Send My Bag
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| Industry | Courier |
|---|---|
| Founder | Adam Ewart |
| Headquarters | Bangor , Northern Ireland |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Shipping & Luggage Delivery Service |
| Website | https://www.sendmybag.com |
Send My Bag is an international luggage shipping and relocation platform. Launched in the UK in 2006, the company now serves customers in over 80 countries each month.[1]
History
[edit]Send My Bag was formed after founder Adam Ewart was charged excess baggage fees when helping his girlfriend travel home from university.[2] After paying the fee Ewart returned home and searched the web for a service which offered to deliver luggage at a lower cost. With nothing found, he decided to start Send My Bag. Setting up just one web page for under £100, he created a simple booking system for the business venture.
Prior to 2011 Send My Bag primarily existed as a niche luggage shipping service for students. From 2011 onwards, their focus broadened as airlines such as Ryanair in Europe and Spirit in the USA took additional steps to dissuade passengers from checking bags, and as airline revenue from baggage fees worldwide dramatically increased.[3]
In September 2012, Ewart appeared on the BBC television program Dragons' Den in search of an investment for his door to door baggage service.[4][5] In a 2020 interview with The Independent Ewart acknowledged the main motivation for going on the show was to raise awareness.[6]
Following the appearance on Dragons' Den, Send My Bag announced a £100k funding from investors Lough Shore Investments.[7][8]
In November 2014 on CNBC's Power Lunch Ewart announced the launch of USA worldwide services. In 2015 Send My Bag further expanded launching a US domestic service and worldwide services from Australia.[9][10]
Sponsorships
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Send My Bag sponsors a number of sports teams including Melbourne Storm and Sunshine Coast Lightning in Australia, Ulster Rugby who compete in the international United Rugby Championship, the Northern Ireland Senior Men's and Women's international football teams, Bangor F.C. and the Belfast Giants.[11][12][13][14][15]
Send My Bag was a sponsor of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[16]
In 2025 Send My Bag was announced as title sponsor of a British Superbikes team in association with IWR and Honda.[17]
Charity Partnerships
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After the children's education charity Young Enterprise NI lost government funding in 2023 it was announced in 2024 that Send My Bag would become their lead partner.[18][19]
Awards
[edit]In April 2018 Send My Bag was announced as winner of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise.[20] At the time of winning the award Send My Bag had shipped 250,000 pieces of luggage in the previous 12 months.[21] The company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise for a second time in 2022.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ SendMyBag.com. "Our Baggage Shipping Origins and the Send My Bag® Team". www.sendmybag.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Pack up and fly away! Send My Bag taking the hassle out of the airport". Growth Business. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Baggage Fees by Airline | Bureau of Transportation Statistics". www.rita.dot.gov. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Rejected on Dragons' Den – but life goes on! - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas". startups.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "10 minutes with...Send My Bag CEO Adam Ewart". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Friel, Martin (29 July 2020). "Making travelling with luggage a whole lot easier". The Independent.
- ^ O'Hear, Steve (10 September 2012). "Dragon's Den Reject SendmyBag Scores £100K Angel Funding To Help Travellers Travel Light". TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Enter the Dragon - SendmyBag". Lough Shore Investments. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Startup SendMyBag launching a domestic U.S. service". Fortune. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Baggage fees no more". CNBC. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Storm Group takes off with Send My Bag partnership". Melbourne Storm. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Send My Bag delivers on new partnership with Ulster Rugby". Ulster Rugby. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Irish FA. "Send My Bag becomes official partner of Irish FA".
- ^ "Bangor Football Club - Official Site | BangorFC.com". bangorfc.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Send My Bag agrees U19 Euros partnership". IFA. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ www.britishsuperbike.com https://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/2025/mar/11/livery-unveil-the-covers-come-off-the-allnew-sendmybag-racing-by-iwr-honda-. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Young Enterprise NI funding cut with immediate effect". BBC News. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Donaldson, Jan (26 September 2024). "Send My Bag is proud to support Young Enterprise NI as Lead Partner". Young Enterprise NI. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Three Northern Ireland-based businesses given Queen's Award for Enterprise". ITV News. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "How 'Send My Bag' luggage delivery changes travel". Globetrender Magazine. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Page S1 | Supplement 63674, 21 April 2022 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2025.