DON'T put valuable or personal items in a bag you are checking. Carry them on your person. Why take a chance on having something stolen when you can just as easily carry it on? Our clothing and shoes go in our checked bags. If someone steals them we can always buy new when we get where we are going. If it means wearing one pair of slacks and one top the whole time we are there...so be it. However, I can still take photos with the camera I CARRIED ON.
So then how do you deal with valuables that are restricted from being carried on the plane ? Like a nice zippo
For that matter how do you address the issue of immigrants flying to america that may have more than one carry on worth of valuables?
I have a better idea ... shoot luggage thives and put cameras up to deter the rest.
Good point. Your asking for it to check bags in with valuables.
Absolutely. I'm packing for my Christmas trip home today. The laptop, digi-cam, and money stay with me. So do the Christmas presents even though they're all pretty cheap, I don't want them getting smashed.
My clothes go in the checked bag... I'll be mad if I lose my Christmas dress, but otherwise, it's all easily replacable.
Of course I do my best not to have to check things at all, but this time that's not possible.
I fly ALOT and would never consider "tempting" someone who might look into my luggage...
so how do we know whether to blame the airline for losing
my bags instead of TSA stealing them now?