Watch your money
You’re excited. Really excited. So exciting you’ve forgotten what a dollar looks like and all you can see is EUROS…woo! You’re also, and this is best of all, about to get away from that girl at your work who is always saying “ this hr software rocks ” and head off on your own to Europe, backpacking!In other words, things really couldn’t be going any better. They are, amazing…and just as you intended them to be. It’s all working out!
The flight is perfect; you get some time on your own to ponder your thoughts. Then you arrive in Paris, Germany, France.
But within 3 hours you are sitting in a Police station crying your eyes out. Yes, it’s happened, that dreadful of travellers nightmares: your money has been stolen!
You may laugh but trust me, this is nothing to get humorous about. I know someone who lost all their money – every cent of it – in a day.
To avoid this, try and do the following:
1) Don’t carry 100% cash. Take a pre-loaded card with you and keep your money on it. Much safer option.
2) Don’t keep all your money in the same place. Spread it around a bit so that if one rucksack gets nicked, you still have some money on your person.
Never give your money to a fellow traveller; it’s not so much a matter of trust as just being sensible
3) Similar to the above: if you are putting your main rucksack on a plane as luggage, take the money out before you do so! Failing to do so could result in your money ending up in another country…which will not be much fun, I assure you of that.
4) Take some false money with you and keep that in your wallet: this is a wise idea because if you should get mugged, you’ll be able to give them that. Chances are they won’t notice, which means you will have actually won!
5) Another security issue: if you’re sleeping in a hostel – and for many that is a given – keep your money under your pillow at all times. This makes total sense and is something which we all learn about the hard way!
6) Never give your money to a fellow traveller; it’s not so much a matter of trust as just being sensible. Give it to someone else and you’re handing them all the responsibility. And one final note…
7) Travellers cheques are a really good idea. For obvious reason you don’t need me to tell you, surely…
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