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Tip 93: Advance Poster Transport System
Sunday, April 25; Page E03
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For some travelers, the best souvenirs are prints and posters – from
museums, galleries, bookshops or flea markets. But getting them home via
plane or train is another matter – they might get crumpled in a suitcase, crushed in the overhead bin or trampled under the seat. Tipster Cameron Hudson of Washington passes along a tip he learned in his college days
backpacking across Europe: "I always travel with a medium-sized cardboard
mailing tube (the kind you get at the post office or office supply store)
that I pack in my suitcase – and that I used to attach to the outside of my backpack. It's a light and easy way to ensure that the museum posters and small prints I buy during my trip make it home without serious creases or torn edges and are ready to be hung or framed upon my return."
For sharing his tip, Hudson wins a Travel section T-shirt. Want a shirt of your own? Flatten out the fine print below.
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