How many times have you been on vacation and, while at a market or while talking to a street vendor had the thought - how on earth would I ever get that home? Let's face it this often happens to the best of us. Plan ahead! If you know you are going to a destination that has excellent handcrafted leather products, blankets, hot sauce, rum, wine....the list is endless, make sure you have the room to bring back anything you think you might want. Leave room in your luggage to be able to pack it and get it home safely. If you only have one checked bag when you leave home, pack an extra duffel in it to bring back souvenirs. For items like hot sauce, rum and wine we make sure that we have a dry bag with us, you'll often have one in your fishing gear but if not make sure one gets packed into the bottom of your bag before you leave home. If you have room pack some bubble wrap or bubble wrap bags that are made for wine bottles. When packing to come home, pack any breakable bottles in bubble wrap (dirty shirts also work but if the bottle breaks getting hot sauce out of them can be challenging!). Seal the wrapped bottles inside the dry bag and pack them in a cushioned area in your luggage. We have had a lot of luck with this method but if your bottles happen to break or leak at least the mess will be contained inside the dry bag!