Care & Travel

How to Travel With Jewellery: Packing, Flights and Airport Security

3 Nov 2026 · 1 min read

Jewellery gets lost on holiday in three places: the hotel bathroom, the bottom of a suitcase and the beach. The fix is to bring less, and to bring pieces you never need to take off.

Here is how to pack, fly and swim without losing anything.

Wear it, don’t pack it

The safest place for jewellery is on you. Pieces in waterproof steel can stay on for the flight, the shower, the pool and the sea, so they never sit on a sink. Bring a few you love rather than a pouch of options.

Airport security

Small jewellery rarely beeps: studs, fine chains and thin rings usually go through.
Chunky pieces and stacks can: put cuffs and heavy chains in the tray with your watch.
Always in your hand luggage, never in a checked suitcase.

Packing without tangles

Close every clasp before packing: a closed chain can’t thread itself through another.
One chain per pouch, or thread it through a straw and close the clasp outside it.
Rings and earrings in a pill box or a small hard case, not loose in a bag.

On the beach

Salt water, sun cream and sand don’t harm 316L steel, but sand scratches a polished surface over time. Rinse with fresh water in the evening. Rings slip off cold, wet fingers more easily: in the sea, keep the ones that fit snugly.