Travel Mug

[Denali]

My husband likes to wear the knee length King Gee cargo shorts, with the side pockets, when touring around the place. He doesn't over heat, better than jeans and lots of pockets. I always replace the teeny tiny bits of Velcro with more and thicker velcro. The one time that hes aware someone has tried to pick pocket him, he felt the tugging on the shorts because those pockets are not going to open without a fight.

For flights, I never use to be careful but after watching a few episodes of Airport Dubai where there were people who spend their week flying in and out and stealing, Im more careful now.

 

[vetrade]

On trains in Europe, where the luggage racks are usually near the carriage entrances, your bags can be susceptible to thieves who wait till just before the train departs to snatch one and then jump back on to the platform. Now I always carry a small Pacsafe cable lock - put the 2 bags on the rack and lock their handles together around one of the poles on the rack. It's a lot easier than trying to sleep with one eye open on those overnighters.

 

[marki]

On trains in Europe, where the luggage racks are usually near the carriage entrances, your bags can be susceptible to thieves who wait till just before the train departs to snatch one and then jump back on to the platform. Now I always carry a small Pacsafe cable lock - put the 2 bags on the rack and lock their handles together around one of the poles on the rack. It's a lot easier than trying to sleep with one eye open on those overnighters.

Love the idea !

 

[travs]

Had a Nintendo DS and something else (camera?) stolen on a bus ride in Ecuador 8 years ago. It was in a bag right above my seat.

Wife had a phone stolen from purse ~4 years ago from a Wan Chai bar in Hong Kong. Guy acted like he was drunk and bumped into us and fell onto chairs where she had her purse hanging. He appears to have nicked the phone in the confusion.

 

[jxv]

On trains in Europe, where the luggage racks are usually near the carriage entrances, your bags can be susceptible to thieves who wait till just before the train departs to snatch one and then jump back on to the platform. Now I always carry a small Pacsafe cable lock - put the 2 bags on the rack and lock their handles together around one of the poles on the rack. It's a lot easier than trying to sleep with one eye open on those overnighters.

Just boarded a train in Lisbon and noticed there are coin operated cable locks on those luggage racks near the doors, but I have one of those Packsafe locks too.

 

[Milboo]

I have one of the small Longchamp bags which I put inside my hand luggage. In it goes my wallet, phone, passport etc and once I board, I remove this and have it with me, usually on the floor beside my foot (I always take a window seat) when in Y. Takes all of a few seconds to extract my passport and drop it back into my hand luggage on landing.

 

[marki]

I have one of the small Longchamp bags which I put inside my hand luggage. In it goes my wallet, phone, passport etc and once I board, I remove this and have it with me, usually on the floor beside my foot (I always take a window seat) when in Y. Takes all of a few seconds to extract my passport and drop it back into my hand luggage on landing.

Impressed with the double bag idea. Like double bottoms they do hide a great deal. The other thread started re: swearing at beggars who have in circumstances been implicated in theft of a different kind, Psychological tactics ie sleeping babies in the hand of young mums next to ATM's, anywhere there is a crowd I try and avoid, unless its your flight, train etc. Even then I have seen people behaving differently in these crowds working them with bags concealing their hands or working with pretty confident striding females walking down a narrow corridor on a train, usually followed by a man who gropes you after letting the female past. Muttering thats my girl don't look etc trying to distract another who is working on you.( whole teams) seen it.

 

[24601]

As a young backpacker caught a man in Morocco, Tangiers I think, with his hand in a pocket of my daypack. I stared at him, he stared at me and all he could do was grin and shrug his shoulders. His prize would have been a couple of low denomination French coins. I was more relaxed then than now, and let him keep a couple. He had been walking beside me in the same direction in a crowd.

Nearly got mugged or attacked in Barcelona in an alleyway. Convincing the thugs that we weren't American saved us.

Since then I have been spared, thankfully. But I do hate the stress of going to pick-pockety places.

 

[gaz0303]

Don't leave valuables in carryon. Wallet, passport, phone, keys etc should be on person at all times.

I don't trust myself with this tactic. I'm more likely to loose said items in seat pocket, down back of seat etc than have them stolen from me. Im a dual national, so split the storage of passports and leave a surplus credit card with one, hopefully minimises hassles in rare event of theft on plane.