Travelling internationally requires careful planning, preparation and a savvy approach to looking after your luggage and personal safety.
Aside from always packing your own bag and never leaving your bags with strangers, there are some additional safety tips and features that you can look intoto improve your luggage security. You could consider the following security tips when getting your luggage organised:
- Use colourful address tags and ensure that your contact details are listed clearly, in case your bags are misplaced.
- Make sure your luggage is easy for you to recognise, so that you can identify it quickly. A distinctive set of luggage will make it harder for other passengers to mix it up with theirs. Try to steer away from buying generic-looking suitcases if possible.
- You can purchase bright and visible straps to wrap around your luggage (with an built-in nametag). This will help you to recognise your own luggage when looking for it on the baggage carousel.
- Occasionally for routine security purposes, airport security may need to open your luggage. Keep an eye out for special locks that are easily opened by airport officials, but remain locked at all other times. These locks feature a luggage-tampering feature that will allow you to see if your bag has been tampered with, enabling you to alert officials if you are worried that there has been a breach of security.
- Try to limit the amount of bags that you travel with. Sometimes when toting a camera bag, handbag, several suitcases and additional sporting gear or shopping bags it can be tricky to keep an eye on all your gear at the airport. Scale things down, and keep your luggage arrangements as simple as possible.
Here are some more extensive luggage safety tips, and you might also find these ‘top tips for international travellers’ helpful when planning your next overseas trip.
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