Baby shower

Anybody have a baby shower out of town , if you got there by plane how did you get all of the gifts back to your home? I have my shower for my boyfriends family Saturday they live 12 hours away so I'll be flying there , MIL planned the shower but didn't tell me how all the gifts were going to get back to me, I know I will get a lot of gifts but I kinda can't afford to spend so much money on shipping , I'm kind of hoping that she has that covered.