hey there today i'm going to give you anti-theft travel tips for your next trip i'm going to teach
you how to protect your valuables while traveling i'll show you some anti-theft crossbody bags with
rfid blocking features i will teach you travel hacks to hide your valuables
and you will also learn tips to prevent grab and run theft you will not be an unsuspecting
tourist after you watch this video the number one anti-theft tip i can give to travelers is to wear
a crossbody bag that is slash resistant wearing a crossbody bag with slash resistant straps is
one way to ensure that your bag stays on you while you're walking you also want surround body panels
that are slash resistant so that the thieves cannot cut into your purse or your crossbody bag
these crossbody bags are all different sizes and i usually like to travel with a crossbody purse size
love this one and then this one i'm returning but if i did need to carry more travel essentials i
would take this kind of a crossbody bag size and then the large one is just too large it's
too bulky for me for when i am touring the most extra stuff that i would travel with or need to
have space in a crossbody bag for would be my reading glasses case and my sunglasses case
and a mobile charger if i'm touring all day and i don't have a trip planned for europe so that's
why i don't need that bag yet but i like seeing and touching and feeling all of these crossbody
bags to really know which one fits my style and my needs and protection when i'm traveling
i usually do not like the rough canvas of travel on bags i return to my striped one i love this
taupe color because it is neutral but this has a sheen to it so it's smooth if it was against my
skin it would be smooth against my skin and this crossbody bag purse is completely smooth it's not
canvas at all it's just beautiful i would use this for an everyday bag it has the light interior and
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the number two anti-theft tip is locking zippers slowing down a thief with locking zippers is a
great security system to have i will make a video comparing the crossbody bags that are anti-theft
but i wanted to show you a cool one that just the purse has the bag does not one way a thief may
steal your bag is by unhooking the slash resistant straps instead of trying to cut them like normal
so they would easily just unhook that strap well this little hook doohickey right here
has a lock down system where you have to push the notch down and then turn it sideways in order to
unhook the strap so it will delay them even further the notch just slides down a little
bit slides over and then you can unhook it easily that notch security system is only on the straps
it is not on the zipper but the zipper has a little hook that is secured that you can
attach the zipper to to lock it in place that anti-theft feature is going to make the thieves
move to an unsuspecting tourist not you i have two travel tips for locking zippers and anti-theft
bags for you if you have large fingers i suggest that you practice quickly and smoothly opening up
your zipper and hooking it back into the little slot or the notch of your strap before you go
travel make it smooth make it discreet my second travel tip is that it may take you two hands to
unhook the zipper before you can unzip your bag so practice with both hands and move your body
in such a way to protect that space so that you can use both hands to unzip your anti-theft bag
today we want to protect valuables on your body and in your bags if you are traveling with bills
separate those bills so that you are not pulling out a wad of cash to pay for tapas on los ramblas
street now las ramblas street is a well-known pickpocketing area and two of my friends fell
victim to that they were sitting at a table he was smoking a cigar and two guys came up and asked for
a light she thinks that is when they were casing them looking closely at where their bags were
and then a man also had sat down at a table beside them he was just taking his time and then struck
up a conversation with them and they think that he was a distraction and while they were talking
to him the uh pickpocketers came by and took her bag or took the things that were in her bag
one way to help with distractions is to keep your crossbody bag on you a travel hack is that you
can pack a carabiner hook it packs thin in your crossbody bag and that will hook both of your
straps to your chair now if the pickpocketers are casing you they see where that carabiner hook is
maybe have the hook in a hidden place the number three anti-theft tip is to travel with a backpack
that has a back entrance with hidden pockets this type of anti-theft bag will just delay a thief it
does not have rfid or slash resistant straps but the entrance is going to be against your back i've
had this bag for about three years it is the size large and is about the size of my normal 15.6 size
backpack which is a normal school backpack size to me this bag comes with a strap so you can wear
it as a crossbody bag on your person in the front of your body there is an anti-theft swing backpack
for men just make sure when you are searching for anti-theft bags to read the details and make sure
