How to Avoid Thanksgiving Travel Security Issues

Video Transcript

"MATT CAIL: Hi, I'm Matt Cail. And on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to be providing you with tips to make your travel a lot easier this holiday season. In addition to waiting in line and security, it's important for you to stay up on the latest aviation security requirements at airports. These are constantly changing as time goes by. A lot of things that were not permissible a couple of years ago are now fine; a couple of things which were okay a couple of years ago are now not. For example, as it stands right now, there are certain fluid restrictions on what you can carry on to planes. A container like this big, no, they won't let you carry it on in your carry-on bag. There is just no way. It has to be in the checked luggage or more likely they'll just throw it out. So the important thing is these security standards are changing so much where I'm not even going to quote the exact fluid requirement that's currently in place. Odds are when you're viewing this video, it may be out of date or maybe it won't even exist anymore, but the point is to stay up on the latest security requirements. You don't want to get a rude shock when at the airport when you realize that suddenly something very valuable to you can't be carried on to the plane and you don't have time to go back for the baggage check, so make sure to stay up on the security requirements and just make it as painless as possible to get through security and meet the latest requirements to fly. Web sites are recommended. The Department Of Homeland Security, The Transportation Security Administration, specifically within The Department Of Homeland Security, has a lot of these latest security standards on the Web site, which they're updating on a semi-frequently basis. So definitely check out that Web site, it's a good source of information to keep up on the latest security standards. "