Travel in Labor Day Weekend

If you have planned a trip during this Labor day weekend, it's worthwhile going through the website of the Transport Security Administration (TSA) and getting familiar with the new security procedure in order to avoid your frustrations after arriving at the airport. In particular, it's important to go through the list of prohibited items (click here) and make sure what you can and can't carry in your carry-ons.

Just a few quick points here:

• You're still allowed 2 carry-ons of the appropriate size in domenstic flights.
• You still can take laptop, iPods, cell phones and Game Boys with you.
• Liquid medicine: Liquid prescription medicine can be carried with you if the name on the bottle matches the name on your ticket but only up to 5 oz. liquid or gel low-blood-sugar medications can be carried onto the plane. TSA also allows up to 4 oz. of "essential" non-prescription liquid medications.
• If you are traveling with a baby or a toddler, you are allowed to carry small amounts of baby formula, breast milk, Gel- or liquid-filled teethers as well as canned, jarred and processed baby food.
• It's better to carry all your cosmetics in checked luggages to avoid losing them at airport. According to the TSA website "some solid or powdered cosmetics are permitted past the checkpoint; however, this is left to the discretion of the security officer."
• You can travel with liquids (Champagne, cologne, perfume etc) bought in the airport duty-free shops but you can't carry them yourself. Such items need to be delivered directly onto the aircraft. But remember that if you're changing planes after your international flight, those items need to be put into your checked baggage for the remaining domestic legs of your trip and there's no guarantee that those will not be confiscated at that time.