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[0:00:00] Pop quiz, gentlemen. What do American, Australian,
and Chinese tourists all have in common? Can you guess it? They are loved by pickpockets
all over the world. Why? Because they're easy to spot, they usually carry a lot of valuables,
and they are unaware of what's going on around them.
In today's video, gents, I'm going to talk about five common problems that all travelers
face and specifically I'm going to focus in on security so that when you travel you're
less likely to become a victim. [Music]
Problem number one with most travel clothing is it makes you stand out like a sore thumb.
You know what I'm talking about. That expedition gear, it looks like you're going to go climb
Mount Everest. You're just flying to London, you're just traveling to New York, you're
just visiting Barcelona, come on, you can dress like the locals you want a more fit
in. Don't wear those heavy big expedition backpacks.
Yes, you can fit a lot into them, but instantly it screams this person is not from here, this
person is a great target. That fanny pack, I mean come on, yes, you've got it in front
of you, but everyone knows that you're just a tourist. And that's the biggest problem
I see with travel clothing is it sends this signal to the entire world, hey, I am not
from here, so take advantage of me. Now, all of that leads us into problem number
two which is security concerns. So first up, we talked about blending in. Don't be wearing
that travel clothing that makes you stick out because you will be targeted. Next up,
maintain a sense of awareness. Don't be out there getting drunk, using drugs, doing -- putting
yourself in that situation where you don't know what's going on.
Next up, be aware of the risks in your city. There are certain cities which just have higher
petty crimes. So, we're looking at Paris, we're looking at Barcelona, we're looking
at Madrid, Prague, Rome, London. Next up, know where the petty thieves congregate
and what some are the common strategies are. So, if you're in Paris and you're going to
the Eiffel Tower, you need to understand there's going to be a lot of pickpockets there. Why?
Because there's a lot of targets there because it's enough room between people that they
can run over and snatch a phone and get out of the way and people really can't defend
themselves they're going to be shocked they're going to wonder what in the world is going
on. Next up, look at public transportation. This
is some place where people crowd in on your personal space and you're getting bumped all
the time. When you're going down into the subway, there's that common tactic actually
someone in front of you not being able to get in stuck there in the turnstile someone
else is bumping in behind you and all of the sudden just reaching in and grabbing your
wallet grabbing your phone. Understand, okay, if this is going to happen I need to have
everything on my inside pockets, I need to be aware of this if I'm going to sit I'm going
to keep my bag right my lap. Now, let's talk about where to keep things
on your body. So, I like to keep things in close inside pockets, if it's an outside pocket,
all of a sudden the chance of it being stolen is going to shoot up. The only exception to
this is zippers. So, if you can find clothing that has zippers maybe on the back pockets
maybe on the, you know, pockets here on the outside of the jacket, that is key.
Now, the clothing I've got here is from Bluffworks and if you haven't heard of this company,
I want you two guys to go check them out because they have some of the most awesome clothing
I've ever seen when it comes to security. Just check this out right here. So, I've got
this one inside out, they have got a hidden pocket with a zipper on the back of the jacket
right here on the flap and I can tell you I -- I would not if I were a thief this is
not an area I'm going to be looking for. You can keep your passport you can keep maybe
some cash. And if their jackets weren't awesome enough when it came to security, you need
to check out their trousers. So their trousers, they have regular front pockets, but they've
also got a hidden pocket. It uses a zipper right here. You go ahead and open that up.
And this is a regular sized pocket, so you have two pockets and there's actually a third
pocket. They've actually have a little money pocket in there as well, so three pockets
in this right front one. There's only two over on this other side and, again, it's got
that zipper hidden pocket. Now, on the back area over on the right side,
they actually have just a regular pocket no button or anything. Over on the left side,
they've got a zippered pocket. So, if you're saying, Antonio, I'm not going to change my
habits, I'm going to keep my wallet back here. Well, guess what? At least you can zip it
up. Now, if that's not enough, guys, and I really
like this company if you can't tell, their fabrics are frigging amazing. They focus in
on style which was a big deal. So many times I see travel clothing out there and, again,
it just looks like travel clothing. I am wearing their clothing right here, right out the box.
