Airport crime is at an all-time high. As many as one in five air passengers have experienced theft at the airport. You can be super safe by taking just a few simple precautions.
It may seem obvious, but keep your bags with you at all times. Keep your eyes on your luggage, even when visiting the rest-rooms and never leave your bags in the care of a stranger. Check in as much of your luggage as possible as soon as you can so that you are only left with your hand luggage to keep an eye on.
While you may be tempted to buy expensive designer luggage don't. Thieves will recognize expensive bags and immediately assume that the contents are likely to be more valuable making your bag a tempting target.
Keep as many of your valuables as possible on your person and not in your baggage. For example, you may like to use a money-belt for your travel cash and travelers checks and you could carry your passport in a concealed wallet under your clothes.
Take extra special care when going through the body scanner and metal detector. If you place your valuable jewelry items and watches into your hand baggage before it is scanned you will not need place these items in a tray that makes them visible to potential thieves. Its also worth waiting for the person in front of you to have completely cleared the security check as this will help you to go through at the same time as your hand baggage.
When you leave the aircraft head for the baggage reclaim area as quickly as possible. You need to identify the correct carousel and be ready and waiting when the bags from your flight start to appear. This will help you to secure your bags beforethey are snatched by a thief.
I hope that you can avoid becoming an airline crime statistic by following these basic tips.
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