Very good advice, I went through all of security with my drivers license in my hand and discovered I lost it when I got to my gate early. I searched my pockets and carryon pockets and went to restroom and rechecked everything, security was close and I asked there and looked under conveyers..the same time I locked eyes with the security police I remembered what I did, I tossed it in the bag with my partially eaten breakfast and later tossed it! I told the officer I think I threw out my drivers license, he had kind eyes, and asked if I knew where. We went to the first receptacle he popped off the lid, I looked in and it was empty, I remember it only had a small amount of trash, facilities had emptied them all, he asked me to wait and then escorted me down a corridor ending with big grey gondolas over flowing with trash bags. I asked if I could look in them and he said he would help! We worked fast as they were about to call my flight, the last bag of about 25 was light, I thought this has to be it. It was it with my picture to prove it. I said I found it! He said,”You did?..we were happy, I said High Five as I lifted my palm, he said let’s wash our hands first! Reagan Airport. Before Covid. It was an important trip, my son was having a backyard pop up wedding the next day. Forever grateful to the kind hearted police officer. And now I carefully take the extra moment to secure documents before I take my shoes off.
that's crazy luck. I've lost 2 things at security and one time they wouldn't even go look. The second time, i JUST passed through and left my phone on the tsa scanner. I was donethere and I passed through 1 set of doors and technically could not go back in but i talked to someone outside and he told me to go back through the doors and sound like i was 100% sure it's there...which i was. The hallway guard just beyond TSA stopped me to say i must go forward and not back, and i told him my phone was right there...i could see the tsa agent i just left. The guard said he had an iphone brought to him. It was mine. Well, if you couldn't go back where you came from, why did he have it? Anyways, he asked me to prove it was mine. I unlocked it on the first try and that wasn't enough, he asked to prove it by finding a photo of myself...i don't take selfies. I had to open an app that had my passport info and photo saved.
my toddler dropped his lovey in the security line: a 2" plastic horse that he gripped in his hand day and night. *everyone* in that line heard me call out "does anyone see a tiny horse?", they all looked for it and then passed it in a relay through to us at the end of the belt where we were retreiving our bags. like 10 people passed it from person to person. a group cheer topped it off! people are good.
Great tip as always Laurie. Not only do I put it into my personal item but into the same spot I’ve designated for my passport & boarding every time. For me, it reduces the potential for those anxious “Where did I put it?!” moments.
Great tip! I started doing exactly that after I dropped my passport in a tunnel leading to aeroplane. Thank God there was a good man behind me who picked up my passport and brought it to the plane showing it to everybody.
Getting ready for a trip to London with my family and stressing out! I travel alot and in Europe but never with grandkids, etc. Your tips have really helped me. Keeping fingers crossed for a good, safe trip! Thanks!
Some airports - Tampa comes to mind - require showing boarding pass and/or ID TWICE - once to get on the tram to the satelite boarding gates and once to the actual gate. Train your muscles to put your docs in the same place EVERY TIME!
Yes, this helps me tremendously- and I thank you! I haven’t flown for years and appreciate all your travel tips, have been watching several of your videos. I love that you get right to the point and have a sweet, charming style while doing so. Thanks again! 😘💕🙏🏼
Omg, funny timing of this video! I was in TSA PreCheck, USA. I set the alarm off 3x! Removed my jacket, shoes, no metal on my clothes, no belt. Argh!! I almost begged her to pat me down as I pat myself down, while others were easily walking past me. No other agent tried to help. Meanwhile my husband on the other side is throwing coach’s hand signals to check here & check there. Then finally the TSA agent figured it out. Tip: do not have ID/Passport in an RFID cover when walking thru the detector. I had it in my hand the whole time (bcuz it was 6am & no coffee 🥱), in clear view but she couldn’t figure it out either until the 4th try. 🎉
I just got back from a multi- country trip and none of them allowed me to walk thru screening with my passport. It had to go in the bin with my other personal items or in my carry on. But like you, its the first thing I grab and put in my designated place for fear of losing it.
My personal very long experience of more than 43 yrs in travelling via airports proved that the best and most safe and secured place to keep the passport all along the trip is to keep it inside your front "blue jeans "pants pocket.❤
Nope. It's staying in my hand. If my personal item gets through the screening before I do and sits at the end of the conveyor, it's susceptible to someone taking it either intentionally or unintentionally.
