Airline reveals the suitcase colour you should never pick when checking in your luggage

When it comes to travel, we are always told to keep it simple. But one airline has given a stern warning to travellers to leave this item at home.

Budget airline Ryanair has revealed the top suitcase colour to avoid if you want to keep your luggage safe this summer.

Unsurprisingly, grey, blue and black are the most common luggage colours which makes it difficult for passengers to find theirs.

Your suitcase could get nicked at the carousel or mistaken for someone else’s when it doesn’t have any distinguishable features.

Ryanair has advised travellers to avoid these colours altogether or add a distinctive feature to make it stand out from the rest.

There’s three colours this airline says you shouldn’t travel with.

They said: “Make it easier to spot your checked-in luggage on the carousel, especially if your luggage is black, navy or grey (like 99.9 per cent of the population).

“Add a colourful luggage tag or ribbon to the handle so that there’s no confusion on arrival.”

Frankfurt Airport boss Stefan Schulte also warned travellers to avoid black after the airport has struggled with baggage delays.

He said it was “hard to distinguish them from each other” with an airport spokesperson adding: “Many people travel with black suitcases on wheels which makes identifying them very time-intensive.”

The airline said travellers should opt for colour.

There’s a reason you shouldn’t travel with a black suitcase.

If travellers would prefer to travel with only hand luggage, there are tips and tricks they can use to get the most out of the smaller space.

The best technique may be the classic folding technique, using four different travel bags, according to a study conducted by Which?

Where Which? managed to fit 67 pieces of clothing into an underseat travel bag, the brand could only fit 60 items when using vacuum bags.

And only 66 items fit using packing cubes, as the technique left “gaps between each cube”.

A total of 129 items fit in the four bags – two underseat and two carry-on size – when rolling, compared to 121 rolling, 118 using compression cubes, and 113 using vacuum packing.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission