Comments on: Taking a Doctor Who Toy Through Customs. Best Don’t!

By: alyson@worldtravelfamily

alyson@worldtravelfamily — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:07:55 +0000

In reply to KimberlyAnne. It would have been perfectly fine in our checked baggage Kimberly.

By: KimberlyAnne

KimberlyAnne — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:18:25 +0000

AWWW 🙁 that must be really heartbreaking for the little kid. Good thing you got it back 🙂 Would it be best to send it as a package or not?

By: Suzi Hansborough

Suzi Hansborough — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:58:49 +0000

In reply to Carra. This made me chuckle. Pulling apart tampons...crazy.

By: Suzi Hansborough

Suzi Hansborough — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:56:18 +0000

It seems all our great ‘airport security’ stories occurred while flying out of Amsterdam…and not for what you might think. =) Prior to 9/11, my husband packed in carryon some ceramic knives — which had to be flown in a sealed envelope with the captain. Once while travelling with a friend who enjoys sculpting and who had found a great deal on modeling clay, officials were surprised to unzip his bag and find what looked exactly like clumps of C4. Another time we forgot we’d packed a ship’s compass purchased at an antique store in carryon — and it was housed in a brass container…which made everyone think we had a bomb, from the way they reacted to the scanner.
Good times.
I’m really impressed you were able to get that toy back. I thought it would be gone for good.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:25:37 +0000

Travelling with 2 children aged 5 and 7 with multiple food allergies we were stopped many times for our suspicious-under-100ml fruit puree pouches. However Hong Kong security was the ONLY airport in 9 airports that took any interest whatsoever in my son’s adrenalin auto-injector! They made note of our seat numbers and gave a note to the captain and crew telling them we had it.