Travel Advice And Advisories For Thailand
Don’t Flash Your Cash
It inever a good idea to let people see how much money you have. In countriewhere the average annual wage might be a tenth of what vou have in your pocket, flashing vour money around carelessly iinviting theft. In some countrielaware made by the gang with the most guns, m otherthe police are people who are a two day journey away and they don’t really care if a foreign tourist ishot and relieved ot hiholiday cash.
Cash – countermeasures
Don’t take any more money than you need.
Only change traveller’chequefor cash when you need the cash.
Never carry all of your cash in one pocket. Spread it around in different pockets. In that way you never have to pull out of your pocket what looklike a lot of money. If you are robbed, they hopefully only get the contentof one pocket!
Don’t carry expensive cameras, watcheor jewellery for the same reason. Remember that your flashy bauble could be worth five years’ average wageto a local thief, so he may go to any lengthto get it.
Stay alert, and avoid areaand situationwhere you may be at risk.
Try to carry smaller valuablein an inside front pocket or in a money belt under your shirt. Never carry anything in a hip pocket, because it ian open invitation to a pickpocket.
Wrapping a couple of rubber bandaround a wallet, purse, or even passport or traveller’chequekeepthem tightly together. It preventthem from falling out of your pocket when you bend down, or lay your jacket on a seat. Most importantly, rubber bandmean that a pickpocket cannot easily slide your wallet or purse unnoticed out of your pocket. You will feel the pull of the rubber bands.
Tour Rep/Hotel Staff Advice
I suggest that you alwayseek advice from tour reps, holiday company representatives, hotel staff and people who have been in the hotel for a week or more. You should already have collected a lot of information from other sourcewhen you were researching and planning your trip. Confirm that information with some current local knowledge. Make sure that you know which areaare safe for touristand which are not.
Travel Advice And Advisories For Thailand
Don’t Flash Your Cash
It inever a good idea to let people see how much money you have. In countriewhere the average annual wage might be a tenth of what vou have in your pocket, flashing vour money around carelessly iinviting theft. In some countrielaware made by the gang with the most guns, m otherthe police are people who are a two day journey away and they don’t really care if a foreign tourist ishot and relieved ot hiholiday cash.
Cash – countermeasures
Don’t take any more money than you need.
Only change traveller’chequefor cash when you need the cash.
Never carry all of your cash in one pocket. Spread it around in different pockets. In that way you never have to pull out of your pocket what looklike a lot of money. If you are robbed, they hopefully only get the contentof one pocket!
Don’t carry expensive cameras, watcheor jewellery for the same reason. Remember that your flashy bauble could be worth five years’ average wageto a local thief, so he may go to any lengthto get it.
Stay alert, and avoid areaand situationwhere you may be at risk.
Try to carry smaller valuablein an inside front pocket or in a money belt under your shirt. Never carry anything in a hip pocket, because it ian open invitation to a pickpocket.
Wrapping a couple of rubber bandaround a wallet, purse, or even passport or traveller’chequekeepthem tightly together. It preventthem from falling out of your pocket when you bend down, or lay your jacket on a seat. Most importantly, rubber bandmean that a pickpocket cannot easily slide your wallet or purse unnoticed out of your pocket. You will feel the pull of the rubber bands.
Tour Rep/Hotel Staff Advice
I suggest that you alwayseek advice from tour reps, holiday company representatives, hotel staff and people who have been in the hotel for a week or more. You should already have collected a lot of information from other sourcewhen you were researching and planning your trip. Confirm that information with some current local knowledge. Make sure that you know which areaare safe for touristand which are not.
Don’t Flash Your Cash
It inever a good idea to let people see how much money you have. In countriewhere the average annual wage might be a tenth of what vou have in your pocket, flashing vour money around carelessly iinviting theft. In some countrielaware made by the gang with the most guns, m otherthe police are people who are a two day journey away and they don’t really care if a foreign tourist ishot and relieved ot hiholiday cash.
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Cash – countermeasures
Don’t take any more money than you need.
Only change traveller’chequefor cash when you need the cash.
Never carry all of your cash in one pocket. Spread it around in different pockets. In that way you never have to pull out of your pocket what looklike a lot of money. If you are robbed, they hopefully only get the contentof one pocket!
Don’t carry expensive cameras, watcheor jewellery for the same reason. Remember that your flashy bauble could be worth five years’ average wageto a local thief, so he may go to any lengthto get it.
Stay alert, and avoid areaand situationwhere you may be at risk.
Try to carry smaller valuablein an inside front pocket or in a money belt under your shirt. Never carry anything in a hip pocket, because it ian open invitation to a pickpocket.
Wrapping a couple of rubber bandaround a wallet, purse, or even passport or traveller’chequekeepthem tightly together. It preventthem from falling out of your pocket when you bend down, or lay your jacket on a seat. Most importantly, rubber bandmean that a pickpocket cannot easily slide your wallet or purse unnoticed out of your pocket. You will feel the pull of the rubber bands.
Tour Rep/Hotel Staff Advice
I suggest that you alwayseek advice from tour reps, holiday company representatives, hotel staff and people who have been in the hotel for a week or more. You should already have collected a lot of information from other sourcewhen you were researching and planning your trip. Confirm that information with some current local knowledge. Make sure that you know which areaare safe for touristand which are not.
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