FYI for those travelling internationally who didn't watch this video all the way through - it is illegal to bring fresh produce or dairy and meat products across borders for most European countries and Canada due to biosecurity risks. Just because they aren't always enforced, doesn't mean you should do it. There are food sniffing dogs for those things at a lot of airports. Also, never accept the hot water on airplanes - common flight attendant tip. Apparently those kettles are GROSS.

I always get a plastic McDonalds bag to pack my food before my flight, like sandwiches, cheese, nuts and fruits, so I love your ideas. I have never been stopped. I like the plastic for traveling as it tears less and can get wet. Normally I would stay away from plastic bags, but not for travel.

I like to keep my salads cold. TSA will allow a solid freezer pack for meat, and cheese sandwiches. I’ll be sure to save my Starbucks bags- I like that idea.

‼️The Starbucks bag hack is THE BEST‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

I actually love getting a $5 Coke, a $14 sub sandwich and airport sushi 🍣. It's something that I look forward to when I'm traveling 😋. It just tastes better when I am on the airside in my favorite airport.

I loved this video…I would like to mention another unwritten rule to go by regarding smells….PERFUMES, COLOGNES, AND anything that has fragrance. People, like me, can have chemical sensitivities that can cause anaphylaxis. Thanks for sharing your great tips!

I made it to and from Greece with my snacks in a little reusable grocery tote that I would just tie onto my carryon while going through the airport. Nobody questioned it or looked in it, ever. It did save space in my little backpack to keep it separate. I LOVE your charcuterie idea. I'm going to use that for my next trip.

LOVE that sneaky Starbucks tip!

I dislike the smelly foods that people bring on to aircraft. I try to keep it simple (i.e. Boarshead sandwich or snack pack). Gone are the days when traveling was something you looked forward to. I remember being service a three course meal on real plates with silverware.

I once packed a charcuterie board type snack on the plane in a reusable container. I had fruit, mini mozzarella cheese, balls, deli meat and a few other things before but won't again. When I went through security it was X-rayed multiple times before allowing me to take it back. Now I pack everything separately like cheese and crackers together and fruit separately. If I want deli meat, I put it in a sandwich instead.

I sometimes will bring some beef jerky. A few years ago, I started time restricted feeding, sometimes called intermittent fasting. I don't eat or drink (except water) from dinner until lunch the next day. I found that I can easily not eat and not get hangry! Also comes in handy when you have to have any procedures that are NPO after midnight.

Wow lot of knowledge here! The Starbucks bag hack is really a genius idea

i use a snack ziplock with water frozen as a icepak i can throw out before security or drink if it melts beforehand. keeps my ham n cheese fresh for snaks of if i make a chicken pesto pasta to last longer :)

I pack two bagels with cream cheese for our morning flights. Lorna Doone and peanut snack packs, which we usually have at home. I will also make a charcuterie box for a long flight to Vegas. We use the Contigo for hot or cold drinks. We get hot water from a restaurant, usually at no charge. I add a tea bag for me and single-serving coffee packets for my husband. We usually buy a large water at the airport and share it.

If I can’t bring anything smelly on the plane I guess I’ll just have to leave my kids at home. 😂😂😂

I love bringing nuts (macadamia, almonds) because a little goes a long way. I bring wipes jn case a fellow traveler is allergic so I don’t spread the dust. But I’m definitely trying the charcuterie board! Great tips!!!

If you are diabetic, yes you CAN bring an extra bag (cooler bag) for your insulin/medications/snacks. Same with a CPAP machine. You can bring both a bag for your CPAP machine AND a bag for your insulin and medications. My CPAP bag is a mid=size soft side duffel and I used it to bring an extra t-shirt and socks and such (used as padding to protect the machine). My insulin cooler also holds a few necessary refridgerated items like cheese and grapes for low=blood sugar emergencies.

I love all the great ideas, especially the Starbucks bag one! Thanks!

I really like the Starbucks bag hack but just a bit of advice: if you're asking for some hot water or using a saved SB bag, I would pay the $2-4.00(or a tip) for at least a pastry or snack, etc. for their help. I am going on a cruise in September out of Lisbon, Portugal and have to fly from Miami. I'm going to make your pasta recipe but put the salad in a Ziploc bag that I will eat BEFORE my flight and can just toss in the trash (I will have abt a five hr wait at the airport. Rather be super early than late lol). I will put the rest of my snacks in a Starbucks bag for the 8hr flight.

Aspirational Snacks! I love it!

I have frozen foods before and they got through as a solid. This includes soups and hummus or any other food that can be frozen. If you use the little 2 or 4 ounce plastic containers it should be thawed by the time it's needed.

You best have food at the ready to show TSA. They have asked me to show food from my carry-one. I now have it in see through bag.

Loved the content of the video. Great tips! Like you, I wipe down everything on a plane with Clorox wipes. I've been doing this LONG before Covid-19 brought germ awareness to the forefront. I absolutely abhor touching things that the "public" has touched! I guess you could say I am a "self-diagnosed" germaphobe and a bit OCD. A positive benefit is that I seldom get sick.

