Top Ten Tips for Brides Taking their Dress Abroad by The Empty Box Company: Advice and Information by the specialists in handmade Wedding Dress Travel Boxes, for 38 years

Planning a wedding abroad? Once you have found your dream dress, you will need to transport it safely to your destination wedding. As specialists in Wedding Dress Travel Boxes, we also have some Top Ten tips on transporting a wedding dress abroad.

When marrying abroad, most brides want to take their dress through as hand luggage so that they ensure the dress stays with them at all times during the journey. No lost luggage from the hold at the other end!

Travel Maxi in Vintage Rose Floral design, very sturdy box with cord handle to take a wedding dress as hand luggage on a plane by The Empty Box Company

Top Ten Tips for transporting a wedding dress abroad for a destination wedding

  1. Travel with your dress or outfit as hand luggage. Don’t risk putting it in the hold.
  2. Don’t panic; your dress will only be packed for travelling for a day or so, and can remain perfect if well looked after.
  3. Pack in a really sturdy, protective breathable box that will survive any bumps and spillage. (The Empty Box Company Travel Boxes are the sturdiest Wedding Travel Boxes you will find)
  4. Pack the dress with plenty of acid free tissue paper to minimise creasing. (provided in our boxes)
  5. Pack your dress separately from any toiletries or make-up, in case of leaks.
  6. On arrival at your destination, take your dress out and hang somewhere safe, fluffing up any layers
  7. Wedding destination hotels usually offer a pressing service; if you have any concerns with creases they may be able to help.
  8. Choose your style of dress carefully. For hand luggage, it needs to fit the size restrictions allowed by airlines, so a slender style might be best. Plus a dress with lots of layers can be very hot in sunny climates.
  9. Choose a Beautiful Box that you love, and can keep and preserve your dress in long-term after the wedding is over.
  10. If you do have a dress with many layers, check out our Wedding Travel Box sizes. The Wedding Travel Extra Box can be taken on an Easy Jet or British Airways flight (extra request with Easyjet), or it might be possible to ask for cabin space (upgrade to first class), or some brides purchase an extra airline seat

About our Wedding Dress Travel Boxes

  1. The Empty Box Company Wedding Travel Box is a beautiful, romantic, sturdy and pH neutral box, and unlike a flimsy box, they are highly protective
  2. Our Wedding Travel Box will protect from crushing in overhead lockers, spillage of e.g coffee, untoward accident, leakage from other luggage and changes in humidity.
  3. The Wedding Travel Box comes with plenty of acid free tissue paper which softens any creases as you pack., and details on how to pack your dress, with long term storage advice.
  4. Our Wedding Dress Travel Boxes are suitable to store the wedding dress in after the wedding day, made from our special pH neutral board.
  5. The Wedding Dress Travel Box is finished with a clever cord handle system that holds the lid on the box as you carry the handle. It is sent out to you in an outer protective bag, and outer protective box.
  6. The Wedding Dress Travel Box is perfect for taking a wedding dress abroad! Always check with your airline’s hand-luggage requirements. The airline hand luggage on our Wedding Dress Travel Box website page may be helpful.
  7. Most major airlines accept our Wedding Dress Travel Maxi Box size
  8. If your wedding dress is a very slender style you could choose the smaller Wedding Dress Travel Medium Box size.
  9. If your wedding dress is full skirted, and has lots of petticoats you may need to choose the Wedding Dress Travel Extra Box size (but this is only allowed with Easyjet by arrangement and with British Airways.
  10. If your airline has restricted hand-luggage size (not very usual) we do have a Wedding Dress Travel Midi Box for restricted requirements.
  11. Check that your dress style will fit in the size of Wedding Dress Travel Box you have chosen for your airline. The Travel Maxi Box is often the maximum size you will be allowed to take as hand-luggage.
  12. For further enquires or advice please do not hesitate to contact us on (01822) 870207, or email giselle@emptybox.co.uk

The Empty Box Company is expert hand-making Wedding Dress Travel Boxes that are also suitable for long-term storage of a Wedding Dress, specialising in beautiful Wedding Dress Boxes for 38 years.

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