International travel

[SirenoftheSouth]

Greetings to all. Haven't been on MN in years but figured I better jump back on! My discussion deals with traveling internationally with tails. I'm traveling to Europe in June 2017 to Scotland and England for 15 days and am wanting to travel with two silicone tails. Needing advice on traveling with them... Check it as a bag? Carry on??? Never flown with a tail that can't pack in a suitcase soooooo.... Advice would be awesome!!!!


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[Merman Storm]

Ive only traveled with a fabric FinFun, packed in a checked bag. It was no issue.
One issue with carry-on: size. It has to fit in the size of a carry-on bag. Most tails will not do that due to the width of the fluke.

[SirenoftheSouth]

That is my fear. I don't know that I feel comfortable shipping it overseas it'll be expensive and could easily get lost. I don't feel like buying an extra seat for my tails lol. Checking it has me worried bc of govt regulation luggage size. Depending on the size of my fluke... That will make all the difference. I know there is someone making mermaid tail baggage now... I may have to invest in it. Sigh... I'm just perplexed


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[Mermaid Lilium]

Take your tails to a luggage shop and try them in the biggest regulation size suitcase you airlines will allow, but do bear in mind that most have a weight limit per case of like 50lb. You may need to basically take an extra case or take them in a padded tail bag, but you'll have to pay an extra fee for any extra checked bags and a fee for overweight bags and/or oversized bags.

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[SirenoftheSouth]

Okay thank you. I'm looking into that right now. May end up buying a custom bag for them and checking them.


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[leahroseFTW]

I just moved with my tail and she did okay through a 9 hour flight, I actually kept the cardboard box she was sent to me in. She's 35 pounds by herself and I was able to lightly fold her down pretty well, so while the box was technically oversize since my fluke is the size of Texas, it was pretty flat and still under weight. I'd tape the jeebus out of the box, write FRAGILE all over, and totally hype up the fact that it's a pro silicone mermaid tail and totally underweight! They didn't even charge me extra.

[SirenoftheSouth]

I just moved with my tail and she did okay through a 9 hour flight, I actually kept the cardboard box she was sent to me in. She's 35 pounds by herself and I was able to lightly fold her down pretty well, so while the box was technically oversize since my fluke is the size of Texas, it was pretty flat and still under weight. I'd tape the jeebus out of the box, write FRAGILE all over, and totally hype up the fact that it's a pro silicone mermaid tail and totally underweight! They didn't even charge me extra.

Great advice thnx can't wait for this trip


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