Peter Greenberg, the travel editor from NBC, was on the "Today" show yesterday morning and he was doing a programme on security at major airports. One of the things he mentioned was shipping ahead and he does exactly that and his bags are waiting for him when he arrives at his hotel. He says it saves a lot of time at the airport going through security. Another thing he recommended was taking a medium size Ziploc bag with you - empty your change, watch, wallet and anything else with metal and put it in the Ziploc - it will all be together and not scattered about. He also recommended automatically removing your shoes and dropping them right into a bin also and then putting them back on once you've passed through.

Pat, Ontario