golf club luggage

[flomarilius]

I'm going to be traveling back home via airplane and im considering taking my golf clubs with me. The question I have is what sort of golf club luggage thing do I need and what works best for the price.

Thanks

[RickinMA]

I have a cheap hardcase that my wife picked up at sports authority one year. I think it's a Datrek or something. I've never had a problem with it but it only fits my stand bag and my shoes.
I vaguely remember getting a hard case instead of a softcase because of some BS airline rule limiting their liability if you use a softcase. I think some of the glub glove soft cases are better though.
Good luck

[TheTrueReview]

Don’t listen to anyone who says to ‘just wrap a towel around your clubs’. A travel cover is the only way to go. Recently, I saw some poor sap’s stand bag on a baggage carousel & it looked like it had been through a ringer.

I have two travel covers (1) hard travel cover, & (2) soft travel cover used in conjunction with a stiff arm.

A hard travel cover obviously has the best protection but that said, a soft travel cover is better than no travel cover at all.

I used my hard travel cover on a trip last year & I was glad I did. I saw how the baggage handlers were treating the bags & when I got to my destination, the travel cover had apparently fallen off the baggage carousel because I found it lying on the middle of the floor.

[eclark53520]

I use a soft travel cover.

I don't like using hard travel covers because it really hinders your packing options as there is absolutely no way to 'finagle' a hard case like you can a soft. I have only taken my clubs on 4 airplanes so far, but a soft case was perfect.

I believe i have said this here before, but my FIL travels over 2/3's of the year for his job. He golfs quite a bit with clients and takes his clubs on pretty much every flight he is on. All he has ever used is a soft bag, no stiff-arm, and he has never had a claim on his golf clubs. He also uses the soft bag simply because he never knows what kind of rental car he is going to be in, so like i said, a soft case can be put in smaller spaces than a hard case can.

If you always have the space, and you know you are always going to have the space, a hard case would probably be better.

[twogreen]

Prior to flying to Scotland last month, the airlines told me that I would have to sign a damage wavier form unless I used a hard cover. When I actually showed up for the flight with a soft cover, no questions were asked and no mention was made of a damage wavier.

The clubs flew from Atlanta to Newark to Edinbugh and back through the same airports with no damage.

No doubt the hard cover would offer more protection; but all the extra space in the soft cover made a great place to stash T-shirts, hats, and golf towels that I bought as souvenirs at St. Andrews for family and friends.