The items used by everyone that often are left unlabelled when travelling on holiday to save space, is medication, which even the Royal Family must abide by when travelling to save the airport stress
Airport stress comes in many forms – rushing for flights, delays, long queues, too many liquids and luggage over the limit – but one thing that does not always cross people’s minds is carrying unlabelled medication or supplements.
The Royal Family have to follow these strict rules too and are very thorough when doing so. Andrea Platania, travel expert at Transfeero says that this hack that the Royals do is not only clever but could save travellers so much time and heaps of stress.
Andrea says while travellers think it’s fine “to top their tablets into a small pill organiser or sandwich bag to save space” this can “trigger a serious problem”. It comes after one Turkey holidaymaker shares travel warning as he exclaims ‘don’t bother coming’.
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In some countries, even basic over-the-counter medicines like certain antihistamines require a prescription or special paperwork. If you can’t prove what you’re carrying you risk delays, confiscation, or even fines.
The Royal Family however, “always keep medication in its original packaging with the labels clearly visible, and they often travel with a note from their doctor confirming what each medicine is for.”
Andrea continues by saying this is important to do to remove “any doubt for customs officers.” The worst thing when travelling is having “to spend the first day of your trip in an airport office explaining what’s in your unmarked bag of pills.”
There are real examples of this, one case is “a British holidaymaker heading to the Middle East with his hay fever tablets” were “tipped into a resealable bag. They detained him for hours while they checked what the tablets were. They were legal, but because he had no labels or proof, it caused an unnecessary headache and not the kind tablets could fix.”
Some areas of the Middle East and Asia are considerably strict, with some medicines regarded as controlled substances. If you go against these rules, a fine is not the worst you can get, sometimes court appearances or even travel bans.
Andrea’s advice is that you should always check before travelling what the country’s drug import laws are, again another precaution that the Royals team reportedly do before going overseas.
These minor details must be carefully thought of when travelling, because, if at one point it ever happens then “you’re not only stressed, but your trip might be off to the worst possible start.” So Andrea advises to always take that extra time and caution to prevent this from happening so you can enjoy your vacation.
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