It’s a common worry while traveling that your important and sensitive documents will be lost or stolen. The best way to avoid this is to have specific safe places to stow such documents, such as driver’s license, passport, money, and medical information. Here is a list of the best ways to travel with these things in a safe way.

A money belt can be a great investment for a regular traveler. It is a garment worn underneath the clothes with a pouch or several to house your money, but can also be great for passports and the like, as they stay on your person and are safe from pick-pockets. You can find money belts at most travel or department stores.

Another option is to get a travel wallet, and though it’s not really any different from a regular wallet, it is at least one specific location where you know your sensitive materials are, so there will be no chance of misplacing them. Also the travel wallet is slightly large than a normal one, so as to better hold things like passports.

Medical information can be a bit more tricky, since a lot of the documentation you use in the U.S. will not work as well in a country where English is not the primary language. Be sure to get documentation from your doctor explaining your condition, and keep this in a safe place like the money belt or travel wallet. Alternately you can stow these in a front-facing messenger bag; it’s important that the bag rest on the front of your person, that way it is harder for pickpockets to access.

You can also always make copies of your ID’s and documents and keep them in separate bags in the event that one of the bags is lost or stolen.

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