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Travel Security
Recap

TRAVEL SECURITY CHECKLIST

• When outdoors, follow the guidance in Outdoor Safety.
• When driving, follow the guidance in Car Security.
• Remember that predators love hunting for carefree travelers stumbling through unfamiliar territory.
• Remember that hotels have an ever-changing cast of guests for criminals to blend in with, phones linking all rooms by dialing a room-number, easily bribed staff, easy-to-get staff uniforms and badges, and notoriously sloppy security.
• Remember that the legal rights you enjoy in your home country are different in foreign lands.

PORTABLE ALARMS and DEVICES

• 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).

S.A.F.E. is being:
Skeptical of anyone trying to get near you or trying to isolate you,
Aware of danger zones and escape strategies,
Flexible: being tricky, changing strategies as needed – and if worse comes to worst:
Exploding like a mad dog to fight for your life. Stun & run. See Fighting Options.

Recommended Reading
• Safety and Security for Women Who Travel by Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer. Travelers' Tales 2004.
• Strong on Defense by Sanford Strong. Pocket Books 1996.
• Tough Target by J.J. Bittenbinder. Running Press 1997.

Go to
• Travel Security - Overview
• Camping: human predators sometimes hunt human prey in isolated wilderness.
• 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. (YOU’RE NOW ON THIS PAGE)
• Pepper Spray & Devices for Travel Security.

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