4 Tips to Keep Your Family's Possessions Safe While On a Beach Vacation

  • May 23, 2010
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When your family goes on a beach vacation in Florida, the last thing you want to worry about is your valuables getting lost or stolen. While many hotels have security guards roaming the halls, a safe room and reception area and security cameras, some are not as safe, and if you don’t take the necessary precautions your valuables could be stolen, sometimes without you even realizing it.
In order for you to successfully keep track of your valuables while you’re on a family beach vacation, or any kind of vacation for that matter, follow these simple guidelines that will help ensure everything you brought on your trip comes back home with you.
  • If the hotel room has a safe, use it for all your valuables including jewelry, electronic devices such as iPods, cameras or anything else that will fit that’s of worth to you or a family member. If the safe is electronic, wipe down the touch keys before operating with a damp cloth and dry it before entering your safe password. Also once you have keyed in your code and closed the safe door, press all the other keys that don’t make up the code. Certain hotels have found their staff putting a light oil residue over the touch keys that shows them what numbers were pressed when a special light was shined on it. A few staff members were opening safes from a few rooms and taking small amounts of money from each. Although this is a rare occasion, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

  • Never carry a large amount of cash in your wallet. If you do have to carry a lot of bills, don’t pull all of your money out when you go to pay for something. It will attract the wrong kind of attention. When possible carry Traveler’s Checks or credit cards, which are much easier to track if stolen or cancel if needed.

  • Wear pants that have zipper pockets, they are harder to pickpocket. Also don’t leave things, such as a wallet hanging out of a pants pocket or purse that is unzipped, it will tempt thieves to steal it.

  • Never invite strangers into your room. When you are on vacation you may like to meet people who are also on vacation enjoying themselves. After a few drinks, you may think this person is your best friend, however, you don’t know them, so until you’ve hung out with them enough to feel like you actually know them, don’t invite them back to your room.
Following these tips whether you’re on a family beach vacation to Florida or a business trip to Washington DC will help make sure all the possessions you came with will also leave with you. Losing a valuable item can ruin an entire trip so take all the proper precautions and you’ll have a safe and exciting time.
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