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Originally Posted by jazzsax
(Post 32435880)
My main experience is usually with Napa. It's hard not to go to Napa and hit 6-8 wineries and not come back with at least a dozen bottles per person.
usually my process is go to the wineries, find what I like, and add on the bubble wrap sealed bags for the bottles. Then get the shipping box from the UPS store in downtown Napa (yes there is one, with really good hours) that is specifically designed to fit the bottles with extra padding. They will happily tape the box for you once done since you're buying the box from them. Ship it as one of your bags on the flight home. AC has been happy to accept the 12-bottle box (holding 9L of liquid) as checked baggage. It's very common for them at SFO in particular. I suspect at YLW too. |
I've used these bags pretty successfully, there's two seals on them. +1 for the padded boxes if you buy enough to fill them.
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Originally Posted by Adam Smith
(Post 32435852)
Maybe you should put the bottle in the bag, then the bag inside the stock? ;)
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Originally Posted by bigev007
(Post 32436795)
Thought about that first, but then if the glass broke it'd shred the plastic and you'd lose liquid containment. This way you might lose the liquor to socks, but you wouldn't lose the rest of your bag (or ruin someone else's bag)
Just pad if well. I know someone whose bottle of Whisky broke in their luggage. It wasn’t good. |
Originally Posted by cyralax
(Post 32436049)
I've used these bags pretty successfully, there's two seals on them. +1 for the padded boxes if you buy enough to fill them.
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i use something similar and they have not failed me yet. Just be sure to squeeze as much air out as possible and pack them somewhere near the interior of your suitcase.
When travelling, I purchase quality not quantity, so I would be far more upset about the contents than my socks should a bottle break. Which has not happened yet. These bags are now part of my standard survival kit for the long trips when I actually check luggage. |
I have definitely brought back 5+ bottles of various things accumulated in a trip - never experienced any actual breakage, but I did have a weird NZ pull cap come off a beer bottle once, volume was low enough it was just my belongings that got drenched.
I also remember picking up my then 18 y.o. brother from YVR and he REEKED of rum because one of his 5 bottles of rum shattered. No one at customs blinked when he declared nothing. |
Good thing that no one here would ever reek of rum. Just wouldn't happen.
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Originally Posted by Bohemian1
(Post 32438041)
Good thing that no one here would ever reek of rum. Just wouldn't happen.
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Originally Posted by Bohemian1
(Post 32438041)
Good thing that no one here would ever reek of rum. Just wouldn't happen.
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Originally Posted by nomadic.relief
(Post 32438236)
At 18 that probably should have triggered a closer look. ;)
Or is it based on where you land? I honestly don't know. |
Originally Posted by Bohemian1
(Post 32438243)
Wouldn't it depend on which province he is from and their drinking age?
Or is it based on where you land? I honestly don't know. I wonder whether CBSA should look at relaxing that with the advent of OSS and through-checked bags, but that's the way it has always been. It had me quite concerned when I came back to Canada with some - very well-packed, unbroken - limoncello and wine when I was 18 (legal where I lived in Alberta/Quebec, but not in Ontario, where I landed). Thankfully no one at CBSA asked about it and I was fine. |
AC reservations told me there is a 5 litre limit for wine as checked luggage.....is this incorrect? I want to check 12 bottles from YLW to YEG.....will be on a J fare so can check 2 bags.
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Originally Posted by Altaflyer
(Post 34104012)
AC reservations told me there is a 5 litre limit for wine as checked luggage.....is this incorrect? I want to check 12 bottles from YLW to YEG.....will be on a J fare so can check 2 bags.
You can pack containers of alcohol (including homemade wine and beer, and commercial products) in your checked baggage if:
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Appreciate it….thank you!
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