Packing wedding dress??

I have been wondering the same thing, have come to the conclusion that I am going to buy the hardest shell suitcase I can find, pack my dress with loads of tissue paper and bubble wrap layered around it and check it in as fragile luggage. Don't know who we will be flying with yet (wedding is 2 years away) but I am fairly sure most airlines have a fragile luggage option?

My wedding planner will meet us off the plane and take my dress and get it pressed if necessary

I'm not sure of Jet2 have a "fragile luggage" option. TBH I really don't want to check it in, I would be a nervous wreck the entire way over in case it goes missing!

My dress shop have said that they normally pack them into the small carry on suitcases for people travelling abroad, so I kind of assumed that was what most people did. They have said that they can fit even the biggest of dresses into a small suitcase, fingers crossed!!!!

I'm flying Jet2 next year and have decided to have my dress packed into a small carry on case or box. I phoned Jet2 and they said that you could pay for an extra seat and place the dress in a box on the seat. I don't see much point in this extra cost because the box can not sit any higher than the headrest. x

I'm going to get a dress box from dressinabox.co.uk or emptybox.co.uk. They have a list of what box to get for what airline (e.g. on the first site, Jet2 can take a large). I'm going to get the bridal shop to put it in nicely, with tissue paper etc and then perhaps pack the dress cover it came in in my packed luggage, so that I can hang it up without anyone seeing it when I arrive. If it's packed up nicely, it might not need steaming, but there's a dry cleaners near where we're staying, so they can steam it if necessary.

Hi thanks that's great i will have a look at their website. Are you getting married in Ibiza, if so where is the dry cleaners?

Thanks

Sarah

My wedding dress was packed into a small but tough suitcase - my dress was too big to try and squeeze into a hand luggage case!

It was fine - went in as fragile (I stuck ALOT of fragile tape round it!)

Took it out as soon as we got to the hotel - let it hang in the wardrobe - was fine! xx HTH

Nope, not Ibiza I'm afraid.

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