Any time I don’t need to have my passport out I put it in my small travel purse that is strapped into the front zippered pocket of my large personal item bag. It is secure , double zipped, with easy access and I always know where it is. I just got home from a Rome to Barcelona cruise. I binge watched your videos before the trip and used your advice.
@@AroundTheWorldWithEase I used the foot sling on our flights. I have short legs and that reduces tension on my back and pressure behind my knee. I bought Laurie’s recommended neck support, although I looked like an accident victim. I slept several hours on both our long flight legs. I packed my vests, except I wore my travel vest that is thin and has about 10 pockets. Laurie says if you get too warm with a vest you can’t tie it around your waist like you can with sleeves. I took neutral turtlenecks, long sleeve T’s , vests and coats. I bought a few silk shirts (not Laurie’s idea), that took up no room, but gave a pop of color to my outfits. We had a launderette on our deck, so I packed light, knowing I could wash about 3 days in.
Being part of the million mile club this "purse"..."strapped on the front" makes me cringe. The gypsies love seeing people like you coming. You've made it so convenient for them to seal everything in one heist.
Get a passport holder with a neck lanyard. The holder has room for your id, your loose dollar bills, your airline tickets. Also get separate lanyard holder for your cellphone.
Wear a shirt with a top pocket, my daughter 16 years a flight attendant only once has had someone riffle through someone’s overhead locker baggage stole credit cards/ passports etc. yes they were arrested on landing
That is a great advice. I always get nervous about losing my passport after showing it to security and moving to pushing my luggage and thing through the scanning machine
I do wear a shirt with a front pocket so I can put my passport and boarding pass away as soon as walk through security which liberate both hands so I can gather all my items. I also wear a cardigan over my shirt to hide the front pocket while I walk through the airport. Good video.
I wear a jacket with zippered pockets. when I get ready to go to the airport, I load EVERYTHING from my pants pockets to the jacket, (except my pocketknife goes into me checked bag or stays home) and then when I go into screening, my passport and printed boarding pass go into a zippered pocket, and the jacket goes into the bin. I have a pair of golf pants I wear for security - no rivets, and no belt, and they are comfortable for flying.
That is very true, secure it first and organize later on that is why Travel light is always a good thing and still working on it and I think there is a progress and I love it!
Great info, I’m always juggling with what to do with my ticket and passport going thru security. I always have to go thru body scanner because of knee replacment.
Good tip! I flew to the States in 2022, and I'm going again in April (IAH, baby!). There's so much to juggle! And I worry what that body scanner is going to do to the passport chip. I've got to go through your back catalog and remind myself what I've forgotten. If there's been any major changes since 2022, would love to see a vid on it, but I also feel like it'd be just for me!
Common sense. I find it troublesome that the average person is so befuddled that we have a PSA from you. In light of the above, thank you for educating the newbies. ❤
Great video. Question: how do you take your money belt(s) through security. The agents or people infront of me can steal the belts. Can I put the money in my pockets or hold it in a nylon bag and walk through the security?
@@TravelTipsbyLauriePlease elaborate. My husband and I both made an intercontinental trip a few years ago and went through the scanner wearing our money belts with no problem. Have the rules changed?
Such good advice, one time I put it in the bin and it got caught in the machine . I didn’t notice it until I got on the plane and we were about to take off. Without thinking I ran off the plane and grabbed a TSA guy’s arm asking if they found it (not a great move, he gave me my passport, and I sprinted back to the check-in). I cannot believe they let me back on the plane. I think my husband was almost had a heart attack wondering what to do if I never made it. It think it helped it was a smaller airport. I am more careful now, lesson learned.
This sounds like common sense but I actually needed to hear this because I would lose my phone just like this if I wasn’t using it 24/7. What a nightmare you prevented!
So true! I put my ID down to put my carry on onto the belt. I thought I left/lost it. TSA was very helpful, and I submitted a list item report. I didn't find it until I traveled back home ..... Jacket pocket 😔
After going through security and sitting down to put shoes on mine fell behind the seat landing next to the wall. I couldn't find it for 20 minutes before an international flight! OMG. And on the way back from that trip was asked to remove RFID wallet from around my neck after putting it back. I also had to remove my neck scarf. She's right though. It's best to be organized.
