OK may sound wierd but it’s happened to me enough where I need to mention it. Because over packing is so prevalent I swear that some customs / immigration offlcers view a single traveller like me with only carry on as some red flag… Ask questions like “you don’t have any checked baggage?”, “this is all you have?”… I’ve been selected for random searches like that enough times to think it’s not a coincidence. “you are travelling for 3 weeks and only have carryon?” answer “I use laundry service on the trip” reply “step this way”, and they proceed to pull everything out of my bag and check every crevice lol. Just a heads up 🤷 EDIT :my travel is international to the carribean and south America so the red flagging would be more likely… Domestic US or CA flights would probably be less likely to experience this
Getting shit on when returning home to Canada is super annoying. Like, they literally have to let us in - worst case scenario to Canadian jail, sure, but they still must grant Canadians entry into Canada. So if they want to search all my stuff, go for it. And I’ll answer the basic questions in a friendly manner. But if they start accusing me of nonsense my new policy is to just stop talking entirely and tell them they are free to do whatever they like, just let me know when it’s complete.