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Archive for August 16th, 2006

Sex Toy Travel Advisory

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

milehighWith all of the new rules about what you can and can’t bring on planes, I’m sure there are even more questions about sex toys. People are always curious about what they should do with their sex toys and this article does a fantastic job of explaning it:

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Sex Toy Travel Advisory

If you’re thinking about joining the mile-high club, going on a second honeymoon, or taking a trip to rendezvous with your sex buddy, you’ll have to be careful where you pack your lube and sex toys, or risk going through an embarrassing delay in the airport security queue. Traveling with sex toys has always been a bit dicey, but with recent events it’s gotten even trickier.

Thanks to the recent apprehension of Britain’s “gel bombers,” air travel authorities in both the US and UK have banned any liquid or gels in carry on luggage. This includes any type of lube, such as KY Jelly or AstroGlide. If you have any sort of lube or sex lotion in your carry on, you’ll be subject to having it publicly confiscated. You probably want to be spared the humiliation of having an air screener waving around a bottle of your Banana-Flavored Juicy Lube while your fellow passengers crane their necks to see what’s causing the delay.

Whither the Lube?

Lubes are still permitted if packed in checked luggage, but that won’t help you any if you were hoping to use them in flight. If you want to get it on in the airplane lavatory, but don’t want to do it dry, be prepared and carry a lubricated condom or two. And when packing your bottle of lube or massage oil in your checked luggage, put the bottle inside a sealable Ziploc bag to prevent any leaking caused by changes in altitude in a nonpressurized cargo hold. A handful of sealed “single serving” pillow packs of lube can also be handy for traveling.

In addition to the ban on liquids and gels, all electronic devices are now required to be removed from carry on baggage and placed in separate trays before screening. This means that while technically you still can bring your vibrator on the plane with you, you’re expected to take it out and put it in full view in one of those plastic bins before it goes through the X-ray machine. Some people suggest traveling with “discreet” vibrators – vibrators made to look like a hairbrush or lipstick, for example. But these days, any electrical device that’s disguised might seem more suspicious, so you might be better off going with a vibrator design that’s simply abstract and nondescript.

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Another great article about traveling with sex toys from the amazing Violet Blue