This is the slim fit, I mean I maybe need to adjust the sleeves I could use them shorter,
but I can tell that you this is great. I'm wearing one of their travel shirts, guys.
I'm linking to them down in the description. These are amazing travel shirts. They paid
attention to the small details like having removable, you know, collar stays.
This -- who pays attention to this? Usually style companies, not travel companies. So,
when I saw it, wow, they actually paid attention to the fit. They've got different types of
fit they used actually classic patterns in fabrics.
[0:04:59] So, they didn't try to go with something outlandish
something crazy that wouldn't match other things in their wardrobe. They thought, hey,
let's go with the classics things that you can put together. They use fabrics that you
can wash wherever you want. And the wrinkle-resistant fabrics that you can throw – I could threw
this into the washing machine, gents, and I simply pulled it out and let it hang dry.
It looks great, I mean this is right out of the washing machine.
So, you can wash this clothing you can – it looks great on you. It -- they've got a variety
of different fits, they use classic fabrics and fibers and at the end of the day, it's
secured. So, this in my opinion is some of the most perfect travel clothing I've ever
come across. Guys, go check them out, I'm linking to them down in the description, an
amazing company. Don't forget to use code RMRS for a great discount.
A couple other security tactics, make sure that you know your route. So, you don’t
don't want to walk out the hotel be holding your phone trying to get the signal and using
that as your GPS and figuring that out. Yes, I know so many of us default to it, but what
else screams? This person does not know where they're going, they are a target a tourist,
someone could just go by and snatch your phone. Another thing, keep as much in your hotel
room as you can. I know it's not Fort Knox, but if you've got a safe in there, use it.
If you don't have a safe, then use the one down at the front desk.
Problem number three stylish travelers face, wrinkles. Okay so first off, gentlemen, learn
to pack your bag properly. By properly packing your suit by learning to roll your clothing,
all of a sudden you can reduce a lot of the wrinkles when you pull them out of the bag.
Next up, when you're at the hotel the first thing that I do is I grab an iron and I go
ahead and prepare and iron all the clothing that needs the iron’s attention. Be very
careful of hotel irons though because sometimes the heating setting isn't actually correct,
they can be spitting, you know, you put in water all of a sudden it spits out a bit of
rust. So, test it on something else that is not your clothing maybe a pillowcase. And
if you’re questionable about it, then actually put a pillowcase between your clothing and
the iron and that's going to help protect it.
Now, let's talk about non-iron clothing basically, wrinkle-resistant clothing. Like I talked
about everything here from BluffWorks is wrinkle-resistant. I threw this in the wash and it came out looking
like this. A wrinkle-resistant clothing is where they take an organic fiber or they take
basically a synthetic one and they're designed in a way that they're going to instantly bounce
back. At the end of the day, what you want to do is test it try it out before you take
that trip. Try that clothing and say, hey, you know I wore this all day no wrinkles it
felt great, boom, that's a great travel shirt for you.
Problem number four for the stylish traveler is that your clothing gets dirty and laundry
is overpriced and slow in the hotel. Have you ever tried it before? It's like you're
only there for one day, but it take about a two or three-day service. I mean and they
send it out and they're tripling the price. So, the best thing that you can do in my opinion
is you can find especially if you're going to be someplace for a couple weeks, find a
local laundromat that's within walking distance that has same-day service and you're going
to find it's often times a fraction of the price.
Now, let's say you don't have access to that maybe you've only got one or two days, then
for me personally I oftentimes will do some of my laundry right there for socks for underwear
for undershirts. I find that, yes, after one wear I need to wash this. So, it's something
that I'll just wash right in the sink using regular soap and I always make sure that the
clothing I'm taking with me can deal with this, it's not going to bleed we're not going
to have any issues and then I just hang it right there in, you know, my hotel room.
