(Radio Iowa) – The summer travel season is starting to pick up with the Independence Day holiday. T-S-A spokesperson, Jessica Mayle (May-lee), works at the state’s busiest airport, and says they one key to successful air travel is to give yourself plenty of time by thinking about every step of your travel journey, not just going through T-S-A, but also parking your car, checking your bag getting to your gate. She says two hours is still the recommended amount of time you should give yourself when you’re flying out. Mayle says they see a lot of people who unintentionally bring items in their bags that can’t be taken on the plane and that can be avoided by starting with an empty bag.

You can learn what is and what isn’t allowed by going to the website, tsa.gov and clicking on the a feature called ‘What can I bring?”.You can type in the name of an item and it will tell you this can go in your checked bags or in your carry on.