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Getting ready to travel? Check out the new Verage Rome collection for high-quality, durable hardside luggage that’s ready to take you anywhere. This piece of Verage Rome 24″ large hardside expandable luggage is featured here in Black, which looks like a beautiful, complex dark silver in person.

What sets and colours can I get Verage Rome luggage pieces in?

Verage’s Rome collection is available in six different colours as well as three different set sizes. You can find them at Best Buy at 19″, 24″, and 28″. They are offered solo or a set of two or three. (The duo features the Rome in middle and largest sizes, which are 24″ and 28″ respectively.)

The colours the Rome line comes in include:

  • Khaki, a sleek gunmetal silver;
  • Blue, a lustrous watery blue;
  • Green, a vibrant turquoise;
  • Yellow, a vivid, eggy yellow;
  • Purple, a pinky-lilac purple; and
  • Black, which is featured here.

Verage Rome 24" hardside luggage review interior

Details that pop out about the Verage Rome collection

The Verage Rome collection is really well-made. I did my product testing for this piece of luggage around the same time as another collection from a different brand and the difference was significant in every detail I looked at. This piece of luggage is sturdy and very well-made, with fine adjustments. The adjustments are hard to see in photographs, but make a huge difference during use.

Those adjustments included things like a firm middle position in the product’s handle. The telescoping handle feels secure in both the halfway and fully extended positions, which often gets missed in product design. Frequent travellers—and if you’re buying a piece of luggage this large, that likely includes you—will know that luggage handles that slide easily out of position are the bane of one’s existence getting to and from the airport. If your luggage is poorly made, everything kind of gets away from you if you hit a bad bump in the sidewalk or turn a sharp corner in the airport. There goes the purse you had resting below your hand hold! There goes the kids’ stuffed animal that was looped through the handle!

(And there go your spouse’s toes, if they’re hurrying behind you and your handle suddenly extends. Ouch!)

Verage Rome 24" hardside luggage handle

Roman design by Peter Burns

Bumps and turns aren’t a worry with this piece of luggage. Verage’s Rome collection is well-designed and well-built. The Rome exterior is inspired by Roman columns, like the ones you’d see featured in a basilica, and each ridge is precisely manufactured with a smooth, attractive edge. Each of these pieces look great in every colour and size.

The vertical Rome design is sleek and business-appropriate in black, blue, and khaki. It’s playful and eye-catching (sometimes searingly so) in yellow, green, and purple. These pieces were designed by Peter Burns, a Red Dot award-winning designer. He has 15 years of travel design experience for brands like Verage and Samsonite.

Verage Rome 24" hardside luggage wheels

Why choose hardside luggage?

Travellers seem split on the hard vs soft side luggage issue. Hardside luggage, as Verage puts it (most brands use “hard side,” separately, as two words,) is the overwhelming default nowadays—but it wasn’t always the case. From soft leather duffel bags to hard trunks, there have been two options for luggage for decades.

Softside luggage

Those who prefer softside luggage often prefer it for its exterior pockets. While soft luggage materials can take more damage in the cargo hold, these pieces are often made with 1-2 front zippered pockets. For those travelling without an additional purse, those pockets can be very handy! Textile finishes also take damage differently from hard surfaces. While they are more likely to tear, they’re less likely to show scuff marks and are unlikely to scratch or crack.

Hardside luggage

Hardside luggage like this set, on the other hand, is seen as more durable. The high-grade plastics used in them are extremely strong. They no fibres that can snag on other luggage pieces and tear. Hardside pieces almost never come with exterior pockets and usually open into two easy-access halves. (Soft luggage pieces generally open toward the front into one single, extra deep compartment instead.)

Which should you choose?

I personally choose hardside luggage because I like its sleek lines and firm compartments. I opt for models available with a telescoping handle, inner compartments, and 360 degree wheels, like the Rome collection. What makes hardside luggage so handy for me is that its smooth exterior is so easy to work with: These pieces never get stuck going into the overhead bin. You don’t have to worry about them in your checked baggage, they make great footrests during or after long flights, and you don’t have to worry about your luggage getting soaked through if you’re travelling to your destination on a rainy or snowy day.

Verage Rome 24" hardside luggage lock

How are Verage’s zippers?

Verage uses safety zippers with a recessed TSA lock. The zipper pulls slot into the lock perfectly, in a specific order, to achieve a secure fit.

While travel locks do very little to prevent theft (they’re easy to break and must use a universal key for security purposes), I appreciate their inclusion. To me, they’re not really for your safety—they’re for your convenience. Once your luggage pulls are secured in their lock, integrated conveniently along this smooth zipper, your bag isn’t going to pop open from rough handling or mischievous kids’ interference. It’s one less thing to worry about during travel, which is great!

You can also use your travel lock to secure your luggage at your destination. Again, it’s ideal for interfering with meddling kids, but can also be used to evade nosy parents or snooping siblings.

