FLIGHT BOOKINGS & LUGGAGE

CUSTOM TRAVEL
I use Custom Travel for all our bookings. You do not have to get your flights through Custom Travel and can do these on your own. However, the advantage of using Custom Travel is that I can follow up with any problems and take all the work out of flights for you. I do not make a commission on this as it is part of the service I provide. You will also (once booked and paid for) get a big package with a lot of helpful information about your safari to Africa from Custom Travel. If you book your flights on your own I cannot assist you with any problems you may have and can't guarantee anything. Custom Travel has proven to me to be very good over the past few years and I recommend using them - Contact email : debbie@customtrav.agencymail.com

or see Custom Travel website:  www.customtravelafrica.com

Budget $2,000.00 per person for airfare for most times except for June and July, and the very first part of August. This would be from the USA to PE ( Port Elizabeth - the pick up and return point of your safari )

We must assure that you have flights and waiting till the last minute for these (paying) will result in your party having NO SEATS and/or higher rates. Here is an example of what Custom Travel does- In Feb of 2010 my first clients were scheduled to leave home (Missouri) fly to Wash/Dulles and depart on Saturday. A big snow storm was coming (predicted up to 30 inches) to Washington and flights were being cancelled before the storm even hit. Debbie at Custom Travel called my hunters and asked if they could leave a day early. They did leave on Friday and departed Washington before the storm hit. The storm closed Washington down for days and had the hunters departed on their original schedule to Washington they would have been stranded there - Custom travel was a life saver !

AIRLINES - LUGGAGE:
Airlines may have their own additional requirements on the carriage of firearms and the amount of ammunition that you may have in your checked baggage. Therefore, travelers should also contact the airline regarding its firearm and ammunition carriage policies, and luggage policies.

Do not put any ammo nor gun parts (eg. your Rifle Bolt ) in your carry on bag nor in any checked bag!!!

A hard gun case is a must. If there are 2 hunters and you are each only taking 1 gun, use 1 case that both guns can be fitted in. Lock with your own lock.

 You are allowed 2 pieces of 50 pounds each person on SA Air and United. Overweight bags are charged for. If you are flying Delta, you will have to pay for the 2nd bag. The overweight bag is about $150.00 up to 70lbs. It is not accepted as a checked in bag if it does weigh over 70lbs. A third bag checked in is $250.00.They are starting to weigh the carry ons now, so you should keep those 18lbs or less and has to fit over the seat or under.

Weigh your bags!

SUGGESTED STYLES OF LUGGAGE:
•    1 Large Rolling Duffel Bag
•    1 hard gun case or share one with a hunting partner. TUFF PAK makes a very nice plastic case and it looks like a golf case so those anti hunting baggage handlers don’t know its guns. Mark all your bags-laminating a name tag and securing it with tie strap. Put an extra tag inside in case the outside tags are torn off.
•    Carry a small backpack as a carry on, with an extra set of clothes, book and all documents - this frees you to pull the duffel and gun case.