Of course, keep your wallet, passport, and flight tickets out of your suitcase. Also, if you have physical tickets for train trips or events such as the ballet or sports , an invitation with an address on it, or any other papers with no digital counterpart, pack those in your carry-on. Airlines and airports are doing more to stop luggage theft, but incidents do still happen.
Keep your camera, jewelry, computer, and other luxury or expensive items with you at all times. Even articles of clothing have been stolen out of suitcases, so assume that if you splurged on it, it belongs in your carry-on. Unless looking out the window is enough to keep you occupied throughout the flight, bring a book , magazine, game, or other source of amusement. But stay away from the giant hardcovers that will weigh you down; opt instead to stock your e-reader or audiobook library—but bring a magazine for take-off and landing, when all electronics must be stowed under the seat in front of you.
Keep a change of underwear with you in case your luggage gets lost or you want to freshen up post-flight. Give your final destination a good first impression by brushing your teeth and washing your face before leaving the airport.
In some cases, smaller instruments for example a violin are allowed on board and considered a piece of your hand luggage. A flute can also easily fit in your carry-on, yet if you are travelling with a guitar or a cello, check before you head to the airport.
Here is a checklist you can use when packing your carry-on and your checked luggage. Note that we have also included a section including items you should leave at home as they are banned both on board and in the cargo hold.
Small portable electronic devices like mobile phones, tablets and standard sized laptops are allowed on planes. Larger electronic devices, such as laptops, video game consoles, DVD players, need to be screened individually at security checkpoints. Tweezers, razors, nail clippers, and scissors with blades which measure less than 12 cm from the pivot point. Inhalers, insulin or blood-sugar testing kits, being aerosols or liquids, must be declared for individual screening.
Breast milk, baby formula, liquid-filled teethers, processed food are permitted on board if a baby is travelling and do not need to meet the ml restriction. Items that are NOT allowed in your carry-on: Pack these in your checked luggage.
Nerf guns, BB guns, and their ammunition Firearms - packed securely in a hard-sided case Pepper spray and mace spray - allowed in checked luggage if equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge.
Box cutters, large scissors, tent spikes, knives are allowed in your checked baggage if they are securely wrapped. For the number of bottles allowed, check with your airline or confirm the country limits. Items NOT allowed in carry-on or checked luggage: Leave these at home. Alcoholic beverages over proof, such as grain alcohol, are not allowed on board or in the cargo hold.
You are allowed to bring liquids and gels, but they need to meet a few restrictions. All of your liquids need to be in containers, smaller than ml 3. Fortunately, some companies offer travel-sized toiletries: shower gels, shampoos, toothpaste and more. If your favorite product is not offered in smaller containers, you could always transfer some of it in a bottle, smaller than ml. Even spray or gel deodorants need to be under ml in size. Duty-free alcohol that you buy from the airport is on the list of products allowed on airplanes.
Remember to leave the receipt inside the security bag with the red border provided upon purchase. If security staff want to screen the content and you have a connecting flight at another airport, you would have to ask for a new bag. But all in all, how much liquid you take in your plane hand luggage will depend on how well much you want it and how well you can pack it into that 1-liter plastic bag for toiletries.
Under airline rules, passengers are allowed to take a lighter or a pack of safety matches with them onboard. In fact, these items are not allowed in your checked luggage. The reason why you can have a lighter onboard is that passengers are not allowed to take any flammable items with them. This makes any lighters and matches effectively harmless.
This is why the following items are prohibited in your carry-on baggage, as well as in your hold luggage: lighter fluid all Zippo users would have to buy extra fluid at their destinations , flammable paint, fuel, gasoline and aerosol cans.
You do not have to empty the fuel of your Zippo or conventional lighter beforehand, however. If you are going camping, you would have to empty your portable stove in advance and purchase fuel when you arrive. And while we are on the subject of camping, make sure you leave out any sharp tent parts such as tent pegs as they will not be allowed in your hand luggage. According to airplane carry-on luggage rules, any object that could be used as a weapon or imitates a weapon would not be permitted in your cabin luggage.
This includes firearms, rifles, BB guns, nerf guns or their ammunition, among others. You could have these in your checked luggage, however. If you are taking real firearms, you will have to secure and declare them at check-in.
You will have to pack the weapon and its ammo in separate, hard-sided packages. To be safe, make sure you review the gun laws of the country you are visiting. Other self-defense items such as pepper spray, mace, and tear gas are subject to similar restrictions and are on the list of items not allowed in hand luggage.
Note that any sharp objects in your checked bags should be covered or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and inspectors. However, some exceptions include tennis rackets, fishing poles, snow shoes, and longboards. Bicycles are sometimes allowed on flights, but it varies by airline—check with your airline for details. Self-defense sprays like mace or pepper spray , and other items, such as billy clubs, black jacks, brass knuckles, kubotans, and other martial-arts weapons, are not permitted past security.
While solid wax candles are allowed in a carry-on and checked luggage, gel-like candles can only be transported via checked bags. Per the rule, passengers may carry-on alcoholic beverages in 3. However, if you want to bring more than that like bottles of wine , you may pack in your checked baggage up to five liters of adult beverages more than 24 percent, but less than 70 percent alcohol in unopened retail packaging.
Well-packaged ammunition and well-packaged, unloaded firearms, BB guns, compressed-air guns e. Per TSA regulations on guns: "Firearms carried in checked bags must be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided container, and declared to the airline at check-in. Ask the airline about limitations or fees. Any beverage with over 70 percent alcohol content, such as grain alcohol and proof rum, cannot be checked or taken onto the plan in your carry-on bag.
Aerosol cans except limited quantities of personal care items that are 3. Passengers cannot bring items such as fireworks, flares, hand grenades, blasting caps, dynamite, and replicas of explosive materials on board aircrafts. Chlorine, bleach, spillable batteries, spray paint, fertilizers, tear gas, and fire extinguishers are considered dangerous and are not permitted on commercial passenger aircrafts.
Items such as bear bangers intended to scare away bears without harming them and bear spray are not allowed aboard commercial aircraft. By Real Simple Editors. Save FB Tweet More. Credit: Getty Images. Nonflammable liquids, gels, and aerosols—including food, drinks, and toiletries—in quantities of 3. Matches and lighters. Knitting needles. Medication and medical equipment. Baby food, equipment, and needs. Expensive items. E-liquids, electronic cigarettes, and vaping devices.
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