Place your banner stands in their packaging: a quality banner stand always arrives with its own customized plastic container, often resembling a tube. If you do not have this container, make your own. Cover each banner stand in plastic or canvas and close it with packing tape.
Tape your business card (ensure your contact information is correct) to the exterior of each banner stand container. If possible, tape several business cards on each package, in case one is removed in transit. This practice ensures if your banner stands are lost, you can easily be contacted.
Attach a note to each banner stand stating where the banner stands should be shipped on a particular date. In a case of lost baggage your banner stand will be shipped to your location, not to your return address. (Your business card placement on the exterior is necessary in the event of theft from the convention location and also serves as another point of call for the airlines.)
Check-in your collapsible banner stands as a piece of luggage. Contact the cargo division of your local airline if you're travelling with a larger banner stands; ship these ahead of your travel date for assured delivery.
