lls-con Posted October 27, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Due to the recent airline restrictions which do not permit you to carry-on your liquor bottles, which is what most people used to do, I'm wondering how to safely (without breakage) bring back liquor from the islands? What is the best way to pack it in your luggage? Are there other shipping options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoinCruisin Posted October 27, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Due to the recent airline restrictions which do not permit you to carry-on your liquor bottles, which is what most people used to do, I'm wondering how to safely (without breakage) bring back liquor from the islands? What is the best way to pack it in your luggage? Are there other shipping options? I packed mine in my luggage... I had several suitcases, and made sure I didn't pack it with anything I would be upset damaging... wrapped it in some clothes and all the bottles made it just fine. Made my luggage HEAVY, but they didn't break :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted October 27, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I would also recommend a hardside case as opposed to something really flimsy. Also back certain you remove the bottles and wrap them individually. Just being in that paper carton isn't enough to keep 2 bottles from hitting each other and breaking. And we aren't even talking the airlines...they did not survive getting off the ship in the checked luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-Crazy Posted October 27, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 27, 2006 If you plan on putting them in your luggage some large ziplock bags would be a good idea too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraftyDD Posted October 27, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 27, 2006 We brought bubble wrap and newspaper and the plastic bags newspaper comes in. Had no problem with breakage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieastrosfan Posted October 27, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 27, 2006 If you plan on putting them in your luggage some large ziplock bags would be a good idea too. Good idea, but I discovered last week they do no good when a bottle breaks and pierces a hole in the ziplock bag. Next time I'll be investing in a lot of bubble wrap. Thankfully, Oxy Clean is a miracle worker when it comes to getting white zinfandel out of clothes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cruisers Posted October 29, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Definitely take bubble wrap and wrap each bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CRUZIN' SUZIN Posted October 29, 2006 #8 Share Posted October 29, 2006 The luggage that you put the bottles in has to be very full so that the bottles can not move around at all. Then they have to be very well cushioned. On my last cruise I wrapped the bottles in plastic and then surrounded them with all of dirty laudry to make a very tight fit. No give at all. I got the bottles from Puerto Rico to NYC without a problem. Some of the ports will "pack" it to ship. I saw some people check their liquor boxes. I don't know how well that worked though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicia Posted October 29, 2006 #9 Share Posted October 29, 2006 We always checked our liquor box with no problems. We do pack newspaper around the bottles so there is no movement and duct tape the cover closed. We had to sign a form at the airline counter saying they were not responsible for breakage. It is just counted as a piece of checked luggage. We were doing this long before the new airline regulations. We've never had a problem yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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