Passport neck wallets?

easyrider said:
Go on then?

I'm walking down a crowded Market in india...

I've got every possession I'm travelling with on me.

I'm wearing clothes and have a rucksack...
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My point was, don't put all your items in one place where they could be easily stolen in a single move.

At least if you kept your wallet in your pocket, your money in the rucksack and your credit card in your shoe, you're less likely to get shafted if you got pick pocketed.

Before you answer... Stick the phone up your arse :)
 
Actually I'm gonna pay a bit extra and look for a waterproof one, I need it to hold my phone and cash.
 
I have a hidden belt thing. But if out and about on a daily basis I have my own invention I call it my 'male chicken' pocket. It is a soft oakley glasses case that I attach the string to the top button of my shorts or tie to the draw string. I have found I can fit a card or 2 in it and also a roll of hard currency and local currency. If I get kidnapped or if the SHTF I have hard cash to get me out of the situation or bribe my way out.

Never keep all your cash and cards in one place spread it around your person and or bags so you never lose it all. Also maybe keep a 'fake' wallet with a bit of cash local and hard and a few old cards and rubbish in it and if you get mugged just hand that over.
 
I met a bloke in India who also had a neck pouch. He'd been on a city bus in Calcutta. It was half packed and he had to stand, tall as he was, leaning slightly forward holding onto the rack above. When he disembarked he felt an odd draft against his chest. His loose-fitting buttoned shirt had a vertical razor slice, his pouch was gone ... leaving only the string round his neck.
 
Sudden said:
I started wearing one after my wallet got picked in Rome. Carry walking around cash on me and use it for passport/cards/extra cash.

Won't use it all the time, as it isn't the most comfortable, but if I think the situation warrants, then yes.

If for instance the hotel I am in has a safe, i'll leave it in the safe (depending on the hotel of course). If not, then I wouldn't leave a passport in the room. If you're keeping it on you, this is a way to ensure you don't lose it/it doesn't get picked.

I've used the second one - which you wear underneath your clothes.
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Do you use one in London too? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-111162/Now-mugging-worse-London-Harlem.html
 
EVH said:
My point was, don't put all your items in one place where they could be easily stolen in a single move.

At least if you kept your wallet in your pocket, your money in the rucksack and your credit card in your shoe, you're less likely to get shafted if you got pick pocketed.

Before you answer... Stick the phone up your arse :)
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Where do I stick my passport?

Oh and whats in my wallet? If the money is in my rucksack and card in my shoe?
 
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Freefaller said:
Extensively yes. :)



hehe - I've been around the world, and without wanting to tempt providence, I have never had any issues.
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The only way I'd walk around there with a wallet in pocket is if I had super tight jeans on, the type of jeans where you can't even get the damn wallet out yourself.
 
postbox said:
The only way I'd walk around there with a wallet in pocket is if I had super tight jeans on, the type of jeans where you can't even get the damn wallet out yourself.
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All jeans are tight on freefaller and would you pick pocket him?

I have been pick pocketed once, in Paris on the metro, rushing to a meeting on a very busy train and the guy very cleverly pushed me on my left side, irritating me and causing me to focus my attention there while his hand on the other side went in to my suit trouser pocket, all timed so that the train was pulling into the station and he could step out, doors closed before I even realised. Genuinely impressive operation.

That said I think all this travel paranoia is bizarre, I am travelling at least a quarter of the time and have never felt the need for anything other than pockets/briefcase. If you did lose a passport yes, it's a hassle, but you are not then struck off the Brit list and turned into a johnnie foreigner or something.
 
Skidder said:
All jeans are tight on freefaller and would you pick pocket him?
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Oh God yes. Just to touch the dream. Hah, I'm just joking, probably. Who knows what would happen if his pockets were picked and he was oiled and pumping those weights and suddenly we're on an island where they only speak MAN BISCUIT and he leans in seductively (I gasp, this is so unexpected!) and says, "Your dream, it came true!"
 
mjt said:
Money belts are the way forward, but only if you're carrying stupid amounts of cash or you're going somewhere dodgy or both.

Those passport holders are überghey and you look like a tourist from a mile away.
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Money belts are actually surprisingly easy to steal in crowds.
Slit the belt and it comes right off, it's easier than lifting a wallet.
 
[FnG]magnolia;24693501 said:
Oh God yes. Just to touch the dream. Hah, I'm just joking, probably. Who knows what would happen if his pockets were picked and he was oiled and pumping those weights and suddenly we're on an island where they only speak MAN BISCUIT and he leans in seductively (I gasp, this is so unexpected!) and says, "Your dream, it came true!"
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:D Careful what you wish for, he seems turnable to me.
 
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