How to carry wine on an airplane

Admit that you are worried about your luggage on the plane every time, especially if you are carrying something of value in your suitcase. Especially if you are carrying something beating. Especially if you are carrying wine.

We decided to tell you about simple, understandable, but still important rules for transporting wine on an airplane.

First: read the rules for the carriage of alcohol

Moreover, it is important to find out how the rules for exporting alcohol from the country from which you are taking it, since everywhere their own norms, a certain number of liters that can be taken out. There are also stricter rules. Be sure to check them out. Moreover, this information is always in the public domain on the Internet.

Another point that will need to be clarified: the rules of carriage in the airline you are flying with. In addition to restrictions in the country, there may be restrictions for a particular airline. Especially if you are flying low-cost.

Second: wrap bottles with clothes


The advice is stupid, but many people ignore it. Clothes will really save your bottles from being broken (have you seen people throwing luggage at airports?). Better yet, wrap the bottles with bubble wrap - it will save you from strong drips, in which case.

Order a shipping box

If you are transporting a lot of wine, this is permissible with the airline (check this in advance - do they take such boxes in their luggage), then the box for transporting it is just a salvation. Also, do not forget to ask at registration to put a mark that there is a beating (by the way, in some airlines the same mark on a suitcase or backpack does not really help).

One last thing: buy special bottle cases


There are a great many of them. There are special materials that do not allow moisture to pass through if the bottle breaks. There are dense ones so that nothing happens to her. If you travel often and bring one or two bottles, then the thing is simply necessary for you.


So, it is not so difficult to transport wine or other alcohol on an airplane. To do this, you need to properly pack all your wine stuff and familiarize yourself with the rules for the carriage of alcohol in advance in order to avoid possible incidents.

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