Keeping Your Other Valuables Safe

Before your trip, make a copy of your passport. When you travel, leave your passport in your hotel room safe and carry the copy with you. Also leave a copy with someone back home.

DON'T leave home that local supermarket card with the magnetic strip on it. A lot of hotel and cruise ship safes require a card with a magnetic strip to open and close them. I use the one from my supermarket for this purpose. Otherwise you'll find yourself having to use one of your credit cards. And then it will be, of course, outside of the safe.

Use an anti-theft purse when you travel. Well organized, an anti-theft purse has a slit proof strap. And protect your purse by always wearing it across your body.