SouthernGal_67

Hi all,

New to this site and am amazed at how much info and advice is on here, it's great! After 4 years in Brisbane I'm returning back to England and have a couple of questions I'm hoping you can help me with, as nothing has come up when I did a thread search..

Does anyone know if I'm able to take my wooden acoustic guitar and wooden chess set back with me? I've checked the custom's site but can't find anything there.

Also, am I able to use my laptop on the plane?

Thanks, I'm off to browse the threads

Green_shutters

I don't see any reason why you couldn't import your chess set and guitar. People travel with musical instruments all the time. Just think of the orchestral tours.

As for your laptop - yes you can use it once airborne. I am assuming here you are not talking about connecting to www, which is another issue entirely. Believe some operators are trialling mobile use which effectively is what you would be doing but my suspicion is the cost would be pretty horrendous!

Dan the Plumber

Hi and welcome!
Certainly the guitar will be no probs although pack it well as mine was snapped at the neck! I would guess the same for the chess set unless its made of some exotic material - you'd have to check with the shippers I guess.
Good luck with your move back home too!
Dan

Nu-Shooz

Yes and yes. If we can take our guns, i'm sure a wooden guitar will be no probs

dunroving

I'm sure you'll be fine - United doesn't fly from Oz to the UK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Elaine B.

Love that video Of course my OH would say serves him right for not putting it in a proper flight case

penguinsix

You shouldn't have any problem with the laptop, save for the battery eventually running out of juice. I would recommend the website http://www.seatguru.com/ for advice on which seats on which planes / airlines come with electrical sockets so you can recharge your laptop in flight. It's also pretty good for telling you which seats don't recline, are too small, etc.

SouthernGal_67

Thank you for all your replies and apologies for the delay in replying. Split shifts can be a PITA!

I didn't know about mobile use for the www green_shutters yeah i imagine that would be horrendously priced! I can live without the net for 24 hours..i know I can!

Thanks for the info and good luck Dan, haven't got a shipper to check with, we're hauling it all back in suitcases (except for the guitar which is in a hard case. Will get some foam to protect the neck though.

LOL Nu-Shooz you got guns in? wowza and here am I freaking out cus a workmate wants me to take back some vegemite for her mum!

Cool video dunroving thankfully am going BA (fingers crossed they're more careful).. A 'proper' flight case Elaine B? One of the hard cases will be ok right? Never heard of flight cases til now..

Thanks very much for that link penguinsix, gonna check that out right now!

Elaine B.

By flight case I mean something like this:

http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk...p?groupID=4661

My OH is a guitar tech and this is how most bands pack their instruments, much more sturdy than your average hard guitar case. Though I'm sure most of the time a regular hard case will be just fine.

SouthernGal_67

Ahh thanks ElaineB