My Traveling Woes of CEDIA

[admin]

From donut eating cops on the freeway, to moody flight attendants and tough airport security, I dodged the arrows and made it to the promise land. In my travels, I endured starvation, nausea and redefined what a liquid is. I take away from this experience that its best to travel light and blended iPhones could be considered a liquid by airline standards. CEDIA was a great show and experience and I look forward towards my next travel experience.

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[majorloser]

Some people never learn.

First: Accept that baggage must be checked-in and you'll have to wait for it.
Second: Use curb side luggage check-in and slip the guy $20. No line, no hassles. Well worth the $20. They'll even overlook any overweight items
Third: Bring one change of clothes or the one item you ABSOLUTELY MUST have (like a suit if it's an important business meeting) as carry-on along with your laptop case.
Fourth: Accept that random "anal-probe" searches are goin to happen to you. Of course when you're running late, too.

Last but not least: My favorite.....on your return trip, place all your dirty underwear and socks in your carry-on luggage. Make them earn that random inspection

 

[Johnd]

Last but not least: My favorite.....on your return trip, place all your dirty underwear and socks in your carry-on luggage. Make them earn that random inspection

That's just rude.

 

[Adam]

Fourth: Accept that random "anal-probe" searches are goin to happen to you. Of course when you're running late, too.

On my way back from Japan once, I had my luggage searched three out of three possible times. Two of those were by people that didn't speak the same language as me. Good times. I should mention that I knew the risks going in...but I was just too cheap to pass on taking those sewing kits with me - each of which had a small pair of scissors.

 

[bcsmaster]

Smart packing for the Show

I always pack extra plastic bags. Laundry can then be kept seperate from the fresh stuff. Collectables from the show can be sorted and it helps sort
followup materials from the general interest materials. CEDIA give-aways can become a airport screeners attention getter. Better to have it in a bag than scattered about at the security counter.

 

[stratman]

Some people never learn.

Last but not least: My favorite.....on your return trip, place all your dirty underwear and socks in your carry-on luggage. Make them earn that random inspection

That can land you in the hooch for transporting biological nerve agents.

 

[dina]

After waiting 15 minutes in the 30 minute Denver airport security line (that snaked back and forth not unlike a neverending Disney attraction line) I reached in my pocket to discover that I had not one, but TWO screwdrivers. ( I had gotten them at some booth at CEDIA during the last-day-of-CEDIA-swag-dump-fest.) It would be the equivalent of carrying a couple shivs onboard. I put them in the camera bag. They passed through the x-ray machine with nary a second look. Butch must have been busy with you and your "liquids", Gene.

 

[Matt34]

You should try traveling with a dog, cause if you think you will get any special treatment, your dead wrong.

Though it is funny when you tell the TSA person that the dog they are about to "frisk" is a trained attack dog.

 

[Adam]

Though it is funny when you tell the TSA person that the dog they are about to "frisk" is a trained attack dog.

Hee, hee! Do you start mumbling menacing sounding commands in German?

 

[dorokusai]

At one point or another, you will sacrifice your own well being for this hobby. Glad you are still kickin'

Mark
Polk Audio CS