TripHip - Travel Tips and Advice for Traveling on a Budget

With all the recent changes in airport security procedures, one thing remains fairly constant: the metal detector scan. It's just part of travel life, so plan for it and make your trip through security quicker.

Don't wear clothing with too many zippers, snaps or metal buttons. Don't have your pockets filled with keys, change, phones or other gadgets. Try to have such odds and ends in a single purse or bag so security can check it all quickly without you having to dump each pocket out as you go.

For body jewelry that you can't simply remove for the flight, have any metal jewelry removed beforehand and replaced with plastic or bone pieces so you don't set off the detector.