I recently went to Greece with my husband, on one of those 'once in a lifetime' vacations.
As a vaper, I knew that I needed to travel smart; put my liquids in a quart sized baggy (carry-on, to avoid any that might go 'missing' due to a TSA search), put my batteries in my carry-on, extra atomizer heads as I didn't want to have to coil my own while away. tanks, extra juice, extra mods...I took everything into account.
Or so I thought.
In my preparation for my flight, I had unpacked and repacked everything, making sure it all was 'sorted' and 'in order'. My 'thoroughness', however, resulted in one very large-scale faux pas:
I forgot my backup, and my backup's backup. tanks, atomizers heads, batteries, cotton, even my emergency ego-c twist
That's right. On my desk, at home, 8000 miles away.
At first, I thought that my items had been seized by TSA; my husband had a notice in his bags stating that his packed luggage had been chosen for 'review'. When I couldn't find my items, I assumed that I had packed everything in his bag. I quickly realized, however, that there was no way I would have done that.
Here I am, in a foreign country, I can't speak a lick of the language (let alone read it). I realized at that time the importance of always having a backup. The backup, or the backup's backup, isn't all packed away in one place, in one bag. The purpose of a backup is to avoid putting all of your eggs in one basket; to avoid a SPOF (single point of failure) in your plan. One bag gets stolen? You have a spare. One bag gets shipped to the wrong airport? You have another spare in your carry on or in your partner's bag.
My mistake was in putting all of my needed spare parts in one place. I carried the unnecessaries on me, and didn't pay enough attention to the items that would truly come in handy.
I was fortunate enough to find a vape shop; it was out of the way, but well worth the cab ride. The nice gents at Atmistique hooked me up with a spare mechanical, a wonderful Atmistique Eviva, and various other sundry items I thought might come in handy on my two week trip.
To make a long story short, do not take lightly forum advice to always pack a backup. Backups are great, but packing those backups wisely also need to be taken into account as well.
As a vaper, I knew that I needed to travel smart; put my liquids in a quart sized baggy (carry-on, to avoid any that might go 'missing' due to a TSA search), put my batteries in my carry-on, extra atomizer heads as I didn't want to have to coil my own while away. tanks, extra juice, extra mods...I took everything into account.
Or so I thought.
In my preparation for my flight, I had unpacked and repacked everything, making sure it all was 'sorted' and 'in order'. My 'thoroughness', however, resulted in one very large-scale faux pas:
I forgot my backup, and my backup's backup. tanks, atomizers heads, batteries, cotton, even my emergency ego-c twist
That's right. On my desk, at home, 8000 miles away.
At first, I thought that my items had been seized by TSA; my husband had a notice in his bags stating that his packed luggage had been chosen for 'review'. When I couldn't find my items, I assumed that I had packed everything in his bag. I quickly realized, however, that there was no way I would have done that.
Here I am, in a foreign country, I can't speak a lick of the language (let alone read it). I realized at that time the importance of always having a backup. The backup, or the backup's backup, isn't all packed away in one place, in one bag. The purpose of a backup is to avoid putting all of your eggs in one basket; to avoid a SPOF (single point of failure) in your plan. One bag gets stolen? You have a spare. One bag gets shipped to the wrong airport? You have another spare in your carry on or in your partner's bag.
My mistake was in putting all of my needed spare parts in one place. I carried the unnecessaries on me, and didn't pay enough attention to the items that would truly come in handy.
I was fortunate enough to find a vape shop; it was out of the way, but well worth the cab ride. The nice gents at Atmistique hooked me up with a spare mechanical, a wonderful Atmistique Eviva, and various other sundry items I thought might come in handy on my two week trip.
To make a long story short, do not take lightly forum advice to always pack a backup. Backups are great, but packing those backups wisely also need to be taken into account as well.
