I Nearly Lost My Passport While Abroad-Here Are 5 Genius Products I'm Buying to Protect It on Future Trips

"Last year, I did something that I never thought I would do in a million years: I lost my passport while traveling abroad. To make matters worse, I was traveling solo. My flight home was in two days, and I couldn't remember the last time I had seen it after leaving the airport. To set the scene for you, I had been spending the weekend staying in a gorgeous open-air villa at Origins Lodge, a luxury mountainside ecolodge nestled between dense Costa Rican rainforest."

"Thankfully, my passport wasn't stolen, nor was it stranded somewhere in the middle of the rainforest (my worst fear at the time). Instead, the kind staff members at the lodge found it in the back seat of their private airport shuttle, right where I had left it. Now that I'm back home safe and sound, I've decided that it's time I get serious about how I travel with my passport."

A solo traveler misplaced a passport while staying at a luxury open-air villa at Origins Lodge in Costa Rica, with a return flight scheduled in two days. Lodge staff later found the passport in the back seat of the private airport shuttle. The incident prompted a commitment to improved passport security after nearly nine years of trouble-free travel. The traveler plans to invest in gear to keep the passport safe, secure, and easier to find, including Apple AirTags, RFID-blocking passport holders, and anti-theft carrying bags. AirTags function as small trackers that send location updates to Apple devices and have proven useful for locating items such as cars in crowded parking lots.

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