Question about reptile expo's

Not to hijack the thread, but reading this just made me think of bringing that animal home that you bought..

If you were to fly to an expo, is there an easy/not too expensive way to bring the snakes back with you? Would you pack them as if to ship and then... what? Would it be like flying with a dog in cargo? Just thought about this since I was thinking of flying to Seattle this April. :/ (West coast doesn't have the most expos. Boo. :C)

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Originally Posted by TheWinWizard

Are you hitting the one in Manchester, NH at the Radisson Hotel?

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Yeah that's the one on April 3rd. I'm also going to the MA reptile expo may 21st, but the NH one is going to be much bigger. :D

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Yeah that's the one on April 3rd. I'm also going to the MA reptile expo may 21st, but the NH one is going to be much bigger. :D

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Not sure how far you are from white plains, ny but that show is April 17th and defiantly a good show to goto.

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Originally Posted by mdjudson

Not sure how far you are from white plains, ny but that show is April 17th and defiantly a good show to goto.

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I've heard it's a fantastic show! It's 3 1/3 hours away from me, without traffic lol. A little too far to travel. Even the NH show is gonna be about 1 1/2 hours for me...but well worth it I hope. :please:

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Originally Posted by Misfit

Not to hijack the thread, but reading this just made me think of bringing that animal home that you bought..

If you were to fly to an expo, is there an easy/not too expensive way to bring the snakes back with you? Would you pack them as if to ship and then... what? Would it be like flying with a dog in cargo? Just thought about this since I was thinking of flying to Seattle this April. :/ (West coast doesn't have the most expos. Boo. :C)

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You could check with the Airlines. I think that shipping them back fedex would be the most cost efficient. I use Continental for shipping puppies and have never had a problem. I'm not sure if they let you carry on reptiles as checked baggage. The movie Snakes on the Plane might of ruined that one. LOL They will let you with a dog if the carrier is small enough to fit underneath the seat in front of you. So that might be worth looking into.

They absolutely will NOT let you carry a snake on a plane the way they might let you take a dog. Sorry. Delta (and maybe Continental...not sure) will ship snakes as cargo, but I believe you have to arrange that in advance and have a known account already set up with them.

Most vendors (especially at the bigger shows) will make arrangements to ship the animal to you after the show...but of course, that will add the cost of shipping to the price of the animal. And if it's a really small show, it may just have small local vendors who aren't set up to ship.

Alright. :] I guess having the vendor ship would make the most sense. Thank you both! I'm definitely going to fly and hit up Seattle. I'm in NorCal, so as far as I've found there are only 2 expos in my state.

I do not recommend waiting for something you really want. The good deals go fast..
but sometimes at the END of it all..
people do make deals that weren't on the table to begin with.
But what I have gotten down as my personal strategy,
is getting there as early as possible the first day,
getting in and getting to every table (that has things I may be interested in) and getting a survey of everything.. and then once I know EVERYTHING that's there..
I can decide my must haves..
then go back for that.
THEN.. actually, more fully, check out other things.