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Janice | Travel & Photography's avatar

Love these tips. One thing I would add to the lost ID point. This happened to me in Chicago when my wallet was stolen. TSA didn't accept any digital copies of ID. They needed physically prints! But I had some medication on my with my name and they accepted that as my ID to return back to my home state.

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Kassie Borreson's avatar

I had my phone stolen out of my pocket in a small shop while in Paris. On a solo trip. I had to navigate my way back to my airbnb without any way of communicating, and without a map. It was about a 25 minute walk. But it felt better and safer than the metro at that point.

Eventually I did make it back and immediately got on my ipad to “brick” my phone but it was a lost cause. I also went the very next morning to the Apple store for a very expensive souvenir.

Later my French friends said that having your phone taken there is like a rite of passage. Lesson learned about keeping my phone safer!!

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