To travel cheaper by plane, holidaymakers lower their baggage costs … thanks to Vinted

Voyage – Dividing by three or more its luggage costs by plane is possible. By cleverly using Vinted, some vacationers manage to considerably reduce the cost of their trip. The trick, prohibited by the second -hand sales platform, would have more and more followers according to The Parisianwhich explains the fairly simple operation.

The traveler calls on an accomplice who puts his suitcase for sale to “A ridiculous price”. The latter then has only to rush on the offer and to ask that the “package” be shipped where he goes on vacation. The price of the operation only includes the sales rate set by the accomplice and “A few euros in shipping costs, variable depending on the distance”note the daily site.

Thanks to this trick, holidaymakers can recover their belongings in a relay point once you arrive at your destination and thus dodge the sometimes high luggage costs of airlines. The latter do not hesitate to swell their prices for bags and suitcases, as they decrease the price of the ticket.

In some companies like Ryanair and Easyjet, he also understands that a small “Accessory” And it is necessary to pay an additional sum for a cabin baggage of a larger volume.

A practice “Contrary to the regulations” de Vinted

Enough to push some passengers to opt for the Vinted tip. If it is difficult to quantify the extent of the phenomenon, several officials of the relay point questioned by The Parisian confirm that they see passing “Luggage or travel bags” Among the packages usually delivered.

With the daily site, several vacationers highlight the savings they have made thanks to the trick, like Julie who paid only 25 euros round trip via Vinted for a trip to the south of France … when she had 90 euros via the airline site.

The trick can however have its limits. The sale price returned to Vinted should not, for example, be too low, because in the event of loss of “packages”, this is the sum which will be reimbursed by the platform to the traveler who finally wanted to save money. It is also necessary to be aware that this technique is absolutely not authorized by Vinted.

In 2023, when a Spaniard had boasted of receiving packages sent by her mother at a low price via the platform, the latter had recalled via a spokesperson that such a practice was “Obviously contrary to [son] Regulation “ prohibited “To put online or send items that are not for sale”. The sale of a full suitcase is also not allowed by Vinted, which asks its customers to sell each item separately.