45 years ago my mom was telling me the same thing, but she said put only your phone number on the tag, or rather the phone number of your destination on that flight, since if you put your home phone, well, that’s not where you are, is it!

With the scan codes they strap to the bags these days, I don’t think anything on the outside is necessary, but I still like to put my phone number inside.

I just put my cell phone number on my tag. That's enough information to get the bag back to me.

I have a name tag inside my suitcase. On the handle, I have small knitted mittens or a pink striped sock attached with a sturdy I cord. The patterns were for Christmas tree ornaments. They are one of a kind and make my black rolling luggage easily identifiable on the carousel.

I have the type that have to be opened to read the information and I put both of our cellphone numbers on it. Inside my luggage is a laminated card with our cellphone numbers and my sister's cellphone number. In case something happens to us.

When DH was still working we always put his office address and phone number on the luggage tag and alerted the message center just in case they were notified. Now that he's retired we only put our cell phone numbers on the tag but inside I have another card with my cell phone numbers and my son's.

Ditto Marie_cate, Elizabeth & Raven.

We've never put our home address on our outside luggage tags.

Name, cell number, email address. When working, it was a facsimile of my business card.

I wouldn't lose any sleep about it one way or another.

@Elmer J Fudd - perhaps you haven't read the article, or listened to it on the news -- but recently a woman was traveling and had her name, home address, and cell phone number on her luggage tag. As she was waiting in line to board the flight, she was getting text messages from a total stranger who knew what she was wearing, what flight she was boarding, etc. Once she was seated on the plane, she continued to get text messages from the guy, who wanted her to come sit next to him. He apparently worked for the airline (American Airlines) and wrote that he could use his connections to get her into the elite lounge, seat upgrades, etc. She notified a flight attendant, who told her they've had issues with this guy before. The flight attendant made sure the guy never came near the woman, and when the plane landed, he was removed by security. I think he has also been let go by American. Oh - yes, the guy admitted to her in texts that he'd gotten her from her luggage tag.

I found that 75-100+ million Americans fly every year. So everyone should dance a jig, change their habits and worry because of what one creepy guy did?

You can. I won't.

When I come across articles like that in the news, I don't read them. So I didn't notice anything. Such "stories" are not worthy of my time, your time, or anyone else's time. Sorry, I'm not into tabloid type journalism no matter where presented.