Location Shoots, Traveling with lots of photo and video gear best way to?

[juggernaut]

Hey Cleo Well when I was shooting on a pro level I would never place my lens or lamps in anything other then Pelican
http://www.pelican.com/
Totally water proof (Nice feature when someone eats lunch outside on your case)
as far as the plane was concerned I never ever carried anything with me. Everything gets placed the pelican and taken to fed-ex or UPS. They wrap it and I insure it. Overnight if needed with an early morning delv time if needed

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by juggernaut

Everything gets placed the pelican and taken to fed-ex or UPS. They wrap it and I insure it. Overnight if needed with an early morning delv time if needed

Do you have it shipped to the hotel that you stay at? How does that work?

[Torn Rose]

Originally Posted by Cleo

Do you have it shipped to the hotel that you stay at? How does that work?

I've had some things shipped to the Venetian a few years ago, what a nightmare that was; hell it took 45 mins to find the damn place since that is one huge fucking building with 3 “post offices”

I would just call the hotels and ask what their policy/procedures is to have things shipped to and from them, the smaller hotels should be easier to deal with.