Passport lost abroad - What to do? How can I safeguard against such loss?
The mere thought of losing Passport, money, credit card and other valuables in
a strange country sends me the shiver. So we decided to undertake this project, the
same can be found here. .
Let's go logical by doing first thing first.
Pre-Trip Planning
11 tips before your start your travel - 1) Before you leave home, make two copies of your passport identification page
(Preferably coloured photocopy). Leave one copy at home with friends or
relatives and carry the other with you in a separate place from your passport.
2) I have stopped carrying important documents while I am out sight seeing. “I
have scanned copies of the documents I can access via email on my phone if I
need them. Once on a trip, I was stopped by the city police. My passport was
lying in my hotel room locker. Showing them the scan on my phone worked
fine". 3)Scan your passport and relevant visa pages and upload to a secure
online storage site that you can access from any online computer. I used
Google docs to store both pdf and jpg versions. You can use the free service
like dropbox, Evernote or iCloud for storing and retrieving the documents.
