Golf Travel Bags

If you’ve done a bit of research already, you’ve probably found that golf bags can be quite expensive, often exceeding a hundred dollars.  If you’re beginning your search, consider that last sentence your warning.  A great bag is not going to be cheap, but there are options if you’re on a limited budget.

First, you can opt for a golf travel bag cover.  This type of bag provides very little protection for your clubs, but you can find these bags for less than fifty dollars.  The main objective of this type of bag is just keeping your clubs contained and organized.  If you’re travelling by car, you can probably get by with this type of cover because you’ll have control over how your clubs and bag are handled during the trip.  This really isn’t the case if you’re flying. 

Most golf travel bag covers don’t have wheels do you’ll end up carrying it where ever you go.  This isn’t a problem if you have to carry it short lengths, like from the parking lot to your hotel room.  But if you have to carry something like this from the airport bag drop to a car rental office, I hope you have strong arms.

If an airplane is in your future, you’ll want to be sure to buy a hard plastic golf bag because other bags likely won’t withstand the damage that your bag will take during the flight.  Just take a look at how much damage your regular luggage takes during a trip and you can imagine what would happen to your clubs if they were put through the same beating.  You’d end up with some damaged ones, no doubt.

There are a couple of negatives about hard bags that you have to deal with though.  First, they are much more expensive than nylon golf covers and you might end up paying as much as one hundred dollars more for a hard plastic bag.  Secondly, baggage fees from airlines might be a bit more expensive than if you just had a soft cover bag.  The harder cover ones are much bigger and heavier so depending on your airlines, you might be paying a bit more to have them put on the plane.