packing food in check baggage when flying jet blue

[Marionnette]

Are there any snacks that can be brought along in carry on luggage? I do plan to ship a box down before we go with most snacks and sundries. I'm just going to either give away leftover stuff or toss it. I just hate the idea of tossing body wash, shampoo and etc away. But I don't want to check more than one bag. $25 each way for one bag is silly.

Does anyone know if it's cheaper to just ship your "what would be checked bag" down and ship it back? I shipped back luggage and boxes after my Mom died and I didn't think it was that expensive but then I was in a state and don't remember all of it well.

I hate that the only direct flight for us is Continental. Expensive!

The shipping cost would probably be less than the cost of checking a bag. But you will have to go through the hassle of finding a good shipping container and then carting it off to UPS or FedEx. Then you will have to deal with having your resort track the package down after your arrival. I shipped a box to BC once and it took 2 days after our arrival for the package to be tracked down and brought to our room.

For the price of checking a bag ($50 RT), I would either take a cab to Walmart or Publix OR I would use a grocery delivery service.

ETA: As far as carry on snacks are concerned" Anything that is a solid can be packed. I've brought granola bars and whole apples onboard without a problem. Don't take liquids or gels. There was a woman infront of me at MCO who was arguing with a TSA agent because her unopened bottles of Gatorade were being confiscated at the security checkpoint.

 

[swilshire]

We also made the mistake of packing a case of sodas that weren't available where we were going once and the rough handling at the airport resulted in 9 of the cans exploding and soaking everything in the bag (we knew it was during the unloading at the airport because they were still spewing out a mist in the bag when it came on the bag carousel).

Bottled sodas work fine in checked luggage. I often carry a couple to last until I can get to a grocery store. Just to be safe, I put each one in a separate gallon ZIPlock bag, then double wrap them in plastic grocery bags. In probably 50 times doing this, I've only had one leak a little bit one time and the ZIPlock bag kept everything else clean. Even the grocery bag they were wrapped in was clean.

I do use a suitcase with hard sides. The outcome might be different if you were just using duffles or something.

Sheila

 

[dclfun]

I've had the smaller bottled sodas burst in my bag, and this was just by a porter delivering the bags dropped off at the cruiseship and up to my stateroom with NO air travel involved. I wouldn't chance it. It's not as though the large 32 oz sodas can't be bought at the WDW resort gift shops and for under $3.00--Kathy