About BagBee

BagBee is a remote check-in & porter service which offers passengers with Icelandair and Play airlines the option of checking in their luggage before heading to the airport. The travellers then don´t have to carry their bags to the airport and they skip the check-in line. BagBee takes care of the bags, delivers them safely to Keflavik airport and hands them over via the bag drop system in KEF to Icelandair and Play who get the bags on board the flight.

BagBee works in partnerships with the airlines Icelandair and Play and in co-operation with the Icelandic airport authorities.

Additionally, BagBee handles all types of luggage transport, storage and porter services in co-operation with hotels in Reykjavik or on an individual basis. BagBee is the only specialized baggage and porter service company in Iceland.

BagBee was founded in 2022 by Valgeir Bjarnason and Rúnar Árnason. Their experience from the travel industry, aviation and business management, ignited the idea for the BagBee bagdrop service. They wanted to offer more comfort for travellers than had previously been available. Their experience, connections in the tourism industry, including Icelandair and Play airlines, helped facilitate a fast start-up. A few months later the bee took flight and is now always ready to assist passengers and take care of their bags.

The bee is hard working, strong and agile. It´s a good symbol of the company which goes from one hotel to the other and then brings the nectar to the airport.

BagBee is a fusion of two words, bag and bee. It is fascinating that the first part of the name bag originates from the Old Icelandic word baggi, which means bundle or sack. The second part, - bee - refers to the honeybee and also has roots in Old Icelandic. However, unlike bag, the word bee can be traced even further back to Proto-Germanic. Quite intriguing, isn’t it?

BagBee specializes in baggage services, including luggage transport, luggage storage etc. It´s core focus is however remote check-in services which BagBee offers to airline passengers flying with Icelandair and Play airlines. BagBee operates in partnership with Icelandair and Play and the BagBee check-in system is linked with their check-in systems. That means that BagBee offers real time baggage check-in and the passenger gets the check-in confirmation and bag-tags from the airline systems.

BagBee´s founders have over two decades experience in the aviation industries and already have checked in thousands of bags for airline passengers. Additionally, BagBee´s sister company has specialized in baggage storage solutions for over a decade and stores thousands of bags each year for travellers in Iceland. We can therefore state that BagBee´s founders are specialists in their field and can be counted on when handling luggage for it´s customers.

BagBee strives to provide good and quick service as well as to provide clear answers regarding the luggage bag drop services and the check-in. Our customers are happy with the services we have provided as can be seen on our Trustpilot review page.

The Icelandic media showed interest in BagBee when the bee took off to do it´s work. The bag drop check-in service that BagBee offers is not only new in Iceland but Iceland was only the 4th country in Europe to offer the service. Many people were surprised that a 3rd party company would be allowed to check-in bags for flights but the surprise changed to understanding when they realized that BagBee is effectively a handling company, working in co-operation with Icelandair, Play airlines and Keflavik airport authorities. BagBee is subject to audits and reviews to maintain the quality and security needed.