Ned Levi discusses packing your carry-ons defensively to to reduce passengers’ problems at security, and the risks of breakage or lost or stolen luggage by anticipating potential carry-on woes.
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theft
The airlines and TSA are fighting an ongoing battle against theft from checked luggage. The installation of more and more automated baggage handling systems has reduced theft. However, until human contact is eliminated, the problem probably won’t be exorcised.
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Taking advantage of low airline fares to Europe this summer? Ned has some tips and precautions for you to implement, to keep your cameras, cash, and other valuables out of the hands of thieves in Europe and destinations elsewhere.
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A column on CNN the other day got me thinking. It was a bit of a confessional on items the author (and her friends) had taken from various hotels. “Is it,” she asked, “ever OK to take things from a hotel?” The answer she got from various hotel managers was a resounding, “Yes!”
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A Ponemon Institute study states 12,000 traveler laptops go lost missing or stolen each week at US airports. Gartner, Inc. says a laptop is stolen in the US every 53 seconds. Ned Levi reports on the startling statistics and how you can protect your laptop and data.
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Transportation Security Administration agents are supposed to be the first line of defense against terrorists. Not Pythias Brown. An airport screener at Newark’s Liberty Airport, he has been accused of swiping electronic equipment from luggage.
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Your hotel room has been burglarized. What now? Sometimes, no matter what you do or how careful and observant you are, you may become a travel theft victim. Ned Levi knows, because it’s happened to him.
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Cash stolen at TSA security checkpoints, belongings taken from checked-in luggage at airports or cruise terminals, jewelry stolen from hotel rooms or cruise ship staterooms, handbags slashed and stolen while strolling down a promenade are making travelers victims every day. Ned Levi has 10 suggestions to protect yourself.
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Air travel has plenty of problems these days (terrorism, bankruptcy — you name it), but maybe what you should be worrying about is theft. No, not the ticket price. Or the price of coffee at the airport. Or even those airline CEOs getting away with robbery every time they cash their paychecks. No, the thief James Wysong means is the one sitting next to you on the airplane. In this column, he reprises 10 tips from an earlier column.
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It’s not just towels and bathrobes that hotel guests sometimes take home in their suitcases. Amy Bradley-Hole has seen all types of things “go missing” from hotel rooms over the years: lamps, paintings — even an ironing board. Why is it that people think stealing from hotel rooms is OK?
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