Bring back the travel bag!

When writing about "Overseas Travel Group Day" I was reminded of one of the perks of long-distance air travel until around the turn of the century, the air travel bag. Unless you travel in first or business class these days, they are not something you see very often anymore.

Moreover, nowadays, they mostly only seem to give out amenity bags (rather than travel bags) in Business Class. But there was a time when you got a large travel bag and amenity bags were what economy flyers got. The size and quality of the amenity bags they give out today are much smaller and with less contents than days of yore. Unfortunately, I never took photos of things like travel bags back in the day, so I don't have any photos from the larger size travel bags I used to get when flying.

I do, however, have a photo of one of the last amenity type bags I got, pictured, and that was in 2014! Although, I did get another one in 2018, but either I can't find a photo of it currently. The 2014 one only had essentials in it, such as flight socks, toothbrush, face cream and wet wipe. There was a time when they had more toiletries in them, and even things like a shoe horn and sewing kit! I remember getting luggage tags and mini notebooks. Pens and playing cards were also a staple in the early 2000s. But I remember that I did get a deck of cards in the 2018 amenity bag.

I would love to see the travel bag come back or at least an amenity bag for all travelers, not just first and business class. They used to add a bit of excitement and luxury to long haul flights. Have you received one in recent years? Do you remember the time when they were more common?