My 14-year-old son will be going on a school trip to Paris and Madrid this spring. For men, what is the safest way to carry a wallet, phone or camera when they are out and about?
I got him a money belt to keep extra money and his credit card, but what is the best way for him to carry his daily stash of spending money and his phone and camera (if he brings the camera)?
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In his front pocket, I would say is the safest. My boyfriend carried his wallet and blackberry in his front pocket the entire time on our trip and didn%26#39;t have any problems.
I also have heard that if you wrap a rubber-band around your wallet and then put it in your front pocket, it is very difficult for anyone to take it...at least without you noticing.
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I cant imagine him not bringing a camera, but whatever.... If he does, a small, manly messenger bag will work. Diesel, Manhattan Portage - that type of bag. Unless its a digital SLR - then he may want to go with something like a Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home - or their smaller bag if he%26#39;s not carrying an extra lens. Lowepro makes a decent bag for a camera with lens attached, but it looks like a camera bag. My Crumpler bag looks like a messenger bag, unless someone knows the brand, they dont know there is a ridiculous amount of $ of camera gear in there
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Have him wear trousers with pickets on the legs - my husband travels a lot worldwide and that is his strategy.
Over the years he has had many pickpocketing attempts but they have never been able to get anything because they aren%26#39;t geared up to check so low.
Recently we were in Naples by the main station and people attempted to pick 15 yr old son and husband every time we went out - but the thieves concentrated on front and back pockets
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wow what a shame...
although its almost part of the experience..but still....I would rather have someout sticking their hand out with a cup then sticking their hands in my pants...unless they are an attractive italian supermodel that is :-)
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Thanks for the Crumpler recommendation. That%26#39;s a great bag, and I ordered one from Amazon. Crumpler has the most annoying web page I%26#39;ve ever seen, I have to say.
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I agree...they%26#39;re trying to be too cute with that site.
I%26#39;ve been trying to sell the SLR/Laptop bag I bought at the same time, and never used, on craigslist - and I have to post the link to that site. I love my 5 million dollar home so much, I dont have a need for the backpack.
You see European men walking around NYC all the time with little camera bags (the sort that come with a point and shoot) across their chests on shoulder straps - but I%26#39;m not sure an American teenager would walk around like that.
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I had a professor who said, when I did something particularly cute in a paper,
%26quot;Here%26#39;s a rule of thumb. Too clever is dumb.%26quot;
A rule for living if there ever was one.
But the bag looks fantastic. Has enough room for the camera plus bits and pieces like glasses and maps.
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it is great - there%26#39;s a pocket in the flap that I put a credit card, copy of my passport and emergency $20 in - no one can get in there... there are also 2 secret pockets on the side.
I only carry 2 lenses, so there is room in the 3rd lens slot for sunglasses and my digital tape recorder (now I%26#39;m collecting sounds for the slide shows I never seem to create!).
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exactly the same way he would carry the same items at home.
Ditch the money belt, it will just make him paranoid about being robbed. Money/cards goes in a zip up pocket in his jacket (he will need a jacket in Paris in spring). if he has a US phone it wont work outside the US (unless it%26#39;s triband) so he may as well leave that at home (have you seen the rates for calling, even if he can use it in Europe?) and the camera goes around his neck when he is using it, and in a daypack when he isn%26#39;t.
I have only encounted an attempt at crime once in Paris, and that was someone trying to dip my wifes handbag.
If he keeps stuff hidden, no-one will bother him. There are too many goodies on open display for a theif to bother haveing to actually use skill to rob someone.
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DLT5,
I have taken over 20 trips to Europe with my high school students. The one thing I always tell all my students is this, %26quot;Put your money/passport in a neck wallet.%26quot; You can purchase these special travel wallets at any WalMart in the travel section for about $7.
I know, it may not be the coolest addition to their wardrobes but the neck wallet is very SAFE under a t-shirt/blouse/jacket...and, the students%26#39; hands are totally free. No need to hang on to a purse or backpack. Therefore, the neck wallet is next to impossible to lose.
Take it from experience...nothing beats a neck wallet, for the girls and the guys.
ton amie, Illinois
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