Packing water/Gatorade/snacks

[tchrrx]

I thought about packing bottles of water and gatorade, along with a few snacks in a suitcase. Then, we could use that suitcase to bring home souveniors & stuff. Do I need to be concerned about the drinks spilling while in flight? What is the best way to do this? Thanks!

 

[princess_disneymom]

I am sending a box of water, cereal, granola bars and other snack items, Fed Ex to our Hotel. We are staying at Pop Century so I called them and she told me people do it all the time. She also said to make sure it arrives a couple days before you are scheduled to arrive because it goes to their shipping department and then to the Hotel.

 

[JennyW]

If you can spare the one piece of checked luggage, why don't people save the FedEx cost and just do up a box and check it with their luggage? Then if they are using Magical Express, it ends up in your hotel room with the rest of your luggage.

jenny

 

[CleveRocks]

Gatorade and water are HEAVY. If you pack them in your checked luggage, weight the luggage and find out your airline's limit before you leave. You'd feel pretty frustrated paying an extra $40 for overweight luggage for $20 worth of groceries.

Depending on what you're thinking of bringing, consider a grocery delivery. Wegoshop and GardenGrocer are stand-alone delivery services, and Gooding's is a supermarket that delivers. I don't know about the first two, but Gooding's charges a flat $10 fee and requires a $50 minimum order. Just a thought ....