We can't bring anything bigger than 100 ml in our luggage. So we can't even bring a bottle of sunscreen. We have to bring samples or small travel size. Most of the time we end up buying in Orlando.
I feel that there's a disconnect.
It feels funny asking this as an American to a non-American, but you know that 100 ml isn't tiny, right? And you can decant a bigger container into 100ml containers. I've flown on Air Canada and did it just fine.
Get a bottle of what you want, get some 100ml bottles (that are marked as such), decant, stuff in a 311 baggie. (OK that's the American-speak for the baggies, since we still pretend like 3oz is the limit, when it's 3.4 oz = 100 ml) If you have one person, that's one baggie. If you have more, then you get more. If you're traveling with people who don't use a lot of liquid toiletries, you get bonus space for more sunscreen, etc.
We bought the bullfrog insect repellant/sunscreen; it was 4+ oz. So we put that in a checked bag, then didn't use it despite being on St Maarten, and we were fine. I'd do the same for SafeSea (or decant it) if I felt the need to use that. I buy big bottles of Coppertone, throw one in the checked bag, decant the rest and carry it on.
Air Canada! 100 ml is the max for checked luggage.
Just checked
Amazon. The smallest size I could find was 118 ml. Which is 18 ml higher than what is permitted.
And yes, if I try to bring it, they will throw it away.
100ml isn't the max for checked luggage.
Liquids, gels and aerosols (e.g. hairspray, medicines containing alcohol, perfume, and cologne) are accepted in checked baggage provided:
Their total capacity does not exceed 2 L or 2 kg (75 fl. oz.) per passenger.
The net capacity of each single item does not exceed 500 ml or 500 g (18 fl. oz).
I just checked my rather large container of shampoo; it's 665ml. That's a big container! This isn't something to worry about when you're just talking about repellant and sunscreen.
They are telling you that per passenger you can have 4 500ml containers of liquids in checked bags.
And the carryon info (on Air Canada as well as the website of the Canadian version of "TSA") tells us that in each baggie we can have 100ml containers; the reality is that it's "as many as can fit". I just grabbed 3 proper 100ml containers (2 empty, one half full of Coppertone) from my travel area, and two 3oz containers, put them in a baggie and took a picture.
That's actually a lot of liquid, and it's not packed at all. In reality, if I were flying domestically or internationally, I would cram that full of mascara and lipgloss and Rescue Remedy and arnica cream especially for "run-cations" and maybe perfume, and it would be just fine. Since I travel with two men there would be a container of hair gel, a few 3.4oz containers of toothpaste, and the rest of the (3) baggie space would be mine, all mine.... The deodorant DH and I use is a solid, so it doesn't need to be in a baggie. Mine goes in carryon because I'm very picky, DH's goes in checked unless I pack it in which case it's in carryon, too.
