On our last trip to Ireland, where we stayed in B&Bs, we often requested this. Storing the luggage elsewhere provides security for when you leave your car in a parking lot in tourist areas. It also leaves more room in the car for us, and allows us to shop if we wish. All B&Bs we encountered were happy to let us leave our luggage. We were grateful..
When we stayed in Ireland that was the number one thing they told us to watch out for...theft from your car or theft OF your car. We fastidiously put our luggage in the trunk every morning before we started off on the day's adventures, parking all over Dublin and the countryside.
At one stop we were coming back to the car and I said to Gomez, 'I think the trunk is unlocked.' Sure enough, we had been driving around with an unlocked trunk for a week!
I guess your story puts another light on things. People don't know what sort of place they are coming into and they worry. (Handbag was grabbed right on Main St at 10 AM the other morning. Woman was walking with 2 men and some guy ran by, grabbed the purse and took off. The 2 men chased him, another guy picked up the chase and the thief ran into a dead end alley. Oops. But I don't think about stuff like that happening here. Ever. But it did so it will.
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