Comments on: 10 tips to protect valuables from travel theft http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/10-tips-to-protect-valuables-from-travel-theft/ The last honest travel site Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:49:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frank http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/10-tips-to-protect-valuables-from-travel-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-5763 Frank Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:15:07 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5210#comment-5763 You would think this NEVER HAPPENS, but I see it ALL THE TIME. Female passenger boards.....puts bag overhead, throws the purse on their assigned seat, and then, heads to the lavatory, leaving the PURSE unattended. I always comment: "Dont do that!"......TAKE IT WITH YOU." You would think this NEVER HAPPENS, but I see it ALL THE TIME.

Female passenger boards…..puts bag overhead, throws the purse on their assigned seat, and then, heads to the lavatory, leaving the PURSE unattended.

I always comment: “Dont do that!”……TAKE IT WITH YOU.”

]]> By: Frank http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/10-tips-to-protect-valuables-from-travel-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-5757 Frank Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:29:52 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5210#comment-5757 9. Be careful at hotel fitness centers and pools. Leave valuables in the safe. It is hard to keep an eye on them when exercising, swimming or under a nearby shower. ============================================================== HUGE mistake to leave your wallet in the "hotel room" while you're at the hotel gym. After staying in a BWI hotel during a layover, 6 months later I was contacted by a bank asking if I had opened credit with them. Yep, IDENTITY FRAUD/THEFT. It took me several years to stop all the madness. Opened accounts. Shopped on the internet. Wrote checks all over town. etc. etc. Followed my credit REPORTS closely and most of the inquiries were from the BWI/DCA area. """NEVER, EVER LEAVE YOUR WALLET UNATTENDED" even in what you think is a secured hotel room. 9. Be careful at hotel fitness centers and pools. Leave valuables in the safe. It is hard to keep an eye on them when exercising, swimming or under a nearby shower.
==============================================================

HUGE mistake to leave your wallet in the “hotel room” while you’re at the hotel gym. After staying in a BWI hotel during a layover, 6 months later I was contacted by a bank asking if I had opened credit with them.
Yep, IDENTITY FRAUD/THEFT. It took me several years to stop all the madness. Opened accounts. Shopped on the internet. Wrote checks all over town. etc. etc. Followed my credit REPORTS closely and most of the inquiries were from the BWI/DCA area.

“”"NEVER, EVER LEAVE YOUR WALLET UNATTENDED” even in what you think is a secured hotel room.

]]> By: Steve Cousino, CTA http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/10-tips-to-protect-valuables-from-travel-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-5743 Steve Cousino, CTA Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:25:13 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5210#comment-5743 Good post, Ned! Much of what you relayed was common sense - amazing how much that gets lost when we travel! Can't wait to read your ID theft article. Good post, Ned! Much of what you relayed was common sense – amazing how much that gets lost when we travel! Can’t wait to read your ID theft article.

]]> By: John F http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/10-tips-to-protect-valuables-from-travel-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 John F Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:13:42 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5210#comment-5683 Good common sense tips. Not sure how airport and cruise security it TSA "like"---I thought it "WAS" the TSA! Looking forward to next week's column! Good common sense tips. Not sure how airport and cruise security it TSA “like”—I thought it “WAS” the TSA!

Looking forward to next week’s column!

]]>