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.
While the first and most obvious rule is to do everything you can to prevent rental car break - ins and theft, knowing the most popular items to steal from a rental car can make it easier to know what to leave at home or
lock in your suitcase at the hotel and what you can safely take with you.
It will do you no good
locked in your suitcase with your travel insurance policy, pack of gum, and souvenirs.
Some people feel their papers are safer
locked in their suitcase under their plane, thinking that they will grab their luggage after they arrive and then go through immigration control.
Not exact matches
You can
lock the
suitcase from your phone, track its location, and, thanks to a sensor
in the handle, get a digital weight reading by lifting up the
suitcase.
The Bluesmart Carry - on
suitcase has built
in real - time location tracking and a remote
locking system that is accessible through a companion mobile app.
The bag also boasts a 3G + GPS tracker with global coverage to track the
suitcase anywhere
in the world; a scale built right into the handle that interfaces with the app to tell you the approximate weight of your
suitcase; and a remote digital
lock that can be set up to
lock itself when you step away and to unlock when you return.
As such, I'll open one of our many
suitcases each day to find lace patterned socks lurking within handbags, my favorite lipsticks, tucked
in a zip
lock bag and swirling around my glittered wedges.
I prefer using a combination
lock so I don't have to carry around a key, but sometimes the lockers won't fit a regular combination
lock, so my small padlock that I use to
lock my
suitcase comes
in handy.
Today's airport security rules dictate that luggage must be unlocked or
locked with a TSA - approved
lock, but even if you don't
lock your
suitcase in transit, the ability to
lock your luggage when you arrive can be handy.
Best of all, the battery can last a year and there's a
lock so you don't have to worry about it buzzing away
in your
suitcase.
The Bluesmart
suitcase is the luggage of the future, offering GPS, remote
locking, integrated battery charger for smart phones and tablets and handy built -
in digital scales — oh and of course storage space, 34 Ltr
in fact!