**~Jenn~** Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I Brought 24 Maraccas TO Mexico with me...They were our place Settings for each person. I didn't get any problems with that. We brought a couple back with us, but everyone had one or more by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeninesmom Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Just got back April 15th. NO problemo's. I even had 20 starfish. I did take my USA receipt for those. I used them at our AHR when we got back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillandspill Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 thanks awseome ideas would of never thought of any of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGirl99 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Quote: Originally Posted by aimee! hey guys! i wanted to let you ladies know what happend to us- hopefully it'll help calm your nerves a little! we had 4 bags & my dress- we checked 2, and my mom had the other 2 for us, and i carried on the dress. we got red-lighted. the customs agent asked if 2 was all we had & i said yes (b/c i figured NO way would mom get red-lighted also). he opened the bags, looked through them quickly (they were our clothing and very little wedding stuff) and that was that. super easy. mom goes through with her 2 bags & our 2 bags (1 my clothes, 1 ALL wedding) she also gets red-lighted. CRAP! but they were very nice, opened, poked around a little, asked her if she was coming down for a wedding- she said yes, they closed the bags, that's it. they didn't ask for any receipts. good thing, because i had them, and trying to explain why i didn't claim the bags in the first place might have been tough. the other important note to add here is that i had just about $300 worth of merchandise, and did not have OOT bag stuff. i think that if they saw some of that stuff they would have wanted receipits. i did have: 24 raffia fans 50 plastic cups 20 wine toppers 30 4" starfish happy packing! How were you able to pack the starfish without them breaking? I was thinking of doing starfish for wedding favors, bubble wrapping them and putting them in tupperware containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeninesmom Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I just bubble wrapped mine with a rubber band and they did fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexico102 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 This is an awesome thread, so informative. Have a million starfish---OMG....didn't really think of all this. Saving all reciepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaccat15 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Did everyone have to put their bags thru the new scanners? My fiance and I just went down for a wedding Memorial Day weekend and Customs now has X ray machine scanners to see exactly what is in your luggage upon arrival. That kind of made me nervous for when we go for our wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmenGeeRoxx Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Quote: Originally Posted by jaccat15 Did everyone have to put their bags thru the new scanners? My fiance and I just went down for a wedding Memorial Day weekend and Customs now has X ray machine scanners to see exactly what is in your luggage upon arrival. That kind of made me nervous for when we go for our wedding. Why would that scare you; there is a good chance they go through your luggage thoroughly anyway. As long as you have your receipts then you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Di Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 We didn't have problems with customs...we didn't get the red light. I really lucked out by not doing the receipts (just didn't have time to create fake ones!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephyD Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I guess it's always stressful to go through customs... but if you have receipts for everything, there's no reason to be nervous. This thread has helped me though! Great advice from everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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