Need help......

That sounds like a good plan. However, most cigars are not shipped overnight from online distributors. Could you send it out 2 day or maybe a few days, and then not have to pay through the nose for shipping? If the expensive sticks are already coming with you on the plane, would it really be worth the (I'm guessing) substantial extra expense? Just a thought. Enjoy Hawaii. I was stationed there for three years and had some good times.

Wow, nice place to be stationed devildog. I agree w/acharpe on using 2 or 3 day to save a lot of bucks. About all I can add is to use a styrofoam cooler, it's cheaper to buy and weighs less so cheaper to ship as well. Throw a few refrigerator packs in there to keep it cool and you should be good to go.

Those cheap supermarket disposable styrofoam coolers will break during transport no matter how you pack it. Trust me! I've had them break on me from Hawaii to California, and vice versa. Unless you have those durable styrofoam coolers (from Omaha Steaks, for example), you're better off using a real plastic cooler.

My dad told me the humidity and temps are high now in Hawaii (Oahu). Hope you have air conditioning in your new residence.

Those are the ones I meant Doc. They are different than the super cheap gas station coolers. About 1.75 - 2 inches thick and denser. We get refrigerated meds shipped to the clinic daily in those things and have never had a problem yet. Of course they're placed inside a cardboard box, and they're square, no angled sides so the fit tightly into a box as well. Thanks for clearing that up, I would have hated to steer him wrong.

A benefit of a plastic cooler is you could use it as a coolidor once you get there tough. The styrofoam ones don't have a plug to open up so the air can circulate inside.

How about bubble-wrapping them in a tupperware container?

I would say just bag up the singles with the humidipaks like you said. Then for boxes, since you're overnighting them you could just pack them in a standard shipping box. Or wrap the boxes in plastic wrap. We ship all boxes from Tatuaje that way (most boxes come in plastic) and they always arrive to retailers in perfect condition. Just pack the box tight so they don't move around.