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The Suitcase Series: Briggs & Riley BRX Adventure Travel Gear

Ourmaninsh — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:56:43 +0000

As a Canadian expat living in Shanghai, my project work has required me to travel more than average in 2011. I’ve been fortunate to have traveled to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seattle, New York and Beijing. At some point along the way, I started to realize that my suitcase was falling apart. Zipper broken here, clip snap broken there and the handle latch only goes halfway up when I go to pull it. Does this sound familiar to you? So, I have been keeping my eye on a few different suitcases and now I have no choice but to take the plunge!

As I am preparing to start a family in October, most of my travel will now be focused on regional locations and this plays a factor for the requirements of my new suitcase. I
headed over to http://brxadventuretravelgear.com/ and started to review the different sizes of suitcases and found the one that appealed to me the most. I tend to do most of my research via online and/or potentially a friend who might recommend certain products to me.

I was able to find the BRX Explore 22 and the main appeal to me is that it met all my requirements in terms of durability, laptop compartment and according
to the description on the website – The maximum size for carry-on. My overall website experience so far had been easy to use and lots of great visual
features like the zoom in functionality that let you examine the suitcase.

Find a Retailer: My next step was to search out a retailer that could help me to purchase my BRX Explore 22. In order to find a retailer in my area, I used the international tab under the “find a retailer” which can be found at http://www.briggs-riley.com/luggage-stores/international/#singapore

International Retailers: Although there wasn’t a retailer in mainland China, I had the option of either calling a shop in Hong Kong or Singapore. If you haven’t been to
Singapore, one of the first things you need to know is that this country is all about the shopping experience. I didn’t have to look very hard through the list
to find the Orchard Road location of The PlanetTraveller.

The Phone Call: I was able to get the number off the Briggs & Riley website and called the shop to see if they had the BRX line available at their location. The representative was kind enough to take my number and has advised me that she’ll ring me back when she gets the details on the suitcase.

Hoping that I can sort out my new suitcase before I head off to Beijing in early September. #BRXtravelgear

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Disclosure: The retail shop will be reimbursed by Collective Bias as part of a Social Insights case study. Our Man in Shanghai has entered into an arrangment to be compensated for blogging about the Briggs & Riley suitcase shopping experience. Editorial insight will not be impacted by this sponsorship. – Peter

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Our Man in Shanghai: The Art of the “Tweet & Travel” (Shout out for comments)

Ourmaninsh — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:53:23 +0000

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Creative Commons photos by Dean Shareski

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Over the last month, I have participated in a couple of different social media projects that have related to the travel and leisure industry.

One of the projects related to the live tweeting of the Omega China Golf Tour and the tournament in Nanjing, China.

The other was the adhoc social media coverage for the Travel Daily Travel Innovation Summit in Beijing, China.

Out of my experiences, I am writing an article on the “how to’s” and art of traveling while obtaining twitter gigs. The goal is to find out from companies/tourism promoters some tips and ideas plus I am throwing it out there to other readers/writers to see if we can’t collectively piece something together on the topic that would be useful for future tweet travelers.

Thank you for your input :)