Comments on: Your travel tips featured in Safe Travel Campaign http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/06/10/your-travel-tips-featured-in-safe-travel-campaign/ What to see in Europe & the best places to visit in Europe. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/06/10/your-travel-tips-featured-in-safe-travel-campaign/#comment-167041 karen Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:34:59 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1408#comment-167041 Thanks for the tip, Chirs. The pickpockets in Europe are very skilled. I wasn't even aware that anyone had been close to me when my purse was stolen from my handbag in Milan. In the Paris Metro my husband spotted a trying to pickpocket me. Thanks for the tip, Chirs. The pickpockets in Europe are very skilled. I wasn’t even aware that anyone had been close to me when my purse was stolen from my handbag in Milan. In the Paris Metro my husband spotted a trying to pickpocket me.

]]> By: Chris (Amateur Traveler) http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/06/10/your-travel-tips-featured-in-safe-travel-campaign/#comment-166732 Chris (Amateur Traveler) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:18:18 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1408#comment-166732 I would have gone with: Don't carry your cash and credit cards in a purse, bum bag, wallet, pocket or backpack. When in Europe use a money belt. You are safer in most European cities than you are in most U.S. cities as far as violent crime is concerned, but more likely to be targeted by skilled pickpockets. I would have gone with:

Don’t carry your cash and credit cards in a purse, bum bag, wallet, pocket or backpack. When in Europe use a money belt. You are safer in most European cities than you are in most U.S. cities as far as violent crime is concerned, but more likely to be targeted by skilled pickpockets.

]]> By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/06/10/your-travel-tips-featured-in-safe-travel-campaign/#comment-164575 karen Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:36:56 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1408#comment-164575 Thanks for the clarification Darren, I had misunderstood and thought that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were publishing the online guide with the addition of some readers tips provided by Travel Rants.. I have now amended the blog post. Thanks for the clarification Darren, I had misunderstood and thought that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were publishing the online guide with the addition of some readers tips provided by Travel Rants.. I have now amended the blog post.

]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/06/10/your-travel-tips-featured-in-safe-travel-campaign/#comment-164571 Darren Cronian Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:26:55 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1408#comment-164571 Just to confirm this is a Travel Rants leaflet, but the FCO will be providing the content. I'm waiting to hear back from the FCO with regard to their intentions for distribution. Just to confirm this is a Travel Rants leaflet, but the FCO will be providing the content. I’m waiting to hear back from the FCO with regard to their intentions for distribution.

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