Checking sealed wooden box on plane
May 13, 2015, 5:52 am
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Checking sealed wooden box on plane
Hi all. I'm flying from Nairobi to London via Brussels and bought a piece of glass artwork that was delivered to me in a big wooden box (nailed shut). I've never tried to travel with anything like this.
Will I be able to check this in? Does anyone know if there will be customs duties to pay? Or will they need to open it beyond an xray? I'm worried this wasn't the brightest decision.
Thanks in advance for any tips :-::-:
Will I be able to check this in? Does anyone know if there will be customs duties to pay? Or will they need to open it beyond an xray? I'm worried this wasn't the brightest decision.
Thanks in advance for any tips :-::-:
May 13, 2015, 9:34 am
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May 13, 2015, 3:11 pm
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Ah, seemed bigger in the picture. I might just ask Fedex or UPS in Nairobi (though of course they'd be expensive).
How big is the actual object? can you remove it and carry it on? I bought a fairly big painting on wood in France (about four feet long) and carried it home on three flights. Took a bit of sweet talking of airline/security folks (and scowling at folks with designs on my overhead), but it's happily on my wall.
How big is the actual object? can you remove it and carry it on? I bought a fairly big painting on wood in France (about four feet long) and carried it home on three flights. Took a bit of sweet talking of airline/security folks (and scowling at folks with designs on my overhead), but it's happily on my wall.
May 14, 2015, 1:02 am
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Ah, seemed bigger in the picture. I might just ask Fedex or UPS in Nairobi (though of course they'd be expensive).
How big is the actual object? can you remove it and carry it on? I bought a fairly big painting on wood in France (about four feet long) and carried it home on three flights. Took a bit of sweet talking of airline/security folks (and scowling at folks with designs on my overhead), but it's happily on my wall.
How big is the actual object? can you remove it and carry it on? I bought a fairly big painting on wood in France (about four feet long) and carried it home on three flights. Took a bit of sweet talking of airline/security folks (and scowling at folks with designs on my overhead), but it's happily on my wall.
I did an online quote with Fedex and it was over $1000
- which would make me just leave it here; and I couldn't really spend that sort of cash on this.