Verage Rome 24" hardside luggage interior

Is the 24″ Rome Expandable Luggage worth it?

While this luggage piece is a little on the heavy side thanks to its thick, durable exterior, it’s a great buy. Verage integrated recessed wheels into this design to give you extra interior space and the whole piece just comes together really nicely. Its smooth, 360 degree wheels rotate like butter and are easy to pull over uneven surfaces. (You can chalk that up to their thick, double-wheeled design.) Its zippers work like a charm and the telescoping handle does its job perfectly. The 24″ version of this piece, featured here, comes with side feet for horizontal storage as well as top, side, and bottom carry handles. The combination makes it easy to transport even when stuffed full.

My only complaint with the Rome is the product’s interior organizers, which leave something to be desired. I recommend using these luggage pieces with a set of travel organizers to get the best experience.

Shop the Verage Rome 28″ luggage today.

Rae Chen
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Rae Chen covers everything from handbags to speakers here on the Best Buy Plug-in Blog. They can also be found at thenotice.net, where they've been writing about beauty & wellness since 2007.
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  4. We are travelling to Ontario as a family. We will need two large suitcases and book bags all around.

  5. I would travel to Italy and bring 1 suitcase and 1 carry-on because I would do a lot of walking and wouldn’t need too much to lug around with me.

  12. I’d love to go to the Amalfi coast. I’d take carry on only. Because luggage is not something that’s fun to haul around.

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  14. I want to travel to the UK this year, I need two pieces of luggage, one for clothes and essentials, and an empty one to fill with chocolate and oxo cubes to bring back to Canada

  15. I would like to travel to the Caribbean. I would bring two pieces of luggage, so I have space for anything I might buy.

  17. I would go to Switzerland and would need two pieces of luggage because I think I would need several outfits with matching shoes for the trip.

  18. Iceland is where I’d love to travel to this year. 2 pieces of luggage (one large, one small) should do it.

  19. I’d love to travel to Italy this year. My luggage needs would be one large and one small suitcase.

  20. My wife and I are going to the Dominican Republic; we’re taking 2 carry ons and 1 large piece of luggage.

  21. I’d really like to travel to Thailand someday, and ideally I’d go for more than a couple of weeks so I’d need two pieces of luggage, one to check and one carry on.

  24. Hawaii would be my destination. One piece of luggage would be enough because I wont need many heavy clothes or anything formal clothing..Shorts and t-shirts only.

  25. I would like to travel to the Yukon this year for some fly-in fishing. I would need to bring two pieces of luggage with me, one for my clothes and one for all my fishing gear.

  28. I’d take two of the 28″ bags to London, UK. I carry gifts for family members, besides my own stuff.

  29. The name of a place I would like to travel this year is named London. I would likely need two pieces of luggage if I go there because I don’t think I would need more than two.

  30. I would go and spend the rest of winter in Florida, maybe Miami and I would 2 big suitcases with me becasue winter is way too long in Canada

  32. We’re going to Disney land this year and we’re probably going to need 3 piece luggage for all the Disney stuff we’ll be taking back.

  34. I would like to visit Italy and one piece of luggage only to make it easy to travel to various areas.

  37. I want to head back to Toronto at some point, so I don’t need a lot – one of the smaller 21s or a carryon is all I need.

  39. we’d love to go to Ireland one day! the Khaki case is gorgeous and I’d take one because I try not to over pack

  40. I would love to travel to Ireland, Scotland and England. I would need about 3-4 pieces of luggage for me and my whole family as my dream trip would be about 2 weeks and of course Ill bring back souvenirs.

  41. I would like to go to Fort Myers, FL to visit my parents and to get away from the winter in Canada. I could probably get away with one piece of as I don’t need much to get by and I would leave my winter gear behind.

  42. I am looking to travel to London England this year – There are three of us so a suitcase each should be more than enough for clothes and bringing back treats!

  43. Champs Journey 3-Piece Hard Side Expandable Luggage Set – Black should be good enough, plus carry on for 2 of us to Ireland.

  44. I would like to travel to France. I would bring two pieces of luggage, so I have space for anything I might buy.

  46. Would love to travel to Hawaii for a nice vacation. I would need 2 suitcases and 4 carryon bags for my family of 4.

  47. I would love to travel to Maui. I would take 2 pieces of luggage, one with my clothes and the other one to bring back souvenirs and my shopping items.

  48. Hawaii would be my destination. One piece of luggage would be enough because I wont need many heavy clothes or anything formal clothing..Shorts and t-shirts only.

    • I’m getting married this year, and for our honeymoon, I’d love to go to Maldives! I would use a 2 piece set so that I can pack all my resort wear!

  49. I would like to travel to England in autumn this year. With the variable weather I would likely need at least 3 pieces of luggage for all the clothing changes I would need.

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