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Hi,
What is the safest way to travel with your passport and money for the duration of the
trip? Looking for ideas?
Thanks Gem
Thank you MarkI carried a travel wallet similar to this. My passport fit inside the one I had. There are a bunch of different kinds, sizes, etc on the market.
It stayed on me all day. everyday except in the shower and when it rained I put it in a ziplock bag inside of my pack, but as soon as possible it was back on my person. I even slept with it on me. While I showered it stayed in a ziplock hanging within sight or reach.
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Thank you mspathFor helpful tips/links re carrying valuables on the camino see this earlier Forum thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...ck-security-do-i-need-locks-and-a-mesh.17000/
Thank you good info whariwharangiKeep your passport in its own ziploc to keep it dry.
Keep other documents like credencial in a ziploc too.
Keep cash in a ziploc. Its very discouraging to dry money, particularly when its glued together.
Keep documents and money on your person. If you carry it in your pack (which is reasonable whilst walking but not while on Metro etc), take it out of your pack every time the pack comes off your back.
Thank you Anemone (i have one in my reef tank!) good info!Think about splitting the money and documents you carry: cash for the day in one pocket, perhaps with an old credit card to please a theif, and the rest well stashed away.
In albergues I try to get a bed against a wall and at night will attach the pounch in which I keep my eye glasses, passports and cash attached to the bed, wall side, and keep it by my head.
For the shower I have a super thick ziplock type bag where documents and cash go, and hook it on a sucction cup which I afix to the shower wall. If shower stall has hooks inside, then I just but everything is a ripstop nylon back and hook it up to one of the hooks.
Thank you cher99840I did the same as @Mark Lee , except mine was around my waist and there was room for a ziplock to protect my passport so I didn't take it off in the rain. Went into shower with me (it was the first thing that I put back on before leaving shower) and I slept with it on my person.
It is good to practice whatever system you decide upon before leaving home so that it becomes routine. Establishing routines that work for me are as important as gear testing the equipment.
Thanks for the info Saint Mike!As always some great advice. One other "tip" - photocopy/scan your info page of your passport; scan your credit & debit cards and then email these to yourself (( run 3 email accounts - one (on Outlook at home base) & two travelling accounts (gmail)). I give them some ordinary code names so that if the account is hacked (thankfully it hasn't) the hacker would need to go through every single email to see it there was anything special.
Apart from the shower the only other time my passport is taken off is in bed - and then its down the bottom of the liner. You just have to get used too these foreign objects in bed with you.
The other big tip - vigilance - keep your eyes open, both on the Camino trail and in cafes/bars and especially in the albergues. Buen Camino
First thing you should do is minimize it! You shouldn't need much. Maybe you can you take photos and email them to yourself. If you need/want to take paper, reduce them when you scan or copy them, print on both sides, and take only what you really need. That is easier to take care of, as well - you don't want a large wad of papers that gets mixed up or easily lost. I use a plastic sheet protector rather than a fancy wallet or folder, to keep them dry.Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
Insurance letter? I just have a card from the insurance company, the size of a credit card. As for flight documents, also none of those these days, just a confirmation code and a download to a smart phone. And because I don't trust technology and electronics, I print a flight confirmation at home and make ot tiny, tiny, tiny, with a photocopier.Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
Hola - I scan the first page of the insurance policy and email that to my gmail account; similarly with any hotel vouchers, my airline flight details are already on my gmail account - but as I am a frequent flier (on Emirates) I only need by passport for them to retrieve all my flights. But I do agree you often end up with what feels like a small tree in terms of pages printed.Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
All I ever had extra like that were flight itineraries, bus boarding passes or on a couple of occasions reservation vouchers for albergues/pensiones. Just a few sheets of paper. All I do is fold them up and stick them in a zip-lock bag and they go in my pack. As I use them, I throw them away. I don't see them as being really important stuff like passports and credit cards. If I lose any of them, I can always retrieve a copy from an email folder. You can even download copies of them to your phone/device and are able to view them without internet service.Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
I put all those kind of papers, unfolded, in a thin plastic file folder and it fits perfectly in the water bladder pocket in my backpack - I don't use a water bladder, so that pocket becomes my 'office.'Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
It's not just members of frequent flyer programs that only need a passport to retrieve flight information. I never carry paper documents.Hola - I scan the first page of the insurance policy and email that to my gmail account; similarly with any hotel vouchers, my airline flight details are already on my gmail account - but as I am a frequent flier (on Emirates) I only need by passport for them to retrieve all my flights. But I do agree you often end up with what feels like a small tree in terms of pages printed.
