SUITCASE SECURITY15 Feb 2013
Here are some tips to help safeguard your luggage and its contents:
- Pack valuable items in your carry-on luggage. If you must check it, take a photo of the contents, make an itemized list and copy your sales receipts, if possible.
- Expensive bags are more attractive to thieves so you may want to avoid checking your favorite leather luggage and instead, opt for lesser expensive mainstream luggage.
- Remove all prior tags and stickers from your luggage before traveling (except your ID tag) so information from a prior trip doesn’t confuse the baggage handler.
- Consider placing a copy of your itinerary and contact information for your first destination inside your bag where it can be easily seen.
- Lock your bag with a TSA-approved lock, but keep in mind that this is only a deterrent – they can be removed fairly easily
