Two international-travel related questions

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: Vonkhan
always carry ur passport with u

AND leave a photocopies of it in the hotel safe, with friends, etc.

Also a good idea to notify your embassy that u're in that country - A MUST DO if u're travelling to an unstable or 3rd world country.

i do all of the above.

 

[jagec]

If you have a piece of luggage that has to lock, you can go through a special checkout line...

As for the passport, I usually carry copies day-to-day, and leave the original buried deep in a secret area of my bag, because you're more likely to be pickpocketed than have your luggage stolen out of a locked room IMHO.

 

[chcarnage]

Originally posted by: Mill
...In Europe we were traveling so much it was with me all the time, and I did need to pass into Switzerland (even with Schengen)...

That's because Schengen won't be fully implemented in Switzerland until 2008/09.

Now the TSA lock concept looks a bit silly to me... Why would a traveler buy such a padlock if he could chose another type?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

zip tie your bag

carry a photocopy of your passport.