Traveling gear

[Tailgunner]

We've got several trips planned this year and I would appreciate some gear advice. My first question is transporting tripods. Anyone travel over seas with a standard size bulky tripod? I've got a manfrotto 055XPROB and it's slightly too big for my suit case and I need a tripod. So should I buy a more compact tripod or place my tripod in it's on baggage and pay the additional baggage fee?

My gear for weight reference.

D800
Nikon 28-70mm 2.8
Nikon 70-200mm 2.8
Nikon TC 1.7


Thanks

 

[SnappingShark]

If it can just tie onto your carryon, I'd do that, that way you don't pay for it, just build some extra muscle carrying it.

 

[NancyMoranG]

Thanks for posting this. I am flying to NYC in March and was wondering about my tripod also.
good thought BrightByNature!
Nancy

 

[table1349]

You could always ship it to yourself by UPS.

 

[Bob01721]

Tripod manufacturers offer padded cases (or bags) for their pods. But I've just wrapped bungee cords around the legs of my tripod and checked it as baggage.

 

[Tailgunner]

Tripod manufacturers offer padded cases (or bags) for their pods. But I've just wrapped bungee cords around the legs of my tripod and checked it as baggage.

Cool, so I wouldn't be the only photographer checking their tripod. I'm really leaning towards checking it since my hands will be full with the family and making sure I brought enough stuff in the carry on bag to occupy our son for 8 hrs.