14 Brands Like Beis for Travel Bags Worth Packing

Three trips in, the telescoping handle sticks and one wheel starts dragging left. That's the arithmetic a lot of travel bags fail. They photograph well, they cost less than the legacy names, and then they quit somewhere over the Atlantic. Béis built its following by getting both halves right, with weekenders and hard-shell cases that hold up and don't read as luggage your dad owned.

Béis isn't the only brand doing that now. We picked 14 alternatives that sell the same mix of design and function, from $36 packing cubes to aluminum cases you'll still be rolling through airports in 2040. Every price here comes from the brand's own site, and where a site blocks price checks we've said so rather than guessing.

Away

Away sells hard-shell suitcases in a tight, glossy range that runs from $225 for the Kids Carry-On to $435 for The Trunk, with the standard Carry-On starting at $275. The Flex line adds an expansion zip, so the Carry-On Flex ($325) gains a few inches of packing depth when a trip runs long.

Against Béis, Away trades softer nylon shapes for molded shells and a narrower color story. The Topside Carry-On ($378) is the one to look at if you want something that reads less like a rental-car-counter suitcase and more like a design object.

Away costs more than Béis at every size, and the gap buys you a harder shell and a more consistent finish instead of extra pockets.

Best for: Frequent fliers who want a hard shell with a polished finish.

Calpak

Calpak is the pick if a neutral suitcase bores you. The Hue Carry-On ($215) comes in 16 colorways, holds 39 liters, weighs 7.6 pounds and ships with a TSA-approved lock and a polycarbonate shell. The Ambeur Carry-On ($245) covers the same job in a brushed metallic finish.

Sets are where the pricing gets interesting. The Ambeur 3-Piece runs $595 against $865 bought separately, and the Hue Starter Bundle collects eight pieces for $346.80.

One thing worth knowing before you order: much of the luggage range currently ships as pre-order with an estimated date on each product page, so check that date against your departure.

Best for: Travelers who want a suitcase they can find on the carousel.

Rimowa

Rimowa makes the grooved aluminum cases that turn up in every airport lounge, and it's the only brand here you'd call generational. The German-engineered shells dent instead of cracking, which is why a well-travelled Rimowa looks lived-in and not broken.

Rimowa's site blocks automated price checks, so we're not quoting figures we can't confirm. Treat it as the luxury tier of this list and expect a multiple of what Béis charges for a case of the same size.

Repairability is the argument for spending that much. Aluminum panels and metal hinges can be serviced in a way a glued polycarbonate shell can't, so the maths works if you fly enough to wear a suitcase out.

Best for: Travelers buying one suitcase for the next twenty years.

Tumi

Tumi is the brand you see clipped to the back of a roller in an airline lounge at 6am. The range covers luggage, messenger bags, totes, duffles and backpacks, and the design language leans corporate in a way Béis deliberately doesn't.

Tumi's storefront blocks price scraping, so we've marked it premium and left the numbers to the product pages. What you're paying for is organization: laptop compartments, document sleeves and add-a-bag straps built for someone who packs the same way each week.

If your travel is mostly weekend trips, this is more bag than you need. If you're out four nights a week, the difference in how the zips feel after a year is the whole argument.

Best for: Business travelers whose luggage gets used weekly.

MZ Wallace

MZ Wallace makes quilted nylon totes and travel bags that pack down to almost nothing and shrug off rain. The look is New York practical, and the bags hold their shape empty in a way most soft nylon doesn't.

The site sits behind a bot wall, so we can't quote current prices. It's a premium brand positioned above Béis, and the pieces most people start with are the medium totes and not anything suitcase-shaped.

This is a complement to a suitcase, so pack it as your personal item. If you want the same idea in a structured leather shape, our Longchamp alternatives cover that end of the market.

Best for: City travelers who want one lightweight bag for everything.

Lo & Sons

Lo & Sons is a family business started in 2010 by Helen Lo and her sons Jan and Derek, and its bags solve packing problems instead of styling ones. The Catalina Deluxe weekender ($188 large, $178 small) pioneered the bottom shoe compartment, which also swallows toiletries or a day's worth of dirty clothes.

Every weekender has a luggage sleeve with double-sided zips, so it slides over handle bars of different widths. Materials are eco-friendly canvas or 600D recycled poly made from plastic bottles, and the recycled poly is the water-resistant one.

Sale pricing runs deep here, with the large Catalina Deluxe listed at $150.40 during the summer sale. For more bags built around compartments, see our Baggallini alternatives.

Best for: Packers who want a shoe compartment and a trolley sleeve.

Dagne Dover

Dagne Dover takes interior organization further than anyone else here. The Dakota Backpack ($250) and the Landon Carryall duffle ($240) both come lined with labelled pockets, and the Hunter Toiletry Bag ($75) is the piece people buy first and then buy again in a second size.

Prices run from $75 for small accessories to $425 for the Allyn Tote, which puts the brand a tier above Béis on most comparable shapes. The neoprene and nylon builds read sporty where Béis reads soft and rounded.

New customers get 15% off a first order through the site's email signup, and the custom kit bundles run 20% off.

Best for: Anyone who hates digging for a boarding pass.

