Lost luggage wreaked travel havoc over the holidays. Here’s what to do when your bags take a trip without you.

Include information about your flight and luggage, plus any relevant documentation, and a photo of the luggage tag. Ultimately, it’s the responsibility of the airline to keep track of checked luggage and return it to its rightful owner. Consider getting a luggage trackerIt’s quickly become the best travel hack of the year: an item tracker, like Apple’s AirTag. But remember — it’s not you, it’s themThere is only so much an individual can do to retrieve a lost bag. Ultimately, it’s up to the airline to look after checked luggage and ensure it gets back in the right hands, Lukács says.