I always designate one special zipper pocket of my carry-on for all items that would either be handheld or pocket items. So, for example, my keys, my wallet, my cell phone, my passport, any pocket change--all that stuff goes into one special zipper pocket of my travel bag. And as Laurie says, then I can retrieve just those things I want after security---which is usually just my phone and a single credit card. (I see no reason to suffer with a lumpy wallet in my hip pocket while seated on an airplane seat for six hours, and I won't be needing my keys again for a couple days or weeks.)
I always secure my passport in its designated spot in my fanny pack which I store in my personal item bag. My big concern is that for some reason, I always get flagged in the x-ray machines but pat downs never turn up anything. I don't have any medical devices inside my body so not sure why the x-ray machine always flag me??? I can deal with a pat down but worry about my items left unattended. I have pre-check and that helped some but lately, the metal detector is flagging me but nothing comes up in the pat downs. I wish I knew how to protect my items while I'm going through the pat downs. Fortunately, this doesn't happen often in other countries but it's constant here in the US.
Thanks for all the tips. I'm with you though, put it all in a designated, zippered pocket! Then I will Know where everything is! (I keep repeating this to myself!) 😂
I have a short crossover chain 2 zipper clutch slender purse that is always on my front chest that only holds my passport, one international credit card, a little cash, chapstick, mirror, hand sanitizer. 2 masks for easy reach..
FYI - Years ago I had a super thin and light grey laptop. I put it in a grey bin by itself, and then put the rest of my stuff through the zapper at DCA While I was getting wanded down I didn't notice a TSA person stacking and removing bins from the conveyor. They accidentally stacked an empty bin on top of my laptop. I packed everything else and took my flight, not realizing I had left my laptop. Later I realized I left my laptop. The next day I flew back to DCA and claimed my laptop from lost and found.
@TravelTipsbyLaurie I learned some things from that experience. It's essentially impossible to contact the airport Lost and Found over the phone. Also, every 3 days, all lost and found items are considered unclaimed and are sent to a surplus warehouse to be sold or disposed of.
The last time I went through TSA pre-COVID, I had my passport & boarding pass in a clear holder and lanyard around my neck. TSA allowed me to walk through that way. I wonder if they will still allow me to do so now.
Passport OR DL/ID, not both. Also, depending on the screening equipment at use at the document check station, you may not need to show your boarding pass. I wish TSA used the same screening technology across the board. The variety of technology they use just makes it confusing and adds to the confusion and stress that passengers go through.
After putting my cabin bag and personal items (eg iPad etc) on the tray it goes through the scanner and carries on into the distance. At this point I sometimes get pulled out for a pat down check and can only hope that no-one has picked anything out of my stuff before I can get to it! Stress!
At security I al always affraid my stuff will arrive before me to take it back. I have heard some people who had items stollen purse, passport, tablet...from the person before them. I always have one eye at the backet that have my stuff in
Yup. I put my Passport away in a zippered pocket when I go through security. BUT I usually hold my wallet in my hand because I don't want to put it in a bin and then get separated from it.
What's wrong with you people... just leave it in your carry on until after security. No one is allowed to take anything through the metal detectors or full body scanners except their clothes. Having your ID and / or passport in your bag as it goes through the scanner isn't going to cause the world to end. Grow up!
I have a small wearable pouch that I can tuck inside my personal item carry on. It's got a quick buckle so I can unbuckle that throw it in the bin and send it through. The minute I hit the other end it goes back on me and all my personal stuff goes in it. It also has the advantage of being readily accessible during flight. God forbid something should happen I will already have that thrown over my shoulder. It's only a few inches square so it's not like a bag and when I leave the aircraft I've got some cash, my ID and my phone.
Laurie I so appreciate all your tips. We are going on a 10 day Mediterranean cruise (seniors) and I’m pretty good health but we want to take our massage gun to relieve back pain after long port days. Is this allowed?
