Traveling with cigars, need help!

[kydsid]

Originally Posted by druturn

Kydsid: Hearing that advice, I really want to carry them on with me, but my only fear is them being brought out for inspection at security. I attend a university that severely looks down upon tobacco use, in fact, by the rules,(which aren't enforced but still worry me) using tobacco while studying abroad is grounds for suspension. And considering that I will be traveling with my fellow students and possibly my professors to Germany really scares me to bring the cigars on my carryon. Do you have any advice for packing them well in the checked bag? The humidor will be packed full of cigars so there shouldn't be too much shifting around inside the humidor.

Tobacco use is grounds for supspension? How do they get away with that? I know tobacco is domonized but that seems like the ACLU would be all over that like white on rice. Is this for athletics maybe then I might understand but if you are of age, WTF? But what right does the University have to tell you what to do on your own time, even if it is a semester overseas program?

As for if they have to go checked. You need to pack them in the humidor so they don't move at all. Papertowels are a good way to pad a traveldor to prevent movement. Next wrap the humidor in packaging, clothes really, and put it in the center of the suitcase. If you want to be really careful use some packaging and duct tape in a cocoon like means to ensure there will always be padding even if the traveldor moves.


Lastly, be aware of Germany's/EU's personal exemption amounts for tobacco products needing to be declared at Customs.