Passport while travelling?

I have traveled to 18 countries across Asia, Middle East and Europe for the past three years and all those times, I just kept my passport with me. I put it in my handbag always and I have never experienced losing it.

I know of some of my colleagues who lost their passport when they have it placed in their handbags. What they did when they lost their passport was report to the police for record of the lost passport, report to their embassy and sought help.

Basically, it depends on the person. If you are the type who always lose anything when traveling, better keep it in the safety deposit box in your hotel but if you know you can take care of it even when you move from one place to another, then, keep it with you.

I will deposit it in the safety box or inside my suitcase in the room..

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I always prefer and do carry the PP copies along with me, while keeping the original PP at Hotel reception.

Also, it is best practice to store the full documents online, so that it can be retrieved anywhere, at any point of time.

Keep your PP close to your heart and keep a copy of it scanned in your cell phone...

its better to make a copy of it&keep it with u,original shud be in the safe deposit locker of the place u checked in.this is what i was doing since 1999.never had a problem until 2011.i carried my passport in backpack&it was stolen by an a---le in china&had to see hell.

its better to follow what i said

When traveling, I always carry a belt bag where I can put my passport and some cash, it is not prone for pickpocketing as the pocket is visibly in front of me and i can rest my hand on top of it as well. ;)

do not carry it around with you and do not leave it in a suitcase in your room.

Put it in the hotel room safe . If there is none, put in a safety deposit box that the hotel provides. Make sure YOU put it inside, and you get a form from the hotel that indicates that it is their locker and that your passport is in there. With that, THEY have to take responsibility if something untoward happens and can't blame you.

handbags and pockets can be picked. Leave it in the hotel safe.

Its always the best practice to hand it over at the Hotel Reception while you check-in & get it back on Check-out ! Carrying passport along is even more risky that leaving it in a safe locker in your room!

I got my Laptop bag stolen in Barcelona this time & had much of my important docs in it, luckily my passports were in the Hotel Reception.. !

Ofcourse, once you loose passport, its a nightmare!

In my opinion, it's not advisable to carry your importance documents unnecessarily all the time, keep it with your other belongings under key and lock at a safe place.

Thank you all...:)

I will deposit it in the reception or inside my suitcase in the room.. don’t want to carrying it with me....:) I been doing that before and nothing happened...but don’t want to take a chance..:)

Give to admin.....

Put it in my purse wherever i go...

been here for 2weeks, passport still with me,

on a business visa though.

Get a pp copy and visa copy, and keep the orgnal pp at the hotel,

Usually in the Hotel Room, but haven't had a Bad Experience when Visiting Malaysia, or Thailand & even Phils...

I keep it in the hotel room or just keep it in my pocket while going outside.. Never really thought too much about it.

I usually put them in the hotel room safe, if there isn't one, I keep it in my handbag. I've scanned and emailed myself a copy of the family's passports just in case too. You can pretty much access your email anywhere in the world.

I keep it in the room locker or locked up in my suitcase. But when I go to some countries, I keep a scanned copy of my passport with me at all times :-)

BM and if she is a blonde she might throw out the passports for her makeup ;)

Not all wives i think. As I personally do not carry one and neither loves putting on make up. :P

But yes, maybe to some. :)

If i have our passports in my purse, i usually put it in the middle zipped portion.

It will be more comfortable to keep it with you but is safer to keep in the locker.

Wife purse is the safest place, as the makeup in purse will be more valuable than the passport she will never let it go !

Yes BM.. losing your passport is a nightmare..my friend had to go back to India and wait for three weeks to get his new Passport and visa done to come back here. That’s why I am worried.

As Khanan said..I was also thinking of depositing it at the Hotel reception.

Even if they pickpocket our money, cards ...we can somehow get back here...but without passport we will be stranded there.

its best to carry with yrself rather than to keep it in hotel room or locker

When traveling to other countries, I keep my passport safe in my locked suitcase in the hotel room

I remember a time when we don't have a safety box yet back home, I forgot where I put the passports and it was the day before our flight back to Doha, I was so worried and dead sweating when suddenly my baby opened his school bag and took our passports out (my baby took it from the cabinet and put in his bag). Whew! What a relief!

myself always carries along with me never tried keeping it in the hotel room locker

Back home, just in our personal safety box.

While travelling, hotels' safety deposit sections. Though there's one time that I have them all in my bag all together.

Losing one's passport is a hell of inconvenience!

what it has to do Qatar Living? ;)

I deposit with reception where possible or the safe locker in the room.

Forgot the pass key once for safe locker :(

i deposit it in my safe locker in the bank - back home !

but when i travel in some other countries, most of the hotels have a safe deposit locker in rooms - so i keep it there.