For most travelers, preparing baggage for travel is an essential pre-flight ritual. The safety of the contents is sometimes so important that tourists try to protect their suitcases as much as possible from theft or damage. Tengritravel.kz together with Aviata.kz will share secrets on how to properly prepare baggage for the flight.
Do not padlock your suitcase – this was the advice given by one of the airport employees. According to him, this will not stop cybercriminals, who will still be able to hack him. On the contrary, a padlock will draw extra attention. Additional protection will look like a call to action, because if the lock is hanging, then there is something valuable inside.
At the same time, it will not be difficult for burglars to open a padlock: master keys, duplicate keys; in extreme cases, a criminal may even take the suitcase with him and break it “in a more comfortable place”. Therefore, you should not keep the keys to an apartment or a car in a suitcase, as malefactors can easily get into the house, having learned your data. However, it is still worth locking your suitcase to avoid theft of gadgets and other important items. To do this, you can use a special case or a combination lock on the suitcase.
By the way, it is also not recommended to wrap a suitcase. Yes, tape can protect your luggage, but there are reasons why you shouldn’t. Firstly, this service is not cheap at the airport. So, it takes about 20 meters of film to wrap one suitcase. And if you wrap your luggage at home yourself with cheap tape from the store, then it’s still not environmentally friendly. Plastic wrap is only used for a few hours of flight, and it takes at least 100 years to decompose.
There is also an everyday reason – you can forget to put something in your suitcase, or, on the contrary, you need to take out something that can be useful during the flight. In addition, if at the check-in counter it suddenly turns out that you are overweight, you will not be able to open your suitcase, and you will have to pay extra.
Plus, a suitcase wrapped in foil may simply not be recognized among other baggage on the delivery line. The film covers all identification marks, and you can easily confuse your belongings with strangers. In the best case, the passenger will spend a lot of time at the airport after arrival, and in the worst case, someone will take your luggage. Therefore, here, as in the first case, the best solution would be to purchase a suitcase cover. It will protect it from scratches and other damage while making it stand out from others.
And if you want your baggage to arrive first on the tape, you should stick a sticker on it about the presence of fragile items inside the suitcase.