I travel with a jacket with zippered pockets, and as soon I get my ID and ticket back, I put them in one of the pockets and zip it up. Take the jacket off, fold it inside out, and place it in the basket with my shoes facing the soles up. I try to travel really lightly or use laundry facilities whenever possible.
the tsa has a program where you can get precertifed for a fee. you can go to the fast lane, show the card, and you're through. it is not free but how much is your time worth?
Actually I noticed that most of the airport security recommends this practice. I remember before I would hold my passport or sometimes I would tuck it under my bag but these days the security will always tell me to zip it into my bag.
My passports, money and IDs all have a specific place they go and they go right back there when I use them otherwise I will freak out trying to find them. They don't go in a different place always in that one place which is fairly easy to access so therefore easy to put back ❤
Can anyone make a suggestion for me. I am traveling with my toddler and parent and husband. Unfortunately my husband will be leaving early on the trip which leaves us with a stroller, car seat, and 2 carry on luggages and 2 personal items to carry on our own. I am also pregnant. I’m stressing about getting the seat on the plane while also everything else.
I carry my passport on my body on over the neck pouch/pocket as during international trips that never leaves me. The pouch has RFID liner that you can remove so it won’t trigger the scanner & you can put into the the RFID liner into “ dog bowl” to have them scan it.
Anything to make traveling difficult. In the meantime they're hopping, skipping and jumping into this country. In Atlanta they're led through a backdoor to fly all over.
Even though I have PRE TSA when I was at LAX, they wouldn’t allow me to hold on to my passport and they made me put it on the tray with my other belongings so at that point, I put it in my backpack.
My advice is that keep your passport on your person ALL the times. Not in yoyr back ir side pockets but in yiur shirt's front pocket with a button OR have a small pouch that goes around the waste.
I put my passport into my shirt pocket when going through security. Women seldom have a shirt pocket. As soon as I do not need to show it to anyone, it goes into the Passport spot in my GeniusPak High Altitude Bag. The bag will hold an iPad, phone, earbuds, pocket stuff, and reading material.
Very good advice, I went through all of security with my drivers license in my hand and discovered I lost it when I got to my gate early. I searched my pockets and carryon pockets and went to restroom and rechecked everything, security was close and I asked there and looked under conveyers..the same time I locked eyes with the security police I remembered what I did, I tossed it in the bag with my partially eaten breakfast and later tossed it! I told the officer I think I threw out my drivers license, he had kind eyes, and asked if I knew where. We went to the first receptacle he popped off the lid, I looked in and it was empty, I remember it only had a small amount of trash, facilities had emptied them all, he asked me to wait and then escorted me down a corridor ending with big grey gondolas over flowing with trash bags. I asked if I could look in them and he said he would help! We worked fast as they were about to call my flight, the last bag of about 25 was light, I thought this has to be it. It was it with my picture to prove it. I said I found it! He said,”You did?..we were happy, I said High Five as I lifted my palm, he said let’s wash our hands first! Reagan Airport. Before Covid. It was an important trip, my son was having a backyard pop up wedding the next day. Forever grateful to the kind hearted police officer.
And now I carefully take the extra moment to secure documents before I take my shoes off.
Oh wow!!! So glad you got on that flight!
that's crazy luck. I've lost 2 things at security and one time they wouldn't even go look. The second time, i JUST passed through and left my phone on the tsa scanner. I was donethere and I passed through 1 set of doors and technically could not go back in but i talked to someone outside and he told me to go back through the doors and sound like i was 100% sure it's there...which i was. The hallway guard just beyond TSA stopped me to say i must go forward and not back, and i told him my phone was right there...i could see the tsa agent i just left. The guard said he had an iphone brought to him. It was mine. Well, if you couldn't go back where you came from, why did he have it? Anyways, he asked me to prove it was mine. I unlocked it on the first try and that wasn't enough, he asked to prove it by finding a photo of myself...i don't take selfies. I had to open an app that had my passport info and photo saved.
my toddler dropped his lovey in the security line: a 2" plastic horse that he gripped in his hand day and night. *everyone* in that line heard me call out "does anyone see a tiny horse?", they all looked for it and then passed it in a relay through to us at the end of the belt where we were retreiving our bags. like 10 people passed it from person to person. a group cheer topped it off! people are good.
Excellent tip. I’ve lost my boarding pass once. A nightmare.
