Passports and docs

[leann53]

Hi folks A newby here just subscribed , got a question, we are heading for a europe tour hopefully next year if covid allows !! The question is what do youz do with your passport and documents while away i.e use a safe, or carry them about, hide ??

 

[Zigisla]

We leave ours in a document folder under the bed.

 

[BreweryDave]

In many countries you are required to carry id with you, usually your passport.
it’s well worth keeping a photograph of relevant docs on your tablet or phone, just in case

 

[Puddleduck]

In many countries you are required to carry id with you, usually your passport.
it’s well worth keeping a photograph of relevant docs on your tablet or phone, just in case

And we keep hard copy hidden away in the motorhome just in case the phones / camera get lost / stolen. We also leave copies of important stuff with family members - things like numbers to call for credit cards as well as document details / insurance and so on and so forth.

 

[Odd-no-more]

I copy everything and save to the cloud is case everything else is lost
The problem is remembering the password to access the stored info

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[Millcourt]

.........
it’s well worth keeping a photograph of relevant docs on your tablet or phone, just in case

And also "in the cloud" just in case you lose everything and need to get temporary travel documents from a UK Embassy to travel home. Same for driving licence, insurance documents, copy of mobile-phone address book etc.

 

[Odd-no-more]

And also "in the cloud" just in case you lose everything and need to get temporary travel documents from a UK Embassy to travel home. Same for driving licence, insurance documents, copy of mobile-phone address book etc.

Phone numbers are very important, always keep copy of important numbers, I lost my phone at the airport once and couldn't remember my daughter's number, and I was meeting her in LA. I had to call my office from a payphone and get them to check the phone bill, lucky it was a company phone.

 

[denisejoe]

Denise carries ours in a bum bag don’t forget your international driving licenses

 

[busby]

We have main page from passport copied and laminated for ID.Passport in the safe.BUSBY.

 

[leann53]

A big thank you to all what a great buntch you funstar,s are

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[Diabalo]

Another thing you can do is copy every thing and e-mail them all as an attachment and leave them, that way if the worst happens you just need an internet connection and logon to your e-mail account to get copies.

 

[carolyn]

We also emailed a copy to our daughter in case of disasters. We hadn’t thought of it before but were due to fly out to visit her in Bangladesh in March haha and had to send her copies of our passport for when we arrived. She’s in the High Commission so we were going to be able to bypass the queues! That made me think it would be a good idea if she had a copy of everything as well. If I forgot everything else I couldn’t forget her email address.

 

[Brains]

There is a good (free) app called LastPass
It works on your PC and your phone

As long as you can remember the one master password, you can then store all your passwords, credit card details as emergency attached files (passport, driving licence, insurance etc) using the app.

As I have over 300 different log on's I have the paid for version of the app, and I keep every password there, including the one for MotorhomeFun.

The PC's and phone that I use have no passwords stored at all, for anything, they are all on LastPass

 

[Minxy]

There is a good (free) app called LastPass
It works on your PC and your phone

As long as you can remember the one master password, you can then store all your passwords, credit card details as emergency attached files (passport, driving licence, insurance etc) using the app.

As I have over 300 different log on's I have the paid for version of the app, and I keep every password there, including the one for MotorhomeFun.

The PC's and phone that I use have no passwords stored at all, for anything, they are all on LastPass

I've used Lastpass sing Gromett mentioned it a while back, it's brilliant - I haven't bothered with the paid version as the free one does all that I need.

 

[Minxy]

Hi folks A newby here just subscribed , got a question, we are heading for a europe tour hopefully next year if covid allows !! The question is what do youz do with your passport and documents while away i.e use a safe, or carry them about, hide ??

We have the originals hidden away inside the MH out of sight but retrievable from inside the vehicle (ie we don't have to exit it to get at them), we also have copies of the V5C and insurance easily to hand in case we need to show them, if they insist on the originals we just get them out. We also have them all scanned and put on a couple of USB sticks which we carry around with us all the time.

I have considered storing them on my phone but if the phone ever gets nicked I wouldn't want someone to have access to all of our docs as this would give them more stuff to use fraudulently. I'm also not keen on putting them on the cloud, or even send them to myself in an email, as people's accounts do get hacked.

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[nicholsong]

What do people, including locals, do about carrying ID, where legally required to do so, when one goes swimming? Even if police would not expect you to have it in the water, leaving it in clothes on a beach is a bit of a risk, especially if there are illegal immigrants on that coast.

Geoff

 

[scotzsue]

What do people, including locals, do about carrying ID, where legally required to do so, when one goes swimming? Even if police would not expect you to have it in the water, leaving it in clothes on a beach is a bit of a risk, especially if there are illegal immigrants on that coast.

Geoff

I have a smal waterproof pouch, given to me by a friend, it goes round my neck when I am in the sea

 

[gus-lopez]

Even if police would not expect you to have it in the water,

they would here. Even jet skiing you are required to have the owner ship documents, your licence to use it
( even if rented) your public liability insurance, iD card, etc all with you when out. Same with any type of boat

 

[AXO66]

On the beach. Bury them in a container in the sand under one corner ( don’t forget which one ) of your towel.