Hi Karen , we don't use a Insurance letter anymore for a long time now.Can I just quickly ask what everyone done with all the extra
paperwork, insurance letter, flight documents etc. I usually end up with a big wallet of stuff when we book holidays and I am not sure where something of that size can be safely stowed. ( ps I usually carry hubby's paperwork as well).
Hi there, thanks for posting this question, I was wondering the same thing, I'm hiking the Camino September 2017 from St. Jean as well, hopefully we'll meet along the way! MadonnaHi,
What is the safest way to travel with your passport and money for the duration of the
trip? Looking for ideas?
Thanks Gem
Thanks for the great advice about putting info on opening screen of mobile phone. Just done it and I've added the international emergency number 112 for my own benefit because in an emergency I doubt I'd remember it.Insurance letter? I just have a card from the insurance company, the size of a credit card. As for flight documents, also none of those these days, just a confirmation code and a download to a smart phone. And because I don't trust technology and electronics, I print a flight confirmation at home and make ot tiny, tiny, tiny, with a photocopier.
Also, the picture that appears when my phone is turned on, before the password is entered, is a photo of a piece of paper with name, email addy, emergency contact information and nationality, in case the phone gets lost or I have an accident and cannot answer questions. If you have special meds, illness or allergies, add that as well.
Be wary of using a magnetised wallet near any kind of ticket that has a magnetic stripe on it.You might consider the Buddy Pouch: https://www.therunningbuddy.com/
Thank youBe wary of using a magnetised wallet near any kind of ticket that has a magnetic stripe on it.
Putting a railway ticket in the same shirt pocket as my Blackberry wiped all the information from the ticket and it wouldn't let me through the barriers.
I carried a travel wallet similar to this.
A foil-lined security pouch or an RFID-protected lining in a wallet or pocket, is not magnetised. (RFID = Radio-Frequency Identification.) Anti-RFID security linings guard against theft by scanner of credit card numbers and passport numbers. As I mentioned above, my travel wallet (I use it every day) is foil-lined, anti RFID, and it's no danger to magnetised tickets of cards.Be wary of using a magnetised wallet near any kind of ticket that has a magnetic stripe on it.
Putting a railway ticket in the same shirt pocket as my Blackberry wiped all the information from the ticket and it wouldn't let me through the barriers.
A foil-lined security pouch or an RFID-protected lining in a wallet or pocket, is not magnetised. (RFID = Radio-Frequency Identification.) Anti-RFID security linings guard against theft by scanner of credit card numbers and passport numbers. As I mentioned above, my travel wallet (I use it every day) is foil-lined, anti RFID, and it's no danger to magnetised tickets of cards.
Thanks, but the Australian passport doesn't yet have RFID shielding as far as I know. Good to hear that this crap is largely unnecessary.RFID-lined anything is a waste of money unless you have an actual wireless card (the king you can leave in your wallet at checkout). The standard chip cards are a totally different technology and can't be "scanned". The American passport also has an RFID cover. There is a huge industry selling RFID crap to people who don't need it. Extra weight and cost.
And you still have to watch out for pick pockets. It's always something.Thanks, but the Australian passport doesn't yet have RFID shielding as far as I know. Good to hear that this crap is largely unnecessary.
I realise that, I saw the Buddy Pouch online. I was trying to differentiate this product from RFID tech.Quite true but I was referring to the "Buddy Pouch" Kbeirstube brought up which IS magnetised and and will wipe the mag stripe on a ticket in an instant.
I even slept with it on me.