Originally Posted by susiesan

I had my warehouse employees pack it for me, and it is very secure, double boxed and padded. If they open the top of the box they can easily see it is a bread machine. There are also 8 cookbooks packed in the box. But they will have to tape it back shut and retie the string around that has formed a carrying handle. Or they can just use their common sense when viewing it on the screen and see that it is a bread maker. I'd carry it on if I had a direct flight but we have to change planes in Dallas and the thing is very heavy.