Understand that most clothing can be worn multiple times before it truly needs to get
washed. And in fact, you only need to wash clothing that actually gets dirty, that's
why I love undershirts because it makes your dress shirts last longer. The only area my
dress shirts start to show dirt usually it's going to be in and around the collar, but
no one really sees that and if I'm wearing a tie or if, you know, it's in that back area
I can wear a shirt sometimes two to three times before I actually and I'm talking full
day wears before I have to wash it. Now, when it comes to jackets, this is something
that you're not going to need to wash very often unless it really get something spilt
on it or gets really dirty. Oftentimes you can simply air it out maybe you're in a place
people were smoking and then in that case simply just take it maybe put it out on the
balcony. Make sure it doesn't fly away button up that button or just put it in the place
next to a vent, so air is just going to go through it and it's just going to get rid
of that smell. Now, let's talk about different fabrics and
cleaning. So, wool understand that wool does a great job of keeping you warm of insulating
heat, but when it gets wet it's going to retain that moisture, it's very – it takes a long
time to dry. In addition, whenever wool gets wet it becomes basically softer, it's more
likely to tear to be reshaped, so you've got to be very careful with wool and it needs
time to dry out. Now, cotton is a lot more durable. You can
be very rough with cotton. The issue with cotton though is it can take a full twenty
four hours in a hotel room to dry. I know, I've done it before. Now, when it comes to
synthetic materials, I really like these because they're as tough as cotton, but they're oftentimes
going to dry in half the time. [0:09:51]
Stylish traveler problem number five, space issues. So, the first thing is I start off
with a small bag. I have traveled for a month in a bag this size. Why go for something like
this? Because I can take it on the plane with me I can maintain it and I find the how much
you usually take depends on the size of the bag that you're taking. Now, with that I'll
also take this other bag right here and that's pretty much all I need. So, what this does
is it forces me to look at everything I'm taking and to make the decision do I really
need to take it. Now, let me show you guys my laptop. I know
Ryan Masters and some of my friends make fun of me, but I have this big laptop right here,
an old HP. I’ve actually got a newer one, but it's still the same size. Now, I could
take that or I could simply take this. This does the job. It's an iPad. Yes, I lose some
functionality I could also use this Surface Pro which does a pretty good job as well.
But, at the end of the day, you sometimes have to make a small sacrifice.
Now, when it comes to your interchangeable wardrobe. So, you've heard me talk about this
before, guys, always make sure when you're traveling and you want to travel light that
you take clothing that is going to mix and match with each other. The best thing for
me is I lay out everything and I look at, okay, if I'm going to take these pair of trousers,
are they going to match all the shirts I'm going to take are they going to match all
the jackets I'm going to take. And, all of a sudden you've got what? Three pairs of trousers
you've got maybe four shirts and you've got two jackets. Again, three times four twelve
times two, twenty four outfits and I'm not even including shoes here.
So, when it comes to shoes, I like to actually travel with my biggest shoe on. So, let's
say I'm going to be taking these Chelsea's right here, then they're the largest shoe
I'd be taking and notice I'm taking a lot of loafers. I love traveling with loafers
they allow me to get in and out of security if I'm going to be spending time on a plane
or on a train, I can simply take them off and relax. Small things like this.
Let me show you some items that you probably shouldn't take. Both of these shirts, I love
them, but you know what? I'm not going to take them when I travel. Why? This one is
so loud that everyone's going to remember when -- I can only wear this one time on the
trip and everyone's going to remember when I wore it. This one right here, it takes cufflinks
and it's pretty loud. So, both of these are just too memorable.
These shirts right here, both of these are good travel shirts, but for different reasons.
This is going to be my go-to shirt when I'm actually on the airplane around my kids. Why?
It's going to hide stains. This one is going to be great if I've got a meeting. It's light
enough that I could match it with this jacket right here and it would actually look somewhat
formal. All right, gents, now it's your turn. I want
to hear from you down the comments, what do you think of this video, how could I have
made it better. And, go check out Bluffworks, I'm linking to him down in the description.
There's that discount code, go use it or lose it. An amazing company.
Guys, I can tell you I am going to take their jackets with me when I travel to London I
travel to Paris and I travel to Paris and I travel tofew other places. I can tell you
it's just great-looking gear what I love about it is it looks like wool. It actually this
feels amazing, so go check out Bluffworks. If nothing else, write Stefan and his team
a nice e-mail. Just tell them you love what they're doing. I love seeing entrepreneurs
like that come in see problems and create an amazing product.
That's it guys. Take care. I'll see you in the next video.
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