As another hard year comes to an end, many South Africans will be packing their holiday suitcases. With luggage pilfering rife, we’ve put together some safety tips to help make your holiday stress-free:
l Lay out the items you intend on packing for your holiday/trip and take dated photos of the items. These will come in handy later if you need to make an itemised list of your bags’ contents.
l Never put valuables including laptops, iPads, jewellery or important documents in your suitcase.
l Do not check your suitcase into the airport too early as it just sits around, which allows more time for the suitcase to be pilfered.
l Ensure that your suitcase has the correct city destination on the luggage tag that gets placed on its handle at the check-in counter.
l Always board the plane as soon as the boarding starts, this will ensure that there is space for your hand luggage in the overhead storage, any excess hand luggage is placed into the plane’s front hold.
l On arrival at your destination, inspect your suitcase for any damage and to establish if anyone could have gone through it, which includes having had possible contraband placed into your case.
l Hard plastic shell-type suitcases are preferable to those with zips when travelling, combined with a anti-pilferage product like Bbagzz self-wrap bags (www.bbagzz.com), which you can slip your luggage into at check-in. SMS the number on the bag and you are instantly insured. - The Mercury