Any suggestions for softball travel by plane as far as bags and equipment? Do you check their regular bat bag? What do you do with bats? Any no-nos or don't-do's based on experience? Any bad experiences with broken or lost bags/equipment?
My DD packs her bat in her duffle bag that is checked and she carries on her bat bag with all of her other equipment and uniforms. She has the back pack style bat bag.
DD's team travels by air once per year. Personal equipment bag gets checked with bat, helmet and non-softball stuff. Carry on includes 1 uniform (same one for entire team), cleats, glove. Bag that goes under the plane is locked.
Make sure uniforms, gloves, cleats and a ball are in the suitcases. If you can do them in carry on, even better. Check with the airline for bag fees. Some of them can be expensive. If the airline is going to charge by the bag, one way you can make it cheaper is to stuff more than one bag into one of those large golf hard travel bags. You will be amazed at how much stuff you can pack into one of those. If you do it right you can stuff three girls worth of stuff in to one of those and lots of extra balls.