Yes, I travel with my pearls if I am not wearing them. As you can guess, pearls are bulky, and actually, the reason why I purchased this cube was for bulky pieces like pearls and bangles. VCA is actually not bulky at all.
For travel, I take my pearl strands and and drop them into the pouch. Basically, I open up the pouch and let them drop wherever they want to. I do not coil them up or anything, I just let them naturally land. Then I pull the string tight and just put then in the cube.
On your pearls, I'm surprised they snapped. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I've never had a strand snap, and I am tough with my pearls. I've had them caught in places or pulled at them, and the silk thread stretched. However, the silk thread has never snapped. Maybe let your person know who restrung them and check to see if they used silk? Strange.
Here is a photo of how an example of how I would pack if I were say, bringing my VCA and pearls.
The medium VCA pouches always goes first, at the bottom as the base. Then you see three little VCA pouches or however many pieces I want to take. Next would be my pearls and I just pile them in to fill the gaps. Finally, on top is always a cleaning cloth, and in this photo, you see it's the white Mikimoto cleaning cloth.
A comment on cleaning cloths for what it's worth...
I do not rotate my cleaning cloths and use only the brand's cloth with the brand.
A cloth is a cloth, so I prefer to use one for a while, then when it starts to look dingy, I will toss it, and use another cloth. Currently, the travel cloth in my Cube is my Mikimoto cloth, and it will stay in my cube for travel, regardless of if I am packing my pearls or not. If you zoom in, you can see that cloth is a getting a bit dingy. Next time I travel, I'll probably toss it and open up the next cloth, probably a VCA just to rotate them. You get so many of these cloths and pouches, and I like to use fresh ones. Otherwise, you're just wiping dirt back on to the piece. And no, I don't wash my cloths. I think I read somewhere you can wash them gently and let them air dry, but I would rather have a fresh one. That's just me.
Oh, I also posted a photo of the pearl pouches out of the Cube. You can see how plump the pouches are with my pearls inside because pearls are very bulky. The two big pearl pouches are long strands (34" and 38"). The two smaller pearl pouches are bracelets, one in each pouch. I just did that as an example, but you can stuff it with a lot. Even so, look at the first photo, and you can see there is still space to put more items... I would normally add a few more items and you can see there is tons of space.
Finally, I don't use any of those earring holder holes or ring band at the top of the Cube. I am sure people do, and it is meant for that. If you also use them, that's even more space. The Cube is very spacious.
For me, I prefer to have each piece in its own pouch. I know pouches take up space, but that's just my preference.
Hope this helps, and I hope you can get your pearls restrung fast.
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