Starbucks bag hack is the absolute best I have seen in years. 🎉

I had no idea about the Starbucks/Airport Food Merchandiser bag! Such a great tip! I will definitely use that on my upcoming trip. Thanks ever so!

Thank you from a non-flyer flipping out over an upcoming cross-country flight. Great ideas, will absolutely use most of these.

Great tips! I’ve been doing the Starbucks bag trip for a while, glad you’re sharing this hack. For my next trip i’ll be making your charcuterie board. Thanks 😊

Genius with Starbucks bag🎉. Love the ideas you shared. ❤

The charcuterie pack is genius! and the little pieces of chocolate, so fancy. Great tips!

This is one of The Best Videos on this topic! Anything that avoids having to purchase the GMO based foods in the airport at the last minute.... is a major plus! SIMPLY MAKE & PACK YOUR OWN! 😊 I am a travel advisor and I can share this video with my clients. This video is perfect! It is very informative and you keep it simple. ❤ THANK YOU!

The Starbucks bag hack is genius!

I bring a small cooler bag of food on the plane, inside my backpack. As long as you pack it inside your personal item bag, no issue.

Brought a pre made salad from WAWA and you get a small pouch of salad dressing. Perfect.

Great presentation and tips

Great ideas ! A note about nut allergies........... in our family the deadly nuts are walnuts, macadamia, peanut and pistachio, so nuts on a plane at all can be life threatening, not just peanuts.

You can take powdered peanut butter or powdered hummus for your snack. Just add water. We have tried the peanut butter and it’s good. Have yet to try the hummus...

omg, the starbucks bag is a brilliant hack! i will definitely use that in future. thanks!

Oh, I bet Spirit dings you for bringing your own food!!

I always save those paper bags from restaurants and pack my food in them at home. Just did it last week when I took sandwiches, fruit & chips on my flight to Vegas!

Great travel hacks! I also like to reuse restaurant containers and bags.👍🏼

I love the food bag tip.

Your hair looks fantastic! Thanks for the great tips.

Love the Starbucks bag hack...just wait, the airports will have special airport bags...haha

If you're traveling from New York to Vermont and you're on a night flight, on that small plane, next to a window. It gets cold. Soup would be good.

I love the bag idea. I have brought snack bars (like Kind bars or Taos bakes) but they aren't really a meal. I like the little charcuterie box idea. So very first class. :D Also nice road trip ideas. I usually bring a cooler on road trips, but end up eating the same thing which works for about a week. I have started bringing small packages of artichokes, olives, etc (trader joes)....if you have a Trader Joes (maybe Aldi) they have some nice things to put in your box. The bag makes it really possible to do your meal idea-- I have seen videos of someone pulling this out of the personal item bag. Yeah but where do you put your stuff? :D

I've never been stopped w/any food I brought from home. Chips, nuts candy, sandwiches, and fruit, it all gets through.😊

I once got told to put my food that I bought at the airport with my drink in my backpack because otherwise it would be considered an extra bag. I argued with the gate check guy that it’s not ever considered an extra bag, but he was insistent. 🤨

That bag hack is brilliant, and that's coming from a seasoned traveller. Great video!

I loved the tips! Mainly the bag's end.

The bag hack is genius!!!

Christi, you are a woman after my heart! 😃 Also a gluten free eater which when you're traveling may get tricky and pricey. Fabulous advice! I make a salad like when I am camping, with chickpeas, veggies and vinaigrette dressing. Every time I eat the food I prepared and brought I feel i am getting one of the best meals on the airport - and I probably am! I also wholeheartedly subscribe to the "must have dessert" rule. I get a hot coffee with some sweet treat and I am happy! Thank you for everything, I am getting ready (waaay too early!) for a fall France trip, working on my systems and really enjoying and getting great inspiration from your videos! Au revoir! 😃

I thought we couldn't bring cheese or premade sandwiches that contained anything that was considered a liquid (mayo/peanutbutter/jelly/hummus). Has that changed? I'd really love to know as that would be so much nicer to have a non-dry sandwich you could bring with you from home! LOVE the starbucks bag trick! So clever! Flying this weekend and will try to use these great ideas! Thanks for sharing.

such an amazing video tbh thank you for sharing 💕 it was helpful and really fun to watch have a good day

I love the Starbucks snack hack! I will definitely pack a snack for my next trip!

I once carried on a maple twist- life a coffee cake on its pizza pan - no problem with TSA at all

Salad dressing in packets? small and unspillable in the liquids bag

I love the charcuterie board idea!

I don’t eat anything because I don’t want to have to go to the bathroom. I drink very little too. I put my canned drink into my empty water bottle. Or else I take it closed and have it after.

freeze dried fruit for kids also helps

I want to try your Mediterranean salad on my next long flight - looks easy and delicious! Also, I get cold on flights, so I'd def eat a cup of hot soup. :D

I burn up and suffocate on planes,, I have a long flight to london coming up and these tops are aawwwwwesome ! TkS

that last one is brilliant!

