Seafood; check in or carry on.

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

May 4th, 2005 | 09:00 AM

doc_

Original Poster

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 508

Likes: 0

Seafood; check in or carry on.

Flying from Boston to Eugene Or. tomorrow and bringing fresh fish out. It's a judgment call, but what would you do. I'm worried about it getting lost or stolen.

May 4th, 2005 | 09:10 AM

Budman

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 11,244

Likes: 0

I'm assuming it is a lot of fish, and iced down in a cooler. I would go ahead and check it. I checked in a case of wine from SF to Newark, and it came out fine.

May 4th, 2005 | 09:15 AM

bardo1

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 7,142

Likes: 0

Pack it in dry ice and FedEx it home.

May 4th, 2005 | 09:17 AM

beachbum

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 5,242

Likes: 0

Which direction are you taking the fish? I know the salmon runs up the Columbia are low, but didn't think it was this drastic. Thanks for helping out!

May 4th, 2005 | 09:21 AM

Budman

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 11,244

Likes: 0

I was thinking the same thing, but Doc lives in Boston. Bring fresh fish back from Oregon? I would still check it. The dry ice thingy is an excellent idea.

May 4th, 2005 | 09:44 AM

doc_

Original Poster

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 508

Likes: 0

It will be packed in a styrofoam cooler with ice packs and placed in a cardboard box. I just don't feel like carrying it around if there is a delay or something. I also will have my 4yo with me, so I will have all the cargo thats goes along with that.

May 4th, 2005 | 10:13 AM

ncgrrl

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 1,647

Likes: 0

FedEx is an excellent idea. Won't worry about lost luggage, hands free to play with child, and no fish smell in the cabin. I'm sure there is a FedEx or UPS store somewhere near you in Boston.

Trending Topics

Trip Report: Wales (northern), April 2026, 12 days

25

4.2k
Italy with my adult daughter

25

4.0k
Travel Jacket

7

327
Yorkshire or Scotland?

6

270
Help planning Kentucky and Tennessee roadtrip

5

180

May 4th, 2005 | 10:40 AM

lvk

Joined: Feb 2004

Posts: 3,265

Likes: 0

Another vote for FedEx or UPS next day air. I get shellfish shipped to me in CA from RI several times a year with no problems. Definitely a more expensive option, though, especially if it is a huge amount.