How to Track Your Luggage (2026): AirTag, Pebblebee, CaseSafe

This is really useful if you, like me, swap between items while using your Bluetooth trackers. If you have a Pebblebee clipped to your luggage, you can take it out and put it in your pocket when you’re eating dinner alone while traveling. Pebblebee works with both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub. If you are nervous about blowing a siren, you can also blow a siren Pebblebee Card 5 ($35)Which has the same price and does not have a siren.

Tips and tricks for finding your stuff

Photograph: Adrienne So

I’ve been losing my luggage since I was four years old, sending me on a plane halfway around the world. Here are some ways I’ve learned to take care of my stuff (and how to deal with frustration when I inevitably don’t).

Zip your tracker into the interior pocket. You don’t want to leave it lying around in your luggage. It might slip between your clothes, where the Bluetooth signal would be blocked, or you or a careless TSA employee might accidentally drop it on the floor. Some of my favorite carry-on suitcases, like the Peak Design Roller Pro ($600), have AirTag pockets built into the bag, so you don’t have to worry about them falling out.

Label your personal trackers. It’s very easy to change your trackers’ name and emoji in Find My or Find Hub, and you should! When you have six AirTags, all labeled “Adrienne’s luggage,” it’s hard to keep track of which stuff you’ve lost.

Check the battery before leaving. If you’re not traveling often, it’s easy to leave your luggage Bluetooth trackers unused for months.

What about GPS trackers? GPS trackers use satellites, while AirTags and other similar trackers use Bluetooth and a crowdsourced network of compatible devices with which they can communicate, such as phones. While you may experience small gaps in coverage with Bluetooth trackers when you’re locating your luggage – for example, your suitcase is loaded onto the cart and you’re not within 30 feet of an iPhone while making your way to baggage claim – there are guaranteed to be plenty of devices on the Find My or Find Hub networks at the airport to help you establish the tracker’s location. GPS trackers usually require a subscription, so I wouldn’t recommend them for luggage tracking if you’ll only use them a few times a year.

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