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Extra luggage or just excess weight?
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DD is getting married in Gibraltar and we have scheduled flights booked with Monarch Manchester to Gibraltar.
It was all going to be so simple! Transport the silk wedding flowers in the box they came in to dd's friend in Gibraltar where the wedding is taking place but it's all got so complicated, we looked at parcels 2 go and they're talking about commercial invoices and customs charges on top of the £60+ carriage fee - and it will be the same to return!
We're now wondering if it would be cheaper to take them with us on the plane, if we pack them carefully enough and protect them with bubble wrap and cardboard etc. they should be ok. The thing is do we 'buy' an extra hold bag and then check for excess weight or do we increase our own luggage size (for instance 4 suitcases of 30" rather than 26") and just pay excess baggage? We have 20 kgs each plus 10kgs for an infant (there are 4 adults). The wedding dress is being carried on as hand luggage.
We can buy excess weight online at £7.50 per kg in bundles of 3kgs. One bag checked in is £27.98 return.
Any ideas gratefully received!
It was all going to be so simple! Transport the silk wedding flowers in the box they came in to dd's friend in Gibraltar where the wedding is taking place but it's all got so complicated, we looked at parcels 2 go and they're talking about commercial invoices and customs charges on top of the £60+ carriage fee - and it will be the same to return!
We're now wondering if it would be cheaper to take them with us on the plane, if we pack them carefully enough and protect them with bubble wrap and cardboard etc. they should be ok. The thing is do we 'buy' an extra hold bag and then check for excess weight or do we increase our own luggage size (for instance 4 suitcases of 30" rather than 26") and just pay excess baggage? We have 20 kgs each plus 10kgs for an infant (there are 4 adults). The wedding dress is being carried on as hand luggage.
We can buy excess weight online at £7.50 per kg in bundles of 3kgs. One bag checked in is £27.98 return.
Any ideas gratefully received!
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