MAJOR YIKES!!! 😳🫢😳🫢
Great tip as always Laurie. Not only do I put it into my personal item but into the same spot I’ve designated for my passport & boarding every time. For me, it reduces the potential for those anxious “Where did I put it?!” moments.
I have seen a million travel tipsters. You're one in a million! You are a natural teacher. Bravo and Bon Voyage!
Thanks so much!
Great tip! I started doing exactly that after I dropped my passport in a tunnel leading to aeroplane. Thank God there was a good man behind me who picked up my passport and brought it to the plane showing it to everybody.
Getting ready for a trip to London with my family and stressing out! I travel alot and in Europe but never with grandkids, etc. Your tips have really helped me. Keeping fingers crossed for a good, safe trip! Thanks!
Good luck!!
Some airports - Tampa comes to mind - require showing boarding pass and/or ID TWICE - once to get on the tram to the satelite boarding gates and once to the actual gate. Train your muscles to put your docs in the same place EVERY TIME!
Ooh great tip! One pocket every trip.
🤔💯Thank you!!!❤️
Yes, this helps me tremendously- and I thank you! I haven’t flown for years and appreciate all your travel tips, have been watching several of your videos. I love that you get right to the point and have a sweet, charming style while doing so. Thanks again! 😘💕🙏🏼
Omg, funny timing of this video! I was in TSA PreCheck, USA. I set the alarm off 3x! Removed my jacket, shoes, no metal on my clothes, no belt. Argh!! I almost begged her to pat me down as I pat myself down, while others were easily walking past me. No other agent tried to help. Meanwhile my husband on the other side is throwing coach’s hand signals to check here & check there. Then finally the TSA agent figured it out. Tip: do not have ID/Passport in an RFID cover when walking thru the detector. I had it in my hand the whole time (bcuz it was 6am & no coffee 🥱), in clear view but she couldn’t figure it out either until the 4th try. 🎉
Your husband - coaching 😂😂😂
I just got back from a multi- country trip and none of them allowed me to walk thru screening with my passport. It had to go in the bin with my other personal items or in my carry on. But like you, its the first thing I grab and put in my designated place for fear of losing it.
The things we forget to do, you help us remember 😊
Yay!
My personal very long experience of more than 43 yrs in travelling via airports proved that the best and most safe and secured place to keep the passport all along the trip is to keep it inside your front "blue jeans "pants pocket.❤
Nope. It's staying in my hand. If my personal item gets through the screening before I do and sits at the end of the conveyor, it's susceptible to someone taking it either intentionally or unintentionally.
Any time I don’t need to have my passport out I put it in my small travel purse that is strapped into the front zippered pocket of my large personal item bag. It is secure , double zipped, with easy access and I always know where it is. I just got home from a Rome to Barcelona cruise. I binge watched your videos before the trip and used your advice.
How lovely a voyage! What tips were most helpful?
@@AroundTheWorldWithEase I used the foot sling on our flights. I have short legs and that reduces tension on my back and pressure behind my knee. I bought Laurie’s recommended neck support, although I looked like an accident victim. I slept several hours on both our long flight legs. I packed my vests, except I wore my travel vest that is thin and has about 10 pockets. Laurie says if you get too warm with a vest you can’t tie it around your waist like you can with sleeves. I took neutral turtlenecks, long sleeve T’s , vests and coats. I bought a few silk shirts (not Laurie’s idea), that took up no room, but gave a pop of color to my outfits. We had a launderette on our deck, so I packed light, knowing I could wash about 3 days in.
Being part of the million mile club this "purse"..."strapped on the front" makes me cringe. The gypsies love seeing people like you coming. You've made it so convenient for them to seal everything in one heist.
Always great tips Laurie! ❤️
Hope these tips help!💪🏼
Thank you very much . That's really simple but very good tip.
Thank you so much for your so useful tips and advice. I get nervous as hell when traveling and going through check-in, airport security, boarding etc.
You got this! Good news-mistakes may just delay you around 15 mins.
I always wear a passport and ticket wallet around my neck; it's small enough to put in my personal bag at security.
I stuff things in my bra!
Yes. Great tip, Laurie. Thanks.
Sharing is caring. So many people are flustered in airport security and forget important items.
Get a passport holder with a neck lanyard. The holder has room for your id, your loose dollar bills, your airline tickets. Also get separate lanyard holder for your cellphone.
Oh wow, I would check the weather first and then mix and match.
Wear a shirt with a top pocket, my daughter 16 years a flight attendant only once has had someone riffle through someone’s overhead locker baggage stole credit cards/ passports etc. yes they were arrested on landing
I’ve been dropping a lot of things lately. And don’t even notice! I hope it’s a phase. Great tip.
I hope so too!
Thank you for these tips it’s been forever since I needed my passport 😊
That is a great advice. I always get nervous about losing my passport after showing it to security and moving to pushing my luggage and thing through the scanning machine
Thank you for all your great tips! Saving❤
Great tips and detail explanations ❤
I do wear a shirt with a front pocket so I can put my passport and boarding pass away as soon as walk through security which liberate both hands so I can gather all my items. I also wear a cardigan over my shirt to hide the front pocket while I walk through the airport. Good video.
I wear a jacket with zippered pockets. when I get ready to go to the airport, I load EVERYTHING from my pants pockets to the jacket, (except my pocketknife goes into me checked bag or stays home) and then when I go into screening, my passport and printed boarding pass go into a zippered pocket, and the jacket goes into the bin. I have a pair of golf pants I wear for security - no rivets, and no belt, and they are comfortable for flying.
That is very true, secure it first and organize later on that is why Travel light is always a good thing and still working on it and I think there is a progress and I love it!
Glad you are making progress to less things.
That's why shirts, pants, and any other form of clothing has pockets.
Thank you so much Ma'am for your information it helps a lot your tips.
My pleasure 😊
You are so right!
💯 alright I always do that , never on the bin… safe that way
Great info, I’m always juggling with what to do with my ticket and passport going thru security. I always have to go thru body scanner because of knee replacment.
Those body scanners are fun, aren't they. My hip sets them off. I just look forward to dropping my jeans to show off my scar 😂😂😂
Good tip! I flew to the States in 2022, and I'm going again in April (IAH, baby!). There's so much to juggle! And I worry what that body scanner is going to do to the passport chip.
I've got to go through your back catalog and remind myself what I've forgotten.
If there's been any major changes since 2022, would love to see a vid on it, but I also feel like it'd be just for me!
Absolutely 💯 keep everything tight. Don't want to risk it with anything loose.
Always!
I would add, don’t put it in an outside pocket. Had my passport stolen.
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Great Tip As Always. 😊
Common sense. I find it troublesome that the average person is so befuddled that we have a PSA from you.
In light of the above, thank you for educating the newbies. ❤
Great video. Question: how do you take your money belt(s) through security. The agents or people infront of me can steal the belts. Can I put the money in my pockets or hold it in a nylon bag and walk through the security?
Hi, you cannot wear them in airport security. I would have them in an inner zipped pocket if you are worried.
@@TravelTipsbyLauriePlease elaborate. My husband and I both made an intercontinental trip a few years ago and went through the scanner wearing our money belts with no problem. Have the rules changed?
Such good advice, one time I put it in the bin and it got caught in the machine . I didn’t notice it until I got on the plane and we were about to take off. Without thinking I ran off the plane and grabbed a TSA guy’s arm asking if they found it (not a great move, he gave me my passport, and I sprinted back to the check-in). I cannot believe they let me back on the plane. I think my husband was almost had a heart attack wondering what to do if I never made it. It think it helped it was a smaller airport. I am more careful now, lesson learned.
Great tipo. Thank you for sharing
This sounds like common sense but I actually needed to hear this because I would lose my phone just like this if I wasn’t using it 24/7. What a nightmare you prevented!
So true! I put my ID down to put my carry on onto the belt. I thought I left/lost it. TSA was very helpful, and I submitted a list item report. I didn't find it until I traveled back home ..... Jacket pocket 😔
Same thing has happened to my mom a couple of times.
Lost item report
After going through security and sitting down to put shoes on mine fell behind the seat landing next to the wall. I couldn't find it for 20 minutes before an international flight! OMG. And on the way back from that trip was asked to remove RFID wallet from around my neck after putting it back. I also had to remove my neck scarf. She's right though. It's best to be organized.
Success after a bit of game playing. Hurrah for the passport🎉
Woohoo!
Yep!!!🎉🎉
Great tip and something I always do too…😊
Thanks for watching!
Great pants. Does that pair have high SPF? Is there male version?
Yes, this is what we do. After check up fr the Immigration. We keep our passports, Civid ID, boarding pass & tickets😊.
I always designate one special zipper pocket of my carry-on for all items that would either be handheld or pocket items. So, for example, my keys, my wallet, my cell phone, my passport, any pocket change--all that stuff goes into one special zipper pocket of my travel bag. And as Laurie says, then I can retrieve just those things I want after security---which is usually just my phone and a single credit card. (I see no reason to suffer with a lumpy wallet in my hip pocket while seated on an airplane seat for six hours, and I won't be needing my keys again for a couple days or weeks.)
Good tip 🤓👍🥂 thanks!
Yep I have never let go of my ID (passport or DL) or boarding pass. Just hold it in my hand even if going thru the scanner. Never had a problem.
Good suggestion!
I like the clear vinyl arm band pouches with a zipper show passport and ID and ticket are all right there.
What about front pockets?
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Hi Laurie! Great tip!
Thanks Toni!
I always secure my passport in its designated spot in my fanny pack which I store in my personal item bag. My big concern is that for some reason, I always get flagged in the x-ray machines but pat downs never turn up anything. I don't have any medical devices inside my body so not sure why the x-ray machine always flag me??? I can deal with a pat down but worry about my items left unattended. I have pre-check and that helped some but lately, the metal detector is flagging me but nothing comes up in the pat downs. I wish I knew how to protect my items while I'm going through the pat downs. Fortunately, this doesn't happen often in other countries but it's constant here in the US.
Thanks for all the tips. I'm with you though, put it all in a designated, zippered pocket! Then I will Know where everything is! (I keep repeating this to myself!) 😂
I have a short crossover chain 2 zipper clutch slender purse that is always on my front chest that only holds my passport, one international credit card, a little cash, chapstick, mirror, hand sanitizer. 2 masks for easy reach..
Within easy reach-helpful for any travel💙
FYI - Years ago I had a super thin and light grey laptop. I put it in a grey bin by itself, and then put the rest of my stuff through the zapper at DCA While I was getting wanded down I didn't notice a TSA person stacking and removing bins from the conveyor. They accidentally stacked an empty bin on top of my laptop. I packed everything else and took my flight, not realizing I had left my laptop. Later I realized I left my laptop. The next day I flew back to DCA and claimed my laptop from lost and found.
Oh wow!
@TravelTipsbyLaurie I learned some things from that experience. It's essentially impossible to contact the airport Lost and Found over the phone. Also, every 3 days, all lost and found items are considered unclaimed and are sent to a surplus warehouse to be sold or disposed of.
The last time I went through TSA pre-COVID, I had my passport & boarding pass in a clear holder and lanyard around my neck. TSA allowed me to walk through that way. I wonder if they will still allow me to do so now.
I’ve heard you can carry your passport through.
Passport OR DL/ID, not both. Also, depending on the screening equipment at use at the document check station, you may not need to show your boarding pass.
I wish TSA used the same screening technology across the board. The variety of technology they use just makes it confusing and adds to the confusion and stress that passengers go through.
After putting my cabin bag and personal items (eg iPad etc) on the tray it goes through the scanner and carries on into the distance. At this point I sometimes get pulled out for a pat down check and can only hope that no-one has picked anything out of my stuff before I can get to it! Stress!
At security I al always affraid my stuff will arrive before me to take it back. I have heard some people who had items stollen purse, passport, tablet...from the person before them. I always have one eye at the backet that have my stuff in
Yup. I put my Passport away in a zippered pocket when I go through security. BUT I usually hold my wallet in my hand because I don't want to put it in a bin and then get separated from it.
Well said
Just pretend you're here illegally, and you won't be required to show any form of ID.
I wear a sweatshirt with a pouch pocket whenever we travel. I put ID and ticket into that pocket
Passport checked after baggage claim in Europe…makes more sense.
What's wrong with you people... just leave it in your carry on until after security. No one is allowed to take anything through the metal detectors or full body scanners except their clothes. Having your ID and / or passport in your bag as it goes through the scanner isn't going to cause the world to end. Grow up!
I have a small wearable pouch that I can tuck inside my personal item carry on. It's got a quick buckle so I can unbuckle that throw it in the bin and send it through. The minute I hit the other end it goes back on me and all my personal stuff goes in it.
It also has the advantage of being readily accessible during flight. God forbid something should happen I will already have that thrown over my shoulder. It's only a few inches square so it's not like a bag and when I leave the aircraft I've got some cash, my ID and my phone.
Laurie I so appreciate all your tips. We are going on a 10 day Mediterranean cruise (seniors) and I’m pretty good health but we want to take our massage gun to relieve back pain after long port days. Is this allowed?
H, I do not know.
I travel with a jacket with zippered pockets, and as soon I get my ID and ticket back, I put them in one of the pockets and zip it up. Take the jacket off, fold it inside out, and place it in the basket with my shoes facing the soles up. I try to travel really lightly or use laundry facilities whenever possible.
What pants are you wearing? I like those!
They are old Duluth Trading!! Love them.
the tsa has a program where you can get precertifed for a fee. you can go to the fast lane, show the card, and you're through. it is not free but how much is your time worth?
My personal item backpack has a flat zipper pocket on the back (like where my back goes) and thats where mine will be on my upcoming trip
In PH we put everything between our armpit so we can use both hands if necessary. You're welcome.
Actually I noticed that most of the airport security recommends this practice. I remember before I would hold my passport or sometimes I would tuck it under my bag but these days the security will always tell me to zip it into my bag.
My passports, money and IDs all have a specific place they go and they go right back there when I use them otherwise I will freak out trying to find them. They don't go in a different place always in that one place which is fairly easy to access so therefore easy to put back ❤
Can anyone make a suggestion for me. I am traveling with my toddler and parent and husband. Unfortunately my husband will be leaving early on the trip which leaves us with a stroller, car seat, and 2 carry on luggages and 2 personal items to carry on our own. I am also pregnant. I’m stressing about getting the seat on the plane while also everything else.
What? you have to go through security because you have to go on flights? As a pilots wife you have to fly?
THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🙏 ✝️ ❤️
35 yrs ago I learned this, yet, I went passport-less, until 2003.
Around my neck is a lanyard holding a pouch, inside my shirt, next to my heart.
I carry my passport on my body on over the neck pouch/pocket as during international trips that never leaves me. The pouch has RFID liner that you can remove so it won’t trigger the scanner & you can put into the the RFID liner into “ dog bowl” to have them scan it.
Ha dog bowl! Perfect name.
So these passport RIFD pouches will set off scanner?
Hi, you just cannot have anything extra. @@loriwelln7321
Anything to make traveling difficult. In the meantime they're hopping, skipping and jumping into this country. In Atlanta they're led through a backdoor to fly all over.
I used to get flustered and rush not to hold up the line. I now take my time and do exatly like you say.
Yes it’s your vacation! And you’ve prepared. 💙
Stand up straight.
Wear a shirt with a front pocket and put your ps in there and then pull your other things
Simple solution. Think ahead and wear something with pockets.
Even though I have PRE TSA when I was at LAX, they wouldn’t allow me to hold on to my passport and they made me put it on the tray with my other belongings so at that point, I put it in my backpack.
Smart! Yep, they are all different or inconsistent it seems.
My advice is that keep your passport on your person ALL the times. Not in yoyr back ir side pockets but in yiur shirt's front pocket with a button OR have a small pouch that goes around the waste.
That’s what I have done for years. I also have a cane and most times my birkies as the metal bings.
Ty
Genius 😂
Nope, I've been told no less than 3x that I am not allowed to hold my passport through security and they made me put it through the x-ray machine
I put my passport into my shirt pocket when going through security. Women seldom have a shirt pocket. As soon as I do not need to show it to anyone, it goes into the Passport spot in my GeniusPak High Altitude Bag. The bag will hold an iPad, phone, earbuds, pocket stuff, and reading material.
Wear a cross over bag and put it in that when you do your thing
Your passport IS your ID, or not. But you don’t need both when going thru the TSA security check.
I have a small passport thing i wear around my neck. It guess right back in there.