By Editor Esther Marshall
I’m a luggage handler – there’s a seemingly innocent item you should NEVER pack
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Published: 13:42 BST, 3 July 2025 | Updated: 13:46 BST, 3 July 2025
Packing for a holiday can be stressful – especially if your luggage ends up getting searched by airport security.
An airport baggage handler now revealed the one unusual item that you should definitely leave outside of your luggage.
John, a baggage handler who works at Dublin Airport, told RVSP Live: ‘Don’t ever pack marzipan in your luggage.’
A popular sweet treat, marzipan might seem like an innocent item to pack for a holiday.
But it could land you in hot water, warns John.
The baggage handler reveals: ‘It has the same density as some explosives, so your bag will be removed and you’ll be called from the plane for a bag search.
‘If the bag can’t be scanned automatically, it can end up in manual processing, which could mean your bag doesn’t make it to the flight.’
Marzipan is extremely dense which means it can catch the attention of security staff under the scanners.
An airport baggage handler has now revealed the one unusual item that you should definitely leave outside of your luggage
Packing for a holiday can be stressful especially if your luggage ends up getting searched by airport security
John, a baggage handler who works at Dublin Airport, told RVSP Live : ‘Don’t ever pack marzipan in your luggage’
And there’s another item that could cause an issue with your luggage.
John reveals: ‘Ribbons that people tie onto their suitcases to help identify them can cause issues with the bag being scanned in the baggage hall.’
Meanwhile, a travel expert recently revealed how passengers can get their luggage to arrive first using a little-known free trick.
Hadleigh Diamond, commercial director at SCS Chauffeurs, says that asking airport staff to put a fragile sticker on your luggage could mean it gets taken off the plane first.
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