Cigars and travel: tips for transporting your modules safely
✈️ Introduction: Travel with your cigars with complete peace of mind
Whether you're heading off for a weekend in the countryside or a trip abroad, bringing a few good cigars with you is often part of the fun. But without precautions, you risk finding your cigars crushed, dried out, or damaged . For a cigar enthusiast, this is unthinkable!
Here is the complete Atelier Atypique guide to transporting your cigars in the best conditions , with style and without hassle.
🎒 1. Physically protect your cigars
A cigar is delicate: the wrapper (outer leaf) can crack at the slightest shock or crushing.
The solutions:
✅ Hard cigar case
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- Format 1, 2 or 3 cigars.
- Genuine leather, soft lining.
- Compact and elegant, it slips into a pocket or bag.
✅ Individual cigar tube
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- Often made of metal or acrylic.
- Ideal for a short trip.
✅ Airtight travel container
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- To carry several cigars: 5, 10, or even more.
- High density foam interior.
- Water and shock resistant.
At Atelier Atypique, we recommend our leather cases for their robustness and timeless elegance.
💧 2. Maintain the right humidity level while traveling
The biggest enemy of cigars while traveling? Dry air! Airplane cabins and certain climates quickly dry out your cigars.
Our advice:
- Slip a mini humidifier (Boveda 69% or 72%) into the travel box.
- Choose an airtight case rather than a simple open case.
- Avoid leaving cigars in a car in the sun: the heat damages the tobacco.
✈️ 3. Going through security checks: what you need to know
In cabin baggage:
✅ Allowed without limit for cigars.
✅ Lighter: 1 only , BIC or torch type, to slip into your pocket or a transparent pouch.
✅ Cigar cutter : some airports allow it, but it is better to place it in the hold to avoid confiscation.
🗺️ 4. Long trip? Pack a travel cellar
For a stay of more than a week, a mini travel cellar is ideal:
- Waterproof and compact.
- Interior in Spanish cedar.
- Built-in humidifier.
This allows you to keep your modules in a stable microclimate , even abroad.
🏷️ 5. Some useful accessories
- Pocket ashtray : for clean drinking outdoors.
- Accessory case : for storing lighter, cigar cutter and matches.
- Vacuum storage bag : to repatriate cigars purchased locally.
🚫 6. Mistakes to avoid
❌ Carry your cigars without protection, simply in a pocket or bag.
❌ Forget the humidifier for a long trip.
❌ Expose your cigars to extreme temperature variations.
❌ Forcing the filling of a case: too tight = risk of cracks.
✅ 7. Conclusion: leave with peace of mind
Traveling with your cigars is not complicated: with a good case, a little humidity and vigilance , your modules will arrive intact and ready to be enjoyed.
Find our travel cases , rigid tubes and portable cellars on atelier-atypique.fr and always be ready to go!