Passport
* Identification cards
* Money
Credit cards
Travelers cheques
* Tickets
Business cards
Photocopies of passports, credit cards, id cards
Currency of where I'm travelling to
Train/Bus Passes if can be bought in advance
* These are the things I always bring..the rest would be depending on whether its a trip abroad or just plain romping around my country
Oops, lol.
ReplyDelete*Grin* gotcha!
ReplyDeleteI suggest putting everything in a money belt. Leave some small cash in your purse or pockets.
ReplyDeletefor me, I distribute my cash....some in my main purse, but I also put some in my luggage ("secret" pocket)
ReplyDeletesame with the documents/photocopies...and a good thing too as when I went to Sanfo and lost my holder of credit cards (plus some cash)..I had one credit card and some money left in my luggage which I could immediately use without wasting time looking for a bank or atm etc.
goes to say..do lock your bags...
I wouldn't put money or important documents in my luggage. I could lose the luggage, I could leave it behind, it could be pilfered at the baggage sorting area, etc. Money belts are the safest place for passports, credit cards, travelers cheques, and the bulk of your cash. Money belts are hidden under your clothes and are always with you.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree!
ReplyDeletethats also a good point of view...am certainly not saying to put 1 million in the luggage :-)
ReplyDeletebut just enough para emergency...besides with atms and travellers cheques, its a contingency plan..
also for the documents, I meant the photocopies...the original ones na importante, dapat with you.
unfortunately with the younger generation, money belts and fanny bags seem to find disfavor with them..ewan... I use a neck pouch actually for some of my trips abroad, so its hidden under my shirt...
I always hand carry all my important travel documents. I guess, rule of the thumb is hand carry those things you won't be able to do without and are irreplaceable. Heck, I even hand cary my CPAP machine with me.
ReplyDeleteamen!
ReplyDeleteMoney belts and fanny packs are two different things. Money belts are hidden underneath your clothes and fanny packs are outside in plain view. Fanny packs are the ones now considered tacky.
ReplyDeleteJapanese tourists lang ang nag susuot nyan...LOL!
ReplyDeleteBusinesscards.
ReplyDeleteCustoms offical: What's the purpose of your visit?
Cat: Fun. Lots of fun. Here's my business card. That's my business.
LOL...kina-reer na ba?
ReplyDeleteactually its quite practical...and my teammate in Belgium wore them before...
ReplyDeleteI agree but it is not popular anymore to the local folks. I had a few of those before to carry my lenses. We also gave them away to doctors and other health care professionals as promotional items.
ReplyDeletefunnily enough, in Baguio's ukay-ukay...I came across an eagle creek brand bag...its a rucksack and can be folded into a fanny pack...hahaha...ok na rin...
ReplyDeletedi mo binili?
ReplyDeleteI bought it of course..at mukhang my other rucksacks here with me are torn and really well-used...so I can use this as secondary bag. I always try to travel these days with a foldable bag to serve as backup for extra stuff or shopping..
ReplyDeleteIt makes a lot of sense. Less bitbit for you.
ReplyDeletehahaha..I suddenly remember borrowing Helene's bag in my Singapore trip..yung galing Bohol pa yon..multi-colored strawish bag na malaking malaki...
ReplyDeletengek..excess baggage..e Singapore Airlines pa...hay!