Godfrey, If you want to get advice about travel and the new rules I suggest you look at the Security and Safety forum on Flyer Talk.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=222 There's lots of talk about it now, but people will soon be reporting about experiences and be able to give practical advice. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I agree completely. > > I'm booked to fly to the UK in two weeks. If restrictions continue > past Monday, I'll package everything I need for my photography work > there and ship it FedEx ahead of time. It's a royal pain as it will > cost me an extra hundred bux or two, but at least it will be insured > and safer than commercial passenger plane checked luggage. > > G > > On Aug 10, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Asad Masede wrote: > >> Whatever you do, *do not* put expensive items in the checked luggage, >> unless you want to part with it. I've lost a camera and a cellphone on >> two separate flights, once the entire bag vanished with my camera >> and a >> bunch of lenses and flashes in it, and another my sister put my brand >> new cellphone in her luggage, someone just took it out... >> >> So, ship it if you have to, but don't put your camera in the bag, what >> good are lenses without a body? > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
