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Here are some tips on how to keep you, your (1)________ and your
money safe during travel. After all, it’d be a shame to spend all that time and
research finding the best price for your trip, only to lose your cash and
credit cards to a thief.
1. Don’t Be Captain Obvious Pants
You are a (2)_______. You know that, but you don’t want everybody else to know that. Don’t unfold your giant map on a busy corner. Avoid asking (3)________ on the street for directions. Learn your route ahead of time, and step into a business for directions whenever possible. Avoid flashing your Lonely Planet guidebook around, or publicly referring to your language (4)_______ when traveling abroad.
You are a (2)_______. You know that, but you don’t want everybody else to know that. Don’t unfold your giant map on a busy corner. Avoid asking (3)________ on the street for directions. Learn your route ahead of time, and step into a business for directions whenever possible. Avoid flashing your Lonely Planet guidebook around, or publicly referring to your language (4)_______ when traveling abroad.
2. Keep Your Friends Close and Your Money Closer
A lone traveler equals easy pickings for a seasoned criminal. If you are traveling alone, try to hide that fact. Stick with groups whenever possible and keep information-sharing with chatty cab drivers and the like to a minimum. Pairs or small groups of women may also want to keep their lack of man-escorts hidden. Another thing you don’t want to advertise: where you keep your money. A fanny pack may be handy, but it screams “I’m not from around here!” And the road is not the place for your big fancy designer purse. If you have a purse, keep it close to your body, preferably under an item of clothing like a jacket or sweater so that (5)_______ can’t do the old snip-the-purse-straps-and-run trick.
A lone traveler equals easy pickings for a seasoned criminal. If you are traveling alone, try to hide that fact. Stick with groups whenever possible and keep information-sharing with chatty cab drivers and the like to a minimum. Pairs or small groups of women may also want to keep their lack of man-escorts hidden. Another thing you don’t want to advertise: where you keep your money. A fanny pack may be handy, but it screams “I’m not from around here!” And the road is not the place for your big fancy designer purse. If you have a purse, keep it close to your body, preferably under an item of clothing like a jacket or sweater so that (5)_______ can’t do the old snip-the-purse-straps-and-run trick.
3. Exercise Caution, Even In Your Hotel Room
Never, ever blindly answer a (6)_______ at your door. If the knocker identifies himself as a hotel employee, call the front desk to confirm. Always make sure your hotel door completely closes when entering or exiting–sometimes it makes a loud (7)_______ but doesn’t actually click shut.
Never, ever blindly answer a (6)_______ at your door. If the knocker identifies himself as a hotel employee, call the front desk to confirm. Always make sure your hotel door completely closes when entering or exiting–sometimes it makes a loud (7)_______ but doesn’t actually click shut.
Don’t leave your valuables lying around when you leave for the
day. That hotel safe is there for a reason! So don’t be afraid to put your
netbook, your passport and the earrings your grandmother gave you in there when
you step out.