Ever take your toys on airline travel?

[coy_one]

Curious - checked luggage or carry on? Or do you UPS them to your destination?

 

[graceanne]

I checked them. If they go through your checked luggage it's not when you're looking. lol

 

[HottieMama]

i have always been told they go in checked luggage.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Depends what it is. When I had our stockwhip and bullwhip made in Oz, I carried them back in my hand luggage. I have also carried rope, chain, floggers that way.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Depends what it is. When I had our stockwhip and bullwhip made in Oz, I carried them back in my hand luggage. I have also carried rope, chain, floggers that way.

Catalina

I guarantee they wouldn't let you take that on any planes in the US. They won't even let you take juice or water on a plane.

 

[m wisdom]

Put them in your checked luggage and expect the bags to be searched thoroughly.

 

[graceanne]

Put them in your checked luggage and expect the bags to be searched thoroughly.

See, I figure they'r eused to finding toys in luggage. I just don't want to see them going through my luggage and finding THAT. lol Probably would embarrass me more than them, but nonethless I'd still be embarrassed.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I guarantee they wouldn't let you take that on any planes in the US. They won't even let you take juice or water on a plane.

Things have changed a lot since my last trip, but yes, when we went to the US they even viewed my first name with suspicion because they had never heard it before so had a lot of extra questions for me as to why I was visiting...and our luggage was searched specially both going in and out of the country....and they wonder why I am not in a hurry to go back despite wanting to see some really cool places and people there. Of course, if we went now things might be vastly different given F's work and status...might even welcome us with open arms.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Things have changed a lot since my last trip, but yes, when we went to the US they even viewed my first name with suspicion because they had never heard it before so had a lot of extra questions for me as to why I was visiting...and our luggage was searched specially both going in and out of the country....and they wonder why I am not in a hurry to go back despite wanting to see some really cool places and people there. Of course, if we went now things might be vastly different given F's work and status...might even welcome us with open arms.

Catalina

Who knows? lol My cousin, who's first and last names are very common, gets checked and double checked every time she flies. Why they check who they check is totally beyond me. They say it's random - my ass. If it was random than my cousin wouldn't get checked every time.

 

[ecstaticsub]

I always put my toys in my checked luggage. I remove any batteries from toys and if possible put toys in a zippered cloth bag inside of my suitcase.

I try to make going through security as easy as possible for the security people. I don't want them having to wonder what something is. At least from what I've seen (and I fly quite a bit) every one is suspect. Even active duty military flying in uniform under official orders have to take off their boots and empty their pockets for security.

 

[Netzach]

Checked. They went through it. I'm sure it made their day, and I have a story to annoy everyone with into my old age.

 

[EmpressFi]

Checked.. so far though.. out of 4 trips.. only had the notication that the bag was searched once...

 

[catalina_francisco]

Who knows? lol My cousin, who's first and last names are very common, gets checked and double checked every time she flies. Why they check who they check is totally beyond me. They say it's random - my ass. If it was random than my cousin wouldn't get checked every time.

LOL, well we assumed it was the name as they focused on that first and foremost, where I came from, where my name came from, and then proceeded to lots of other questions...sort of made the 'have a nice stay' at the end seem insincere and cheesy.
Now could be another matter. From what I have heard, military and law enforcement do not get any special treatment in terms of being exempt from suspicion and possible checks.

Catalina

 

[EmpressFi]

first time I flew to see Master, I had cuffs, paddle, rope and a cane in my suitcase.. I was surprised when I arrived to NOT find the little note that they'd searched my bag...

however... they nabbed it on my way back..

Reminded me that a friend of mine used to travel with one suitcase of clothes, another smaller suitcase (which he checked) of toys. A few months after he and I were "intimate friends"... I met up with him at a party and we were talking in the corner and he leans in with this wicked grin he had and said, "my bag got searched." I was confused, because it came out of nowhere. Then I remembered, he'd brought a date with him to this weekend gathering... and I said, "You didnt bring THAT bag did you?" He just grinned again. I never could see that smile and not laugh..but yeah.. after that..every time he traveled.. his bags were opened... every time..

 

[Netzach]

first time I flew to see Master, I had cuffs, paddle, rope and a cane in my suitcase.. I was surprised when I arrived to NOT find the little note that they'd searched my bag...

however... they nabbed it on my way back..

