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I am traveling internationally for the first time in 3 weeks. My question is, I know you should take copies of your passport, license, etc...but should you carry the copies or the originals with you while you are sightseeing?
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There was a very long thread about this recently, I think on the Europe board. Opinion is fairly evenly divided. To some extent it depends on where you're staying and whether your hotel has a safe and how much you trust the safe. I usually don't have a safe, and I usually carry the original - IN A MONEY BELT under my clothes. In some places I also carry one of the copies in a more accessible place for use as ID - in Italy you need it for Internet cafes, for instance.
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This question comes in about 50/50 on Fodor's forums, as to people who choose to carry their passport with them or people who leave it at the hotel safe and carry only a copy. It's a personal choice.
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i always keep copies of the following in each of my luggage:
1) passport
2) ticket
3) reservations confirmation
4) itinerary
5) credit card, travel insurance card
6) contact numbers (including embassy, airline)
a copy also goes to my email.
they've really come handy once when i lost my purse in seoul. since then, i never travel without them.
better be safe than sorry... try to minimise hassle, should the unwanted happens
1) passport
2) ticket
3) reservations confirmation
4) itinerary
5) credit card, travel insurance card
6) contact numbers (including embassy, airline)
a copy also goes to my email.
they've really come handy once when i lost my purse in seoul. since then, i never travel without them.
better be safe than sorry... try to minimise hassle, should the unwanted happens
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Ooooh, love the ideas of sending copies to an email account, carrying a memory stick--hadn't thought of that, thank you.
We have always carried originals with us while sight seeing, etc., left copies at the hotel.
First international trip? You must be so excited--enjoy!
We have always carried originals with us while sight seeing, etc., left copies at the hotel.
First international trip? You must be so excited--enjoy!
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