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What documents do you scan, email, etc?
Both passports (South African and British), Identity Document (South African), all Flight Tickets, Medical Aid Insurance Certificate (showing medical coverage for 2 months whilst overseas), Proof of Residence (e.g. rates and taxes bill), a password protected copy of all my Contacts with telephone numbers, log-in names and passwords (so able to access bank accounts, websites, etc), and also now my Digital Covid Vaccination Certificate.What documents do you scan, email, etc?
I ask myself: If I lost all my stuff on the Camino and I'm in the middle of nowhere and I have problems.What documents do you scan, email, etc?
And a low tech way is to write your information down on paper and put it between your phone and its case. You may even want to put in your picture.I also use the Emergency screen on my phone to provide information for someone else about me for use if I am injured and can't speak for myself.
Think of what you would have to replace if lost or stolen: passports, vaccination card, driver’s license. Also a birth certificate and extra visa/passport photos could come in handy. Upload those docs to the cloud, such as Google Docs or as attachments to an email to yourself or as a draft doc. Passwords, NO.I was wondering if any Camino hikers keep documents on the internet
on a cloud drive like Google Drive, etc? Documents could include your passport,
driver's license, medical history, insurance card, etc. I know there are risks
involved with putting stuff on the cloud. I would have them on a site
that only I know about. If I lose my passport, it may come in handy to have it on the web.
Perhaps you keep photos of the documents on your phone. But then
you would need to have them locked on your phone so if you lose
your phone people can't see them
The other idea would be to have my sister keep all of those files and
if I have a problem, she could email a document to me.
At any rate, I would like to find out how other people have handled this.
What documents did you do this with and how did you do it?
Hi to all,
I ask myself: If I lost all my stuff on the Camino and I'm in the middle of nowhere and I have problems.
I break down (don't know if is the right word) all my equipment, my needs, my situation and scan/email the related documents.
So I scan the prescription of my glasses, the front/back of my credits cards,debit card, driver license and health insurance card. I scan the numbers to call (and the process to not having charges) if my credit card are lost to cancel them. I will add all document related to your medical situation if you have one. I also bring the number of persons to call is somethings happens ( I know is dark) and the number of the embassy ( don't know if really useful but I did that).
And I separated those documents in two categories the ones needed right away from the others. From the first category I print them and cover them with transparent tape and keep them always with me. All my documents was in email and cloud. Personality I'm kind of old school so I will not rely on one technical method only. About the internet security, I'm really not expert but I created me a new email address with a very long password like "imonth3camin%thesantiag%_2023"for the documents.
But then again it might only take a few milliseconds if you're unlucky.
Your Lock Screen idea is really good. I do something similar - a full face photograph of myself (not Henry the actual dog as when I’m at home) and a contact number. I hope that the photo might help someone recognise me if I were to misplace the phone.I store my PDFs on my iPhone in iBooks, Google Drive, and my email.
I do change my lockscreen (see below) ... there were a few comments about it being really bright, but it really isn't on my iPhone. You can develop your own color scheme.
You may also consider having a copy of some medical information. I created the following and have them on my parents fridge just in case they are needed (FILE OF LIFE - Word document in link below).
Here is a link to a Google Drive folder that contains some first aid files that I keep on my iPhone. FYI, you can get the packaging for most over the counter drugs at https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/. I have a copy for everything that I keep in my first aid kit.
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I didn't on my first Camino. There wasn't much of a cloud in 1989 (except in Galicia, which always gets the rain). I carried photocopies of my passport and other key documents in a separate bag, the idea being if my passport/ID was stolen, I could use them to apply for replacements. What ended up happening (in Madrid, not on the Camino) was that the bag with the photocopies was stolen and someone else applied for a replacement passport in my name. They caught it and stopped it before he got the passport, but for decades it took me much longer to replace my expiring passports than it took for everyone else I knew.I was wondering if any Camino hikers keep documents on the internet
on a cloud drive like Google Drive, etc? Documents could include your passport,
driver's license, medical history, insurance card, etc. I know there are risks
involved with putting stuff on the cloud. I would have them on a site
that only I know about. If I lose my passport, it may come in handy to have it on the web.
Perhaps you keep photos of the documents on your phone. But then
you would need to have them locked on your phone so if you lose
your phone people can't see them
The other idea would be to have my sister keep all of those files and
if I have a problem, she could email a document to me.
At any rate, I would like to find out how other people have handled this.
What documents did you do this with and how did you do it?
I keep a copy of everything Camino-related on the iCloud in case I lose or damage my technology or documents, anything can easily be restored from the iCloud.I was wondering if any Camino hikers keep documents on the internet
on a cloud drive like Google Drive, etc? Documents could include your passport,
driver's license, medical history, insurance card, etc. I know there are risks
involved with putting stuff on the cloud. I would have them on a site
that only I know about. If I lose my passport, it may come in handy to have it on the web.
Perhaps you keep photos of the documents on your phone. But then
you would need to have them locked on your phone so if you lose
your phone people can't see them
The other idea would be to have my sister keep all of those files and
if I have a problem, she could email a document to me.
At any rate, I would like to find out how other people have handled this.
What documents did you do this with and how did you do it?
Thank you, sounds like a good way of doing itIphone, mini Ipad and miniature paper notebook!
We bring an iphone and an iPad which are linked.
Documents are placed in photos. Photos can, of course, be accessed without internet.
I keep emergency numbers in my photo sections, for travel insurance, bank, credit cards, airlines, any transport I might need,PPs, driver’ s license, US Embassy, various clinics along the Way, as well as recommended hospitals in Madrid. When I need them, I want immediate access to them.
In addition, I keep a very small note book, maybe 2”-4” in size with 20 pages…it contains all of the numbers of our reservations, and all the numbers listed for our I electronics listed above. This tiny book remains secured in a small inner zippered chest pocket in a very light LLbean jacket, which I wear daily. I thankfully have rarely had to refer to it.
We do not put any financial info photos or on internet. All credit card and bank cards are memorized. I try to anticipate and gestimate charges for transactions in advance and set up at payment schedule before we fly to Spain.
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