I am a frequent traveler and found that the main problem in transporting
goods either in the hold or in the cabin is security. My luggage have
repeatedly been taken apart, carefully packed items were unpacked and thrown
back together. Security threw my suiseki back into my luggage unwrapped and
refused to let me wrap it again, even threatened me if I approach it.
Needless to say one of my expensive stones broke. On another trip at a
checkpoint in Dallas they lost my wedding ring of 40 years when I was forced
to go through security again after coming from Mexico and changing planes.

I learned my lesson and last time shipped my staff on UPS from California.

As they say: Your mileage may be different. Good luck.

Peter Aradi
Tulsa, Oklahoma

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From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf Of
Helena Handbasket
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:42 AM
To:
Subject: [IBC] Carry on luggage (bonsai) Methods ?

I've been doing a lot of air travel lately and on this last trip I brought
home a very
small bonsai by hand carrying it on the plane. I had to fashion a very
crude package (I
used a plastic pop bottle with the pot cushioned in Styrofoam) but I am
planing to fly to
California again in a couple of months and was contemplating bringing back a
larger plant.
I know about wrapping the pot in a plastic pot, putting that in a smaller
box, gluing that
small box into a larger box using spray foam as the glue and insulation and
poking holes
in the larger box for ventilation.

I'd like to hear what kinds of methods that others use for shipping their
bosai via air
travel. I didn't want to put the tree in the hold as I wasn't sure of the
condition of
the hold. Any advice appreciated.

--
katie
Zone 6b

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