Luggage contents recommendations and tracking

A computer program product for suggesting an item to pack in an item of luggage, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a first indication that a user is packing a first item of luggage for a trip, wherein the indication includes information about the trip;
• program instructions to generate a packing list based on, at least, the information about the trip;
• program instructions to receive a request to link the first item of luggage and a second item of luggage for the trip;
• program instructions to link the first item of luggage and the second item of luggage such that contents of each respective item of luggage are jointly compared to the packing list;
• program instructions to receive, via a short-range point-to-point communication reader of the first item of luggage, a signal from a short-range point-to-point communication device operably affixed to a first item;
• program instructions to identify the first item based on the signal;
• program instructions to compare the first item to the packing list;
• program instructions to determine that the first item is an item listed on the packing list;
• program instructions to determine that a second item has been placed in luggage during a preselected number of previous trips and that the second item was not removed from the luggage during the preselected number of previous trips;
• and
• program instructions to cause a recommendation to be presented to the user that the second item be removed from the first item of luggage.

A computer system for suggesting an item to pack in an item of luggage, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a first indication that a user is packing a first item of luggage for a trip, wherein the indication includes information about the trip;
• program instructions to generate a packing list based on, at least, the information about the trip;
• program instructions to receive a request to link the first item of luggage and a second item of luggage for the trip;
• program instructions to link the first item of luggage and the second item of luggage such that contents of each respective item of luggage are jointly compared to the packing list;
• program instructions to receive, via a short-range point-to-point communication reader of the first item of luggage, a signal from a short-range point-to-point communication device operably affixed to a first item;
• program instructions to identify the first item based on the signal;
• program instructions to compare the first item to the packing list;
• program instructions to determine that the first item is an item listed on the packing list;
• program instructions to determine that a second item has been placed in luggage during a preselected number of previous trips and that the second item was not removed from the luggage during the preselected number of previous trips;
• and
• program instructions to cause a recommendation to be presented to the user that the second item be removed from the first item of luggage.