Travel Security and Safety

A discussion on travel logistics, dynamics and process would not be complete, without mentioning safety and security. Here are a few pointers:

• Do not travel with precious possessions and be discreet with cash and other valuables. Leave sentimental and irreplaceable items at home preferably.
• Protect your essentials like travel documentation, passport, traveler’s checks, credit cards and more. Concealing them on-person, in a pouch or somewhere in your clothing is all accepted practice.
• Be watchful but not paranoid about being at risk of becoming or being a robbery victim.
  
  You will end up spending excessive money on cabs everywhere as opposed to taking a gentle stroll and or exploring by foot!
• Keep valuables concealed in crowded places. Do not consider hip pockets and dangling bags good places for your wallet!
• Do not carry excess cash you do not need, especially at night and do not flaunt cash in public under any circumstance. Do not make yourself a visible and easy target.
• Divide and spread your cash and other money instruments like traveler’s checks around your luggage – do not carry it all in one place.
• A good budgeting tip is wrapping your wallet with a rubber band or two to make it harder for pickpockets to remove it from your pocket without detection!
• Keep your luggage safe, with you and secure at night when you sleep.
• Never leave luggage and or valuables in a car, bus, taxi, train or other form of transportation.
• Always watch at security screenings and customs checks to ensure that your belongings do not disappear.
• Speaking about customs, when exceeding the duty-free limits, know that it will cost you dearly, up to as much as 10 % on the next $1000 worth of goods.
• If you purchased many items (over $50 each) and mailed them to yourself, they are still dutiable. Personal items can be shipped home and you will not have to pay duties if returning them to your destination as long as you write on the package “American goods returned” for example.

This might not be the case for other locations, so verify this with your mail carrier beforehand. Again, planning well ensures an informed consumer. These steps can and will save you money, avoid costly errors and or oversights.

Attention to detail will assist you in being a smart, well-informed, money-conscious and dollar-and-cents saving traveler.

Again, most of these statement and suggestions are general in terms and do not necessarily list every time how you will be able to save money, avoid cost, benefit from paying attention to detail and be a savvy, money-saving and SMART traveler.

It will mostly do so through implied inference and deduction, you will be able to come up with your own interpretation of how these tips can help you save money.

That is the bonus of budgeting, planning and the format of this tips-guide. You can take as little or as much as you need, relevant to your trip and customize and tailor it into a strategy that is right and suitable, appropriate and guarantees savings for your unique circumstance, means and action travel plans and budgets.