ParisNever Walk Away from Your Valuables
When my wife and I were in France a few weeks ago (staying at the Pullman Eiffel Tower and the Pullman Paris Bercy, seen above), I noticed she’d left her iPhone on the table when we both went to fill our plates at a breakfast buffet. Like any loving husband, I decided to put it in my pocket and go back to the buffet to teach her a valuable lesson: Never walk away from your valuables in the open, even for a moment.

I watched her arrive back to the table a few seconds before me and watched her check, double-check and triple-check all of her pockets for her phone. Just before she really panicked, I whipped it out. “You got me!” she said. “Better me than the bad guy,” I replied.

Don’t leave your phone or anything valuable out in the open when you’re stepping away—even in a hotel restaurant, just for a second. Thieves thrive on this behavior. Just watch this video of a woman losing her laptop in a San Francisco café.

 

_________________________________________________________________________________

Tried this tip? Let me know in the comments!
Have your own tip? Email it to whitney@johnnyjet.com!
Want to see more tips? Click here for all 163!

Want even more travel tips? Subscribe to the Daily Travel Tip newsletter! All you have to do is sign up for the weekly newsletter by filling in your email address and checking the Daily Travel Tip box in the top-right corner of the homepage.

If you already subscribe to the newsletter, fill in your email and check the Daily Travel Tip box in the same top-right corner of the homepage and you’ll receive an email with a link to update your JohnnyJet.com preferences. On that page, just click the Daily Travel Tip box and Update Profile and you’ll have Johnny’s best tips, straight to your inbox each day. And don’t worry—it’s easier than it sounds!

2 Comments On "Travel Tip of the Day: Never Walk Away from Your Valuables"
  1. Heather|

    Ummm. It’s your wife, not a child. Why can’t you simply, lovingly remind her? “Teach her a lesson?” What? Is she five?

    1. Heather|

      ^^ Please take that with sarcasm

Leave a Reply

Required fields are marked *

Recent posts