continued from "Tips on how to avoid Getting Robbed" - Part 2 - by Anne-Marie Dingemans
When you've made it to your hotel/homestay/friend's house or wherever you'll be staying, it's time for the next step.
Tip 3: Lock up your valuables
Leave anything you don't need locked up at your accommodation. You really don't need all your credit cards and a large amount of cash to go wander about town (this is also very effective against impulse purchases I've found!). If you must take your credit cards, passport, flight tickets, etc. with you, place them in a money belt under your clothes.
Tip 4: Wear a money belt
Do make sure you can access what you need (you don't want to be groping in your pants when you need to pull out your credit card). I do a lot of 'transfers' in bathrooms, i.e. if I find something really nice I want to buy I ask to use the bathroom in the store where I take out the cash and/or credit card and put it in my pocket. And upon arriving to the airport I will go to the bathroom to take out my passport and ticket. The whole idea of a money belt is that you don't show people you're wearing one.
To be continued...
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