Easyjet are employing a new bike protection plan when you take your bike with them, as recently experienced by a member of Geoffrey Butlers going to Italy for the Giro and a weeks riding.....
You pay your £10 and Easyjet put your bike in storage at the airport, safe and ready for your return from your biking holiday, no worries about damage in transit, no losing your bike at a foreign airport, no crash damage if you wipe out whilst riding it on unfamiliar roads - you do not even have to clean your bike.
There is of course a little stress at the airport when you arrive as you enquire about the safety of your carbon framed Campag record kitted bike but it is a little price to pay.
I'm sure that this a special one off offer as Easyjet will not be able to afford all the extra storage space.