Reminded me that a friend of mine used to travel with one suitcase of clothes, another smaller suitcase (which he checked) of toys. A few months after he and I were "intimate friends"... I met up with him at a party and we were talking in the corner and he leans in with this wicked grin he had and said, "my bag got searched." I was confused, because it came out of nowhere. Then I remembered, he'd brought a date with him to this weekend gathering... and I said, "You didnt bring THAT bag did you?" He just grinned again. I never could see that smile and not laugh..but yeah.. after that..every time he traveled.. his bags were opened... every time..

We had the large suitcase and there was nothing that was not a piece of hemp rope or a whip or a TOY! toy in it.

I made M have it in his name thougn.

I'm sure we're on a list somewhere now.

 

[Yang4yin]

I guess I'm just unlucky, but when I've travelled with "toys," I've had both my carry-on and checked luggage inspected while I was present. One particularly interesting interchange took place prior to boarding in Canada... apparently the security agent was new on the job and wasn't sure if my rope was legal or not, so she held it up over her head and waved it while yelling to her supervisor to get a second opinion. I got quite a few stares.

And when the Customs Inspector in the same airport asked if I was there for business or pleasure, the instant he opened my checked luggage he smiled and answered the question himself.

I'm not sure if the TSA employee at Minneapolis-St. Paul believed that I needed the Hitachi Magic Wand to massage my lower back after long flights.

 

[Netzach]

I guess I'm just unlucky, but when I've travelled with "toys," I've had both my carry-on and checked luggage inspected while I was present. One particularly interesting interchange took place prior to boarding in Canada... apparently the security agent was new on the job and wasn't sure if my rope was legal or not, so she held it up over her head and waved it while yelling to her supervisor to get a second opinion. I got quite a few stares.

And when the Customs Inspector in the same airport asked if I was there for business or pleasure, the instant he opened my checked luggage he smiled and answered the question himself.

I'm not sure if the TSA employee at Minneapolis-St. Paul believed that I needed the Hitachi Magic Wand to massage my lower back after long flights.

Hey, you could always take it in the bathroom and be a celebrity!

We got nailed in Cincinnati.

 

[Yang4yin]

Hey, you could always take it in the bathroom and be a celebrity!

We got nailed in Cincinnati.

The Wand?

 

[graceanne]

They leave a 'your luggage has been checked' thing? Then my checked luggage has never been . . . checked. LOL Carry on stuff gets checked about half the time I fly, which really doesn't mean that much. I've only flown three times (to SC and back and to Oakland) since 9/11. On the other hand I just packed my vibrator which looks like a . . . vibrator. *gasp* They probably could tell what it was when it went through x-ray and weren't worried. If they couldn't, the batteries next to it would have clued them in.

 

[_kiana_]

I've always put toys in checked luggage. Going between countries they're usually only worried about our leather and rope, but once they see that it's all kept in clean and tidy condition they just wave us along. The most worry for us is usually MAF and not customs; people making sure no icky little germy things come into the country that aren't already there. They assume leather and rope has been used on farms and such.

We've never had anything taken off of us that way, but if you try to take something in carry on that could in any way be 'suspicious' it will just be confiscated. And you never get to see it again. So checked is just safer.

 

[coy_one]

We've never had anything taken off of us that way, but if you try to take something in carry on that could in any way be 'suspicious' it will just be confiscated. And you never get to see it again. So checked is just safer.

Oh, no, they will let you fedex it back to yourself. I have been in this situation where I was ecorted out of security to fedex something back to myself instead of having it confiscated.

The escorting part and having everyone looking at me was real fun.

 

[myinnerslut]

i checked mine in my suitcase every time ive flown down to see A. he always tells me to have them on the top of my suitcase for easy access. So thats where i put them. and i always get my bag back with a big sticker that says "this bag was randomly searched for your protection". random my ass.

 

[EmpressFi]

They leave a 'your luggage has been checked' thing? Then my checked luggage has never been . . . checked. LOL Carry on stuff gets checked about half the time I fly, which really doesn't mean that much. I've only flown three times (to SC and back and to Oakland) since 9/11. On the other hand I just packed my vibrator which looks like a . . . vibrator. *gasp* They probably could tell what it was when it went through x-ray and weren't worried. If they couldn't, the batteries next to it would have clued them in.

Yeah.. if I still had it.. I'd scan it in for you.. it's a little pamphlet from TSA that says they opened your suitcase and searched it along with a number to call if something is damaged or missing...

 

[Luvkitty33]

Yep, for the first time last week!! I checked it, and I still haven't unpacked my suitcase so I don't know if they went through it or not. I didn't even know that they left notes so now I'm curious to see if they checked mine or not.

 

[marieR19]

*giggles at whole thread* Now I want to fly just to see if they check my bags! lol


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