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I usually never bring food with me but this year, we were going to arrive the day before Christmas Eve and I figured the supermarkets would be packed and low on supplies and then closed on Christmas Day and the day after so I packed a ham, frozen beef tenderloin and a frozen pork tenderloin in a cooler bag with ice packs. Low and behold, our flight was oversold on Delta and although our luggage got on the plane, we did not. (Dealing with Delta was a whole other nightmare) even though I had booked the flight 2 months ago paying top dollar. Needless to say, I figured we would not see our luggage again for days and it would stink to high heavens! After alot of phone calls, aggravation, and two trips to the airport, we got on the plane the next day and arrived in Aruba at 11 PM Christmas Eve. I figured I would have to file a lost luggage claim - the security officer at the Aruba Airport told me to go over to lost and found and believe it or not, there was my luggage! I picked it up and when I opened the cooler, the ice pakcs were still cold and the meat was cold - not frozen but COLD so it was a miracle that our stuff was still good. I cooked it all and it was delicious! So those freezer bags and cold packs really work! Our luggage was sitting on the floor in the Aruba airport for over 24 hours and the food was just fine. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it myself. So, go ahead and pack what you want. If you use a freezer bag and cold packs and send it in checked luggage, it should be fine....Enjoy....Cheryl
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