Re: [Paddlewise] NRS paddle bags VS baggage handlers

Jolie,

FWIW, this is my opinion having logged at least
100,000 commercial air miles per year for the last 5
years...

If you like your paddle and want to keep it, don't do
this.  The ONLY way to safely check your paddle
through is in a hard-shell check-thru style golf case
or other hard-shell luggage that it will fit into,
with your gear and clothing stuffed around it to keep
it from slopping around.

Still yet, if you can rent what you want at the other
end that's the best bet.  Choice #2 is shipping it to
yourself.  

I might also add that in all those miles I have not
once ever lost a piece of luggage or filed any claim
for damage.  I have, however, witnessed plenty of
baggage handling antics.  I use hard-shell luggage.

Cheers,
Jennifer


--- Jolie Smilowicz <jolie_at_rockisland.com> wrote:
> Since the airlines have become so unreasonable about
> letting people carry on
> essentials like paddles, I am thinking of buying an
> NRS Paddle Bag, large,
> $53.95, for airline travel.  I thought I could wrap
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