India, May 11 -- With the growing fashion of travel and trips every few months, we have all asked ourselves the same question. Which suitcase should we buy? Instagram will convince you that hard shell luggage is the only acceptable answer. Sleek, shiny and rolling through airports looking like it has its life together. But is that really the best choice for everyone? Not quite.

If you are the kind of traveller who returns with an extra pair of shoes, three fridge magnets, six skincare products and a handbag you definitely did not plan to buy, a soft shell suitcase is a shopaholic's dream. That expandable zip is basically the loophole airlines do not want you to know about. After countless flights, aggressive baggage belts and one too man...