This simple trick will protect your luggage, car and KIDS when you travel
There's one thing that you can do to protect against problems, and it will only take a few seconds
IT’S common sense to take screen shots of boarding passes and other important travel documents when you travel.
But there are other things travellers should photograph too – in fact, taking photos of basically everything that you travel with can be really useful if something goes wrong.
recommends snapping everything from your car to your luggage – and even your family – in case of emergency. Here’s why.
Take photos of your car at the airport
Airport carparks are vast places, so take a photo of your car that gives a context of where it is, such as the name or number of the parking area.
User StarryNight17 wrote: “Six days from now when you arrive back at the airport tired from vacation, after a seven-hour flight, you’ll be glad that you can just pull up the photo rather than trying to remember whether you were in 189 Blue or 198 Purple.”
Photograph your children
Taking snaps of kids before heading to the airport or to crowded areas when on holiday can help with remembering what they were wearing.
If they wander off, you’ll be able to check your phone to remember exactly what they were wearing.
The photo can also be shown to airport staff, which will overcome the language barrier if you are in a foreign country.
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Take photos of your hotel or Airbnb
User Beth Skwarecki recommends taking snaps of your Airbnb or hotel room on arrival if there is something off about it.
She wrote: “Last autumn I stayed at a Kyoto machiya (traditional house) with tatami rooms, shoji screens, etc.
“It was gorgeous, but a previous guest had left a small hole in one of the (traditionally plastered) walls.
“I took a photo as soon as I noticed, and made a point of showing it to the owner so that he understood it had been like that when we got there.”
Snap your luggage
The fact that most luggage looks very similar isn’t the greatest help when it goes missing.
Taking a photo of yours, including tags, can help airline staff to find it more quickly should the worst happen.
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