The final fitting is done, your dress is perfect in every way, and while waiting for its big moment is being safely stored as if it were an antique document! Speaking from personal experience as a travelling bride, I know the last thing most brides want is to see their carefully packaged wedding dress snatched swiftly away by an airport conveyor belt - through the tatty plastic curtain that is the door way to the dark depths of airport baggage handling.
The good news is, if you can handle 12 hours of flying with no more than a handbag’s worth of in flight essentials, then you might not have to part with life’s most important dress during your journey.
After a morning on the phone to some of the bigger airlines, it would appear that most of them roughly follow the same guidelines: 1 item of hand luggage weighing around 7kg and 115cm in size (generally 56cm x 36cm x 23cm) plus another small handbag or laptop bag as well.
It would seem that the best way to transport your dress is to pack it carefully into the correct size bag and take it on board with you.
Having it in a large garment bag seems less appealing for all the potential hassle. If you’re lucky enough on the day to be on a relatively quiet flight, the air staff are usually very happy to share in your excitement and treat your dress with a little extra TLC by hanging it up in the Business Class wardrobe. The down side is your dress may be the victim of scrunching and shoving into the tiny waist high wardrobe designed more to hold business suits.
Another thing to keep in mind is smaller aircraft that fly the domestic routes don’t always have the space for hanging garments.
My pristine dress survived 2 long haul flights between Auckland and Jo’Burg hanging carefully in Business Class only to be forced into an overhead compartment by the flight attendant on the Jo’Burg to Durban flight!
Your mind will no doubt be racing the entire flight with your ever increasing to do list which you plan to start tackling the moment you set foot on the ground. Having your dress neatly and carefully packed away for easy maneuvering and connecting flights will mean one less thing to worry about.
Happy flying!
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