20 Dec 2014

Baggage check 101: Anything to declare?

Security rules change across different destinations. According to Cheapflights, that piece of fruit may not be welcome in the USA, the hand-carved wooden statue ‘verboten’ in Australia and even that festive snow globe may fall foul of security restrictions in the UK.

Check out the infographic below which details 8 unusual items people actually tried to get through customs - you can learn a lot by their mistake.

^{Also see: Traveller24's 6 Awesome Packing Tips}

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