Luggage Identification Hints
Here are some luggage safe-travel hints when traveling by air, car, train, or on a cruise:
Although properly-labeled luggage will increase the likelihood of it being returned to you if it gets lost, it also can send out a message to criminals that you are leaving your house available for them to rob at a leisurely pace. The point is that many people put their name, home address, and home telephone number on their luggage tags, like a neon sign that says, “I’m not going to be home for awhile. Rob me!” Instead, use your office address, if you have one, or a post office box number (which is better). Also, put your office or a friend’s telephone number, since you might not be there to answer the phone if someone is trying to locate the owner of your luggage.
Another precaution: always put your complete identification information INSIDE your luggage as well . . . taped or glued securely as a permanent part of your luggage. Luggage tags can be accidentally pulled off, or destroyed by the weather (rain or snow, for example).
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When the Dollar is Weak, Here’s a Tip
Especially when the dollar is weak, pay as much as possible in advance of your trip…airline, train, and cruise tickets; hotels; car rentals; entertainment and sporting events. Of course, advance purchase discounts can sometimes save you a bundle whether the dollar is weak or strong. This also makes it easier for you to plan your travel budget, so you don’t run out of money before the trip is over!
Passport Card: Good News and Bad News
The Department of State has taken action to help simplify at least ONE of the travel hassles … dragging your passport around if you’re only going to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
Now (well, in July) you can get a “Passport Card” the size of a credit card that will get you into our neighboring countries of Mexico and Canada, including cruise travel throughout the Caribbean and to Bermuda.
The Department of State says that the card will “carry the rights and privileges of the U.S. passport book and will be adjudicated to the exact same standards.” That’s the good news.
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