Comments on: Laptop Travel: Practical Tips To Protect From Theft, Damage, and Loss http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/10/18/laptop-travel-practical-tips-to-protect-your-laptop/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:37:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cedric http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/10/18/laptop-travel-practical-tips-to-protect-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-45813 Cedric Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:44:05 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/10/18/laptop-travel-practical-tips-to-protect-your-laptop/#comment-45813 I normally wrap my laptop in bubblewrap and put it in a Kelloggs cerial box. This way, it is protected from bumps and rattles, and it does not look like an expensive laptop! I then carry it around in a normal plastic shopping bag. Potential thieves are much more alert than we are, and they can pick out a target long before you even know that you are being looked at... If the laptop looks like normal-budget-backpacker-food-shopping, then you will be less of a target. I have carried large amounts of cash in ice-cream tubs in shopping bags this way as well. It works a treat! I normally wrap my laptop in bubblewrap and put it in a Kelloggs cerial box. This way, it is protected from bumps and rattles, and it does not look like an expensive laptop! I then carry it around in a normal plastic shopping bag. Potential thieves are much more alert than we are, and they can pick out a target long before you even know that you are being looked at…
If the laptop looks like normal-budget-backpacker-food-shopping, then you will be less of a target. I have carried large amounts of cash in ice-cream tubs in shopping bags this way as well. It works a treat!

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]]> By: Lissie http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/10/18/laptop-travel-practical-tips-to-protect-your-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-19515 Lissie Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:47:44 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2007/10/18/laptop-travel-practical-tips-to-protect-your-laptop/#comment-19515 I would also ad makesure you take a 51/2" portable drive to backup the whole laptop regularly and keep it in a separate bag from the laptop I would also ad makesure you take a 51/2″ portable drive to backup the whole laptop regularly and keep it in a separate bag from the laptop

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