Traveling with your equipment

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I am in the Merchant Navy and as of April I will be doing a lot of traveling, flying out to meet ships etc. I have travelled with my gear by flight before and all my gear (at present) fits into my Lowepro pro-runner 300, which handily is the perfect size to fly with as hand luggage. Problem is I am intending to expand my gear a little in the near future and would also quite like to take my Laptop in hand luggage also as I know bags to get lost during travel.

Question to you is, what do you guys do if and when travelling with your gear? Also what kind of insurance policies do you have on your equipment?
 
There's a whole range of bags available that are flight compatible and have laptop storage built in. I have a Tamrac Ultra Pro 13 which has a laptop storage, is flight size and you can get a hell of a lot in it (2 bodies, 2 flashguns and about 4 lenses plus extras and a laptop).
As for insurance I use Photoguard which are very reasonable and I know they do international cover too, just not sure if you're on ships what cover you'd get. Have a look on google for camera insurance and there's a few (just steer clear of E&L insurance as their excess rate is excessive) and see what cover you can get.
 
I've travelled loads with camera kit and laptop, either using an FStop Guru or FStop Bard camera bag. If you want a load of kit and padded laptop sleeve I'd suggest looking at the FStop Tilopa BC, which is still within the hand luggage sizes of most airlines. As long as the bag doesn't look too heavy you're usually fine, I've just come back from Costa Rica in total I went on 4 flights with a 60l rucksack and didn't have any trouble.

With regards to insurance I just have standard camera insurance.
 
Cheers, I shall have a look into different bags as I get some new gear.

Do you guys always take your gear with you as hand luggage?
 
Yes! I wouldn't trust the baggage handlers with it. Also last flight I took checked bags didn't make it through to final destination until much later.
 
If you have a look at the Lowepro site, they indicate if a bag is allowable as a carry on bag
 
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