I have one thing to add…taste buds taste foods differently in the pressurized environment. Nobody will notice you eating fresh veggies (eating healthy). Now I want a falafel. I wouldn’t want to eat soup because I don’t like salty foods when I fly. Peanuts of all sorts are fine when most of us got used to them on airplanes. This salad (I wish I had thought of this, a long time ago)…is perfect for a long drive (my family drove a lot when my kids were young - ski trips for my son and husband). Do not bring fleshy fruit because it will turn to mush in no time (30minutes to 1hr, this happened to me) on longer flights. Blueberries are best as are apples, grapes (and bring some knife for the apples - the juice will run).

I love celery !! I eat it almost everyday !! Lol 😋 I love hummus ,too -!! 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️💞

Hi, Thank you for the ideas. In May, we have a long flight to Barcelona. ✈🛳

🎉Thank you much for the brilliant tips especially the charcuterie ala first class! 💓💓💓🎊

For my next flight, I plan to make a spread of salmon salad* on a tortilla and then roll it up and slice it like sushi. Yum! * canned salmon + diced red onion and seedless cucumber + mayo + Greek yoghurt + diced dill and parsley + salt substitute/pepper/spices

Wooow thanks so much for the ideas😊😋😋

good points

Great ideas! Thx!

Starbucks bag brilliant

Great content.🥰 Enjoyed it n appreciate some of your snack tips like getting a Starbucks bag.😍 Ty for sharing subscribed.😊

Great videos. Wasn't sure what we can or cannot bring. My husband & I are going to Italy for Christmas. Wanted to take some extra snacks. Do we pack the Starbucks bag at home or once through TSA precheck? Thanks again.😎🚝💖

Correction: I fly EVERY weekend. Mostlu southwest. However, the cheaper flight, especially frontier, will make you condense those "shopping in airport bags." I've seen people having to shove the starbucks, snacks, etc, in their purses/backpacks weekly, lol... that's as of 2023 . Also, they have a "strict" 40-pound limit on check-in luggage. So please weigh before jumping in line.

Great video!

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Rubyred is better than lemon for dressing

If you are talking about smelly foods not to bring on the plane - I personally would consider feta cheese in your recipe among that group. If you sat down next to me with that (or even in my close vicinity) - I'd be hurling from the smell.

Can I just say beautiful video best one 👈🏾

Those tips are great when flying from home, but what about the return trip when you don't have a kitchen?

Hi Gypsy, thank you for the great tips on this and your other videos. May I get the info on the Chocolate you use, Moser Roth? I can only see the larger bars online, but I'd love to see about those small ones. Thank you so much. happy travels!🙂

Great video. Thank you for avoiding peanuts. However, nut allergies are also very common and dangerous in the air. Although nuts are permitted (on all flights, as far as I’m aware), they do cause a huge amount of stress for people with allergies and parents of kids with allergies. Thanks

I love a lot of these snacks but I'd be careful about some of them as I think they require refrigeration. The things with cheeses and meats really shouldn't sit out at room temperature for more than a couple of hours.

Good advice!😊

I have made sandwiches for my flight before ! But,pasta salad sounds good !! 👍 But,where in your hand luggage do you put that in !? How do you make a room in your hand luggage !? Lol. Oh ! Waite ! You're just talking about it !! Lol. Yes !! Many youtubers mentioned it ! But,for things don't fit in our hand luggage ! I have done that ! 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️💞

Unless you freeze your hummus or peanut butter.

Great sharing

I will be flying to Barcelona from the States, to get on a cruise. I was planning to bring turkey/beef sticks that are individually wrapped. If I put them in my checked luggage, would that be ok? Thanks

I can tell you love Aldi just like me!😉

You get me!

Good tips

Love the Starbucks hack idea but I'm curious... have you had any issues bringing a Starbucks bag of snacks through TSA? They were ok with that? If so, then I'm totally doing this on the trip I'm doing in a week.

What about an Italian sandwich?

Several years ago I bought an airport salad for the flight and was told it counted as a carry on. I already had a carry on and a personal item and they wouldn’t let me board with a “third” item. I had to throw my lunch away before they let me board! This was in the early 2000s. I don’t know how it is now, though.

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Do baby food pouches count as liquids?

Can you bring a Starbucks bag from home with your food or snacks after checking in and go through security before going to your gate? I love the charcuterie ideas, lol. We're going to Thailand on Turkish Airlines in November but would like to know if it's possible to do so?

So to be clear, if I bring peanut butter in an approved size container it’s considered a liquid but if I put it on bread/sandwich it isn’t a liquid? I’m so confused. 🤭

I didnt know if peanut butter was allowed on the plane. I thought with all the allergies it would be a no. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Got stopped for an extensive amount of time for having cherry tomatoes