Friday, September 11, 2009

Another Voyage-Air Traveler

One of the early adopters of the Voyage-Air guitar was Wes Lem, who recently had first-hand experience of traveling from San Jose to New York with his guitar. Wes took the time to write about it in his blog, and has allowed us to post excerpts of it here:

"I just got back from an extended trip to New York City which happened to be the first air travel trip I took with the Voyage-Air Guitar. I have to admit I was a little nervous as I waited to have my Voyage-Air VAOM-06 Songwriter to pass through the San Francisco airport X-RAY machines. Sure enough it passed through with no delays and it was onward to the departure gate.

"Once we got on board the plane I was able to find on overhead compartment just above my assigned seat in coach and carefully placed the VA Guitar Case horizontally in the overhead compartment. The Overhead Compartment door closed with plenty of room to spare and my anxiety went away as the plane taxied down the runway. I had heard that passengers have paid another seat fare just to get their stringed instrument stowed on board the plane and that checking the instrument in the cargo hold is on sure-fire way to commit instrument suicide and the baggage handlers will almost surely destroy any stringed instrument no matter how tough the carrying case is designed.

"After we landed in New York's JFK airport I retrieved the Voyage-Air Guitar from the overhead compartment and de-planed as easily as I boarded the aircraft. WOW! How easy was that? No extra baggage charges. Piece of mind knowing that the guitar is safely stowed in a protective case in the overhead storage compartment. No unwieldy heavy case to carry or handle while getting on or off the plane. This was a piece of cake. As easy as bringing a laptop computer on-board a plane...

"I un-folded the guitar as soon as I checked into the hotel and only the B string needed a minor tuning adjustment. I reassembled the guitar and was in tune in about a minute's time. Simply AMAZING... There you have it. A personal testimonial for the Voyage-Air guitar's AIR TRAVEL WORTHINESS."


You can find Wes' online blog at http://wlbloguno.blogspot.com/, where he talks about other interesting stuff.

Hey Wes: Thanks!

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