For most travelers, preparing luggage for the trip is an essential ritual before the flight. The safety of the contents is sometimes so important that tourists try to protect their suitcases from theft or breakdowns as much as possible. In this article, we want to share secrets about how to properly prepare luggage for a flight.
Do not lock your suitcase with a padlock – this is the advice given by one of the airport employees. According to him, this will not stop the attackers, who will still be able to hack it. On the contrary, a padlock will attract additional attention. Additional protection will look like a call to action, because if the lock is hanging, then there is something valuable inside.
At the same time, it will not be difficult to open a padlock for burglars: master keys, duplicate keys, in extreme cases, the criminal can even take the suitcase with him and crack it “in a more comfortable place”. Therefore, it is not necessary to keep the keys to an apartment or car in a suitcase, since intruders can easily get into the house after learning your data. However, it is still worth locking the suitcase to avoid theft of gadgets and other important items. To do this, you can use a special case or a combination lock on the suitcase.
By the way, wrapping a suitcase is also not recommended. Yes, the film can protect your luggage, but there are also reasons why it should not be done. Firstly, this service is not cheap at the airport. So, it takes about 20 meters of film to wrap one suitcase. And if you wrap the luggage at home yourself with cheap film from the store, then it’s still unecological. The plastic film is used for only a few hours of flight, and it decomposes for at least 100 years.
There is also a household reason – you may forget to put something in your suitcase or, on the contrary, you will need to pull something out of it that may be useful during the flight. In addition, if it suddenly turns out at the reception that you have an advantage, you will not be able to open the suitcase, and you will have to pay extra.
Plus, a suitcase wrapped in a film can simply not be recognized among other luggage on the delivery tape. The film covers all identification marks, and you can easily confuse your own things with someone else’s. At best, the passenger will spend a lot of time at the airport after arrival, and at worst, someone will take away your luggage. Therefore, here, as in the first case, the optimal solution would be to purchase a suitcase cover. It will protect it from scratches and other damages and at the same time will stand out among others.
And if you want the luggage to arrive on the tape first, you should stick a sticker on it about the presence of fragile objects inside the suitcase.
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