it says slash resistant straps rfid panels instead of just hidden pockets most bags that i shopped
for said anti-theft but it was only for hidden pockets that was the only security system they had
now the number four anti-theft tip is to pack your valuables in different locations these are travel
hacks of where you can pack your cash you're going to pack your cash in an old deodorant stick
an old empty chapstick tube you can pack your cash in between the pads of your exercise bra
pack the money in the end of a hair brush divide up the cash that you are taking in different areas
of your carry-on suitcase not in one location my husband packs a front pocket wallet for anti-theft
while we are in the metro or walking through a crowded area he has his hand in his front pocket
covering that wallet i like my rfid thin wallet if you do not have the rfid slots in a crossbody bag
that thin wallet is a great choice i have used it when i've gone to a quick soccer game and just
put it inside my wristlet for that game if anybody has a clear bag let me know because i need one to
get into stadiums now you can also pack an extra visa card or debit card in this little pocket that
snaps around your bra strap you would not reach for that while you're out in public it's just
another way to pack your cash or hide it if you don't want to keep it in the hotel room i have an
anti-theft tank top that has a pocket on each side panel it is so large enough for even an ipad a
kindle my passport you can protect your valuables and money by just hiding them somewhere in the
clothes that you wear there is a travel sock that has a hidden pocket where you can pack your cash
several of you have asked when we get euros for example we take enough cash for the first two days
on a vacation to another country as soon as we land we find an atm in that country and withdraw
enough cash for there for three days or two days my travel tip for euros or cash in a different
country is do not wait until sunday when it is pouring down snow and rain in berlin to look for
an atm machine because they will all be empty and another travel tip is do not exchange your
money in the airport it's a much higher rate than you will have to pay for the atm machine
a waist belt is so ugly but they are so practical for anti-theft it wraps around and snaps
around your waist under your pants and you can discreetly and easily get to your wallet or get to
your credit card or some cash that you may have i also have traveled with an exercise belt it's for
running and the reason i like this is it's easy to get into there is a zippered pocket if you want
that but i love how long the easily accessible pocket is you can fit much more than a passport
in here i'm a size 10 ish and this is snug on me it's a size medium but it does hold me in and it
will fit therefore underneath my pants there are three really wide pockets and then there is that
one that is zippable it's a little shorter but the passport still fits inside that zippered pocket
i do have a scarf with a hidden pocket and this is just for walking around a city if you don't
want to put your passport in your hotel room and you feel safer carrying it on your person
it's just a hidden spot for some valuable a travel tip is to not touch that area so that a thief
that's casing you does not see that oh she's got a valuable in that scarf i'm just going to walk
up and cut that scarf and run and grab and run now i have some bonus anti-theft travel tips for
you one is to not pull out your valuable while you are in a public location because thieves
are watching you in for instance i travel with a passport booklet it will also hold my vaccine card
but when i am in public i do not need to pull out my whole passport booklet
once i get to the hotel room i'm going to separate the two and have my vaccine card maybe
on a lanyard underneath my clothes something like that i would use the passport booklet like this
which i've never recommended before but now i like the practicality of them and because it's so thin
and squishable a little bit i will take it and use it in the airport if i'm traveling to a different
country avoid a crowd of tourists coming over to ask you a question or ask you for directions even
the two guys who are asking for a light avoid that the tripwhistle global sos free app is for
international emergency numbers much like our 911 services when you travel abroad you just scroll
to that country you're visiting and find the phone number and i would keep it in my contacts and then
when i leave that country just delete it i also make a copy of my passport and my vaccination
card and email it to a family member and that's in case my copy that i have in my suitcase or in
a protective area gets lost or damaged now i do have a perfect complement to this video they're
going to give you all kinds of tips of what to use inside the airplane or to help you through
that long flight i also have some other packing tips that i'm going to list in the description
box for you and the way you get to that description box is by clicking the little carrot
or clicking the words show more depending on if you're watching me on an ipad a laptop desktop
or your cell phone all right pack smart and stay safe and thank you for your time