Mission Trip Specific Job Description




Position: Luggage Coordinator


Purpose: To help manage the checked luggage of trip participants


Duties and Responsibilities:


  1. Work with the Humanitarian Aid Coordinator to distribute all the packed ministry suitcases to the individuals carrying these overseas.


  1. Ensure all luggage has an identification tag on their suitcase and that owners have a description of their luggage and its’ contents.


  1. Ensure all both pieces of checked luggage for each trip participant do not weigh over 110 pounds combined.


    1. Airlines permit 70 pounds per piece for international travel, but Russian customs permit only 50kg per person which is 110 pounds for the 2 checked pieces of luggage combined.


  1. Upon arrival overseas, help trip participants with their luggage and getting it through customs and onto the bus.


  1. Upon arrival overseas, identify ministry suitcases that will need to be taken to the ministry sites.


  1. Working with the Humanitarian Aid Coordinator, ensure all ministry suitcases are delivered to the ministry sites within the first 2 days of the mission trip.


  1. Working with the Humanitarian Aid Coordinator, ensure the empty ministry suitcases are returned to the individuals at the hotel prior to return to the USA.


  1. Ensure borrowed suitcases are returned to the owners within 7 days of return from the mission trip.