We;re going out early Oct and shipping UPS 3 coolers out in boxes, with our clothes, etc. Hopefully we will have some meat to freeze and bring back on the plane w us. We are also shipping back our clothes in the boxes the coolers went out in. thats the plan anyway-- you know how that goes. good luck, havnt quite decided on any trophies-- will likely ship back UPS, rather than tangle with the airlines and some of the people they have handling luggage...