4 tips and tricks for flying with checked bags: 'Luggage will get lost'

close Video This is the busiest summer travel kick off in 20 years The Points Guy managing editor Clint Henderson joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss nearly 44 million people planning to travel Memorial Day Weekend. With summer travel already in full swing, Fox News Digital spoke to experts to learn some of their tricks and tips for making sure that a checked bag arrives safely to its destination. Airports are busier than they have been in years, meaning there are a lot more people who will be checking bags on their flights.

Here is what travel experts recommend doing — and avoiding — so that a vacation does not begin by waiting in a line at a lost luggage office at the airport. 5 SECRET SUMMER-TRAVEL PACKING HACKS TO MAXIMIZE CARRY-ON SPACE AND MINIMIZE STRESS Check out these four tips. 1.

Fly direct if possible " Direct flights are the best bet if you want your luggage to get to the right destination," Richard Campbell, founder of Calgary-based travel company 10Adventures, told Fox News Digital via email. If a direct flight is not possible and a bag has to be checked, Campbell recommended having at least 90 minutes between flights. To avoid losing checked bags, fly direct if possible, said one travel expert — or at the very least, do not book a tight connection.

(Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) "If I have two or more stopovers, I assume I won't get my luggage when I get to my final destination," he said. Nikita Kosholkin, co-founder and CMO of the tool Ap.