See our review of baggage coverage for more details and keep that wedding
cash in a money belt instead!
When I travel, my valuables are just as securely out of sight and out of mind, around my
waist in a money belt.
If the items are small, like cash, credit cards, and your passport, then they belong hidden and
safe in a money belt.
On travel days we carry our
cash in a money belt that goes under our clothes, along with our passport and cards.
An unsuspecting tourist makes a prime target for opportunists and pick - pockets, so stowing your passport away, either in a secure safe at the hotel, or
in a money belt if you have to carry it with you, can greatly reduce the chance of losing your passport.
They then put all the other essentials
in the money belt like credit cards, debit cards, copy of passport pages, travel insurance information, visas, room key, and emergency contact list.
Provide neither gold nor silver nor
copper in your money belts, nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.»
Rottweilers were working dogs from the start, driving cattle to market, pulling carts, guarding the homestead, and even carrying money to and from the
market in money belts tied around their necks.
* Hidden Travel Wallet — Rick Steves Silk Money Belt, Natural Keep your passport, money, and travelers checks
in your money belt at all times.
Backpackers are especially prone to pickpocketing in Europe and Southeast Asia, so always be sure to carry your money and
identification in a money belt or similarly safe space.
If you check your luggage, keep the claim ticket or locker
key in your money belt; thieves know just where to go if they snare one of these.
An itinerary - storage website (such as Tripit) is handy; you can also keep a list of contacts you'll need, including your hotels — printed on a slip of paper as small as you can read — to
store in your money belt.
I just have one wallet with the real $ $ hidden on my person, a fake one for corrupt cops or robbers, and my passport
concealed in a money belt or something.
While it's likely that your teen won't be carrying a lot of cash, having a spare credit card, their travel medical portfolio and travel documents (on a USB drive), and the majority of the current cash on
hand in a money belt strapped around their waist and under their clothes means they're far less likely to lose everything in case they're robbed, mugged, or attacked.
If your fake wallet is also in that basic purse, but your primary travel cash, documents, and passport are
in your money belt worn underneath your clothing, then you can hand the purse and fake wallet over without too much remorse.
Ideally, you should keep the money and debit / credit cards that you're going to need for the day in your wallet and then keep all extra cash and maybe a backup credit
card in the money belt.
Another friend told us the story of his father who put his
money in a money belt but left his credit card in his wallet in his back pocket and lost that to pickpockets in Prague.
Both models have four built -
in money belts.
Don't Carry Everything - I always carry one credit / debit card and a photo ID (never carry your passport if you plan on drinking)
in my money belt and leave the rest in the hostel.
I carried my iPhone 6 and my passport, some cash, and one credit card
in the money belt.
I normally put my passport in a ziplock bag before putting
it in my money belt because if you spend the day hiking everything will get soaked.
I had heard to be careful about pick - pocketers in the larger cities, so I kept my valuables
in the money belt.
It's best not to travel with a large sum of money but if you have no other choice, keep
it in a money belt hidden under your clothes and put smaller notes in your wallet.
The bill for my pizza came and I was faced with a dilemma: all my money was
in my money belt, buried underneath my shirt and shorts....
Those who travel with nothing worth stealing except for what's
in their money belt are virtually invulnerable.
When a safe is not available, many travelers will instead carry their passports with
them in a money belt or purse, and if they go somewhere where this isn't practical (such as to a pool or beach), they will lock it in their suitcase.
Essentially, many tourists rely on international driving permits as inexpensive identification security that allows them to keep their more private identification safely hidden
in their money belts!
Carry this wallet with you and keep the other wallet hidden
in your money belt or deeper pockets.
The theory is this: if you're ever threatened and told to hand over your wallet, you give up the decoy but your real stash is hidden elsewhere on your person (like
in your money belt).
Ideally, all this information will fit easily onto a note card, which can be placed in your wallet,
in your money belt, and in your suitcase.
If you really need to access what's
in the money belt, go to a place where you can do that unobtrusively — like a restroom.
Consider being redundant about this particular bit, meaning you should have a few copies of this information for each traveler in your group: one in your suitcase, one
in your money belt, and one in your travel medical kit.