Herschel Supply Co.

Herschel Supply Co. is the cheapest way onto this list. The Classic Backpack ($60) holds 26 liters, fits a 14-inch laptop in a padded sleeve, weighs 1.1 pounds and is made from 100% recycled 600D polyester with a recycled striped liner.

It carries a limited lifetime warranty, which matters more at $60 than it does at $600. Across 103 reviews on the product page it averages 4.27 out of 5, and the recurring complaint is material feel and not failure.

Herschel shares Béis's trend-aware streak but points it at students and weekenders instead of frequent fliers. Stock moves, so popular colors sell out.

Best for: A sturdy everyday pack that costs less than a checked bag fee.

Baggu

Baggu handles the inside of your suitcase. The Packing Cube Set ($36), Dopp Kit ($36) and Go Pouch Set ($44) come in prints loud enough to find by feel, and the Large Packing Cube Set runs $40.

The Cloud Carry-On ($86) is the piece that competes with Béis head on. It's recycled heavyweight nylon, machine washable, 13.75 by 19.25 by 7.5 inches, with a trolley sleeve, five exterior pockets and a side zip computer pocket sized for an 18.5-inch laptop.

Machine washable is the detail that earns its keep on a bag you'll drag across airport floors. For Baggu's wider tote range, our Telfar alternatives cover the same price bracket.

Best for: Packing organization that folds flat between trips.

Cuyana

Cuyana sells Italian leather travel pieces built around owning fewer of them. The Travel Case Set ($178) and the Travel Jewelry Case ($98) are the entry points, and the Easy Voyager Bag ($598) is the full-size weekender in pebbled Italian leather with no synthetic lining.

The Classic Easy Zipper Tote ($328) does double duty as a work bag and a personal item. Pieces come with a two-year warranty and monogramming, and free US shipping starts at $95.

Popular sizes go to waitlist, so the Easy Voyager was sold out at the time of writing with a restock date posted on its page. Buy here if you want a bag that outlasts three suitcases.

Best for: Leather pieces you keep for a decade.

Everlane

Everlane brings its cost-breakdown habit to totes, backpacks, weekenders and duffels. The bags are plainer than Béis by design, with no hardware branding and a palette that stops at about four colors per shape.

Everlane's collection pages render prices in the browser and not in the page source, so we're describing the range as mid-range instead of quoting figures we couldn't read directly. Sale styles carry an extra 25% off at the time of writing.

This is the pick if you want the Béis silhouette without the Béis logo, and if you'd like to read where the money went before you spend it.

Best for: Minimalists who want a bag with no visible branding.

Fjallraven

Fjallraven is the Swedish outdoor brand behind the Kanken, the boxy backpack that colonized university campuses and then stayed. Its travel range runs from small daypacks up to duffel-style haul bags built for weather.

The site blocks automated checks, so we're placing it mid-range and not quoting prices. What Fjallraven offers that Béis doesn't is genuine outdoor construction, so a bag that handles a wet week in the Highlands also passes as a commuter pack.

If backpacks are the whole point of your search, our North Face alternatives go deeper on the technical end.

Best for: Trips where the itinerary includes actual weather.

Monos

Monos is the closest thing on this list to Béis one price tier up. The Carry-On ($275), Carry-On Pro ($295) and Carry-On Plus ($295) cover the cabin-size range, and each one ships with a lifetime warranty.

Designed in Canada, the aesthetic is quieter than Béis: matte shells, muted colorways, and a glossy finish held back for limited runs like Mulberry and Arles Blue. The Pro adds a front laptop compartment, which is the reason to spend the extra $20.

Monos also runs stores in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, so you can handle one before committing. Popular colors sell out and get restocked instead of discontinued.

Best for: A matte, quiet carry-on with a lifetime warranty.

Topo Designs

Topo Designs is the Colorado brand that makes travel bags in colors most luggage companies won't touch. The Global Travel Bag 30L ($219) is carry-on sized and built for week-long one-bag trips, and the Rover Pack Classic ($99) is the 20-liter everyday pack it's best known for.

The Classic Teardrop Backpack ($99) borrows a heritage hiking silhouette, and the Mountain Cross Bag ($139) works as a compact briefcase with organization built in. The bags collection runs to 79 pieces, filterable by capacity.

Where Béis reads polished and neutral, Topo reads like a 1970s outdoor catalogue, with colorways named Salsa and Very Peri. It's the antidote to a black suitcase.

Best for: One-bag travel with color you can pick out from across a platform.

Matching the Bag to the Trip

Start with how you travel and not with how the bag looks in a photo. If you check a bag four times a year, Calpak or Away covers it at Béis-adjacent money. If you fly weekly, Rimowa and Tumi earn the premium in hinges and wheels that outlast the trend cycle.

For weekends, Lo & Sons and Monos are the two we'd hand a friend without caveats, one for the shoe compartment and one for the warranty. Pair either with Baggu's $36 packing cubes and you've solved the inside of the bag for less than the cost of a seat selection.

Then check the pre-order dates before you buy, because more than one brand on this list is shipping luggage weeks out. For the rest of the brands our editors have priced and checked this season, browse all our brand guides.

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