Seriously Phil (and everyone else traveling-especially by air), you need to consider how you are going to get the books back. We are giving away eight, and I am guessing T4G is going to give away somewhere around 15-20.

That means, you will have somewhere around 25 books freely given, not counting the books you might buy from the bookstore. If each book weighed a bound, that’s half the weight allowed for a checked bag.

I would suggest packing a large backpack (empty) or something similar to it in your checked bag. You can use it to pack all the books and then check it as your second checked piece of luggage. Otherwise, I don’t know how you would avoid the additional fee for overweight luggage.

Inside two weeks now, anticipating this gathering greatly!