Travel Security
Overview

Travel Security means knowing that getaway vacations are often infested with predators who feast on travelers. Similar to the town officials in the “Jaws” movie hushing up the shark attacks, the tourism industry is notorious for hushing up high crime rates. Keep the ominous “Jaws” music in mind as you plan your trip. Always remember: tourists draw predators like blood draws sharks.

“Human beings are a hair’s breadth away from catastrophe at all times." – writer William Styron

• DoorStop Alarm – a door wedge (both a siren and a physical barrier to forced entry) at www.magellans.com.
• Doorknob Alarm at www.guarddog.net.
• Stash clothing (such as a money belt) at www.magellans.com.
• Stash safes (a.k.a. diversion safes): ordinary cans (of hair spray or whatever) modified with hidden storage space.
• Child alarm to keep your child near you at www.guarddog.net.
• See Pepper Spray & Devices for more (first check airline regulations as well as local laws at your destination).

Before You Leave Home
Don’t broadcast your plans. Store clerks, hairdressers, the kid who mows your lawn, security guards, and neighbors have been caught aiding criminals with information. Also beware of any public announcement of your plans.

Don’t cancel regular deliveries. You want your house operating normally: lawn cut, snow shoveled, drapes opened and closed daily, and so on. Get someone to maintain your home every day. Notify the police of your plans and how to reach your contact person in an emergency.

Make two photocopies of your passport identification page, airline tickets, driver’s license, credit cards (and contact info), serial numbers of traveler’s checks, medical prescriptions, and your schedule. Leave one photocopy with your friends at home; pack the other in a place separate from where you carry the originals. If, during your trip, you make any changes in your travel plans, notify your friends back home. Also put a piece of paper with your name and itinerary inside each bag to make identification easier if your baggage ID tag is lost.

You'll learn all aspects of:
• Travel Security - Overview (YOU’RE NOW ON THIS PAGE)
• Camping: human predators sometimes hunt human prey in isolated wilderness. Also see Arizona Homicide Survivors.
• Hotels and motels are ideal hunting grounds for predators posing as guests or staff.
• Airline: air travel has more precautions than ever.
• Foreign: predators hunt for vulnerable travelers in unfamiliar territory.
• Recap of Travel Safety.
• Pepper Spray & Devices for Travel Security.

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