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| Airport Safety |
- If you must drive to the airport, park in a well-lit area close to the terminal or shuttle pick-up spot. If you feel uneasy about your surroundings, ask the shuttle driver to wait until you safely reach the terminal or your car before driving away.
- Tag luggage with your business card instead of your home address and phone number.
- If you check your bag at curbside, make sure you see it loaded on the conveyer belt. Don't assume your suitcase is safe sitting on a cart waiting to go on the belt it isn't.
- Never give your bag or ticket to anyone unless you are at an official security checkpoint or ticket counter. A legitimate airport employee will never ask you to surrender these things anywhere else in the airport.
- Laptop computers disappear from airports with alarming frequency. When you must bring your computer to the airport, do not let it out of your sight. And don't put it through the x-ray machine; instead, give it to a security agent to hand-check.
- Don't let anyone cut in front of you at the metal detector, especially after you have placed something in the x-ray machine. One of two things might be happening: A thief might be trying to get through the metal detector first so that he or she can grab your carry-on before you get to it. Or, the thief may try to stall you by purposely setting off the metal detector, delaying you while an accomplice takes your bag.
- If you think you might doze off while waiting for a flight, be sure to loop an arm or a leg through the strap of any bag you may have with you.
- Also beware of anyone who asks you to hold something for them, bumps you, offers to wipe a "stain" off your clothing, or otherwise tries to distract you. They may be trying to pick your pockets. They may also be trying to get you to unwittingly smuggle something through security for them.
- In the restroom, don't leave anything hanging on hooks at the top of the door to the stall. It is very easy for a thief to reach over and grab your belongings, and very difficult for you to do anything about it.
- Be sure to shield telephone keypads when making credit-card calls--you never know who's looking over your shoulder (sometimes with binoculars) trying to steal your credit-card number.
- When traveling on a plane, do not indicate the hotel you will be staying at with the person sitting next to you. This might be overheard by another person and pose a risk.
- Count seats and rows to the nearest emergency exit. This way you if there is ever a need to make an emergency exit you will know exactly how far you need to go.
- Consider utilizing a concealed money belt worn around your waist for valuables such as passport, plane ticket, traveler’s check and cash.
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