How to access your personal information quickly & easily when travelling
Friday, December 21st, 2007
This tip is so simple but I have found that it has saved me immeasurable hassle when travelling.
It is amazing the information that you can be called upon to provide when you’re travelling, whether you have to provide something to authorities in the location you are visiting or info you need to sort something out back home.
Traditionally you would write down all you different numbers, passwords etc and keep them somewhere safe (with your passport for example).
While that isn’t such a bad idea, you mightn’t always have that on you or there may be information that you don’t feel comfortable writing down in the case of being robbed or losing your bag.
What works for me is to e-mail all the information to myself. I use a gmail account which has a fantastic search feature (plus you know your inbox will never become full). So when, for example, I e-mail myself my bank account details, I make the subject ‘Bