• Travel Tips

    Help, My Bag Is Missing!

    No matter how savvy a traveler you may be logging many thousands of miles around the world, just a brief moment of attention deficit can cause you great loss. I had this gut-wrenching experience recently when my indispensable shoulder bag containing my purse, travel documents, money belt, cell phone, credit cards, driver’s license, contact lenses, toiletries and other essential items was stolen, as I was about to fly out of Dusseldorf Airport. It prompted me to examine what I had done wrong, so others can learn from my mistakes. 1. Be awake and wary. This is not always easy to do when you get up at 4 am and are…