Jewellery travel case

redlilly wrote:

As per title.

Any first hand recommendations for jewellery travel cases? More leaning towards those accommodating necklaces, rings and bracelets.

I am completely dumfounded by all of the different cases and wraps out there.

The best recommendation I can offer as a frequent traveller with someone who travels with a lot of expensive jewellery is most definitely not to put it in any single jewellery box that can be removed from hand luggage or wherever. It is much better spread around or worn; same with cash and cards.

I’m not sure if you’re after specific recommendations or just comments on styles, but my wife swears by the one I bought her c15 years ago. It’s of a style whereby she can “hang” various necklaces in it, the ends of which dangle into elasticated pockets, and then the whole thing folds up into a rectangular folio c12 inches by 4-5 inches. She comments that her necklaces are more likely to get tangled on her jewellery stand at home than they are in this.

To JDB’s point – I’d agree about not placing all your high-value items in a single, easy-to-grab box or similar, but she never travels with expensive jewellery, so convenience wins out over anti-theft measures.

I also tend not to travel with valuable jewellery as it’s often not covered by standard travel insurance. I have a few lab-created diamond pieces I take on holiday for “dressing up” – it’s pretty much impossible to tell they are fakes as they are beautifully set in gold or platinum and I have the reassurance of knowing that if they were lost or stolen I’d only be losing maybe a few £100’s worth. Any thief would also be gutted when they realised!

Little velvet or other cloth drawstring bags are really useful though, especially for containing earrings which for me are like socks – there’s always one which disappears into some sort of mysterious black hole when I’m not looking!

Michael C wrote:

As others have said, I usually wear as much as possible, although on
a couple of occasions I’ve been asked to remove my tiara!

This has made me laugh out loud! At MAN a tiara would definitely have to go in its own tray and would probably get a secondary search 😂

Somehow I can’t see diversity awareness training being high up in the programme at MAN security …