Bali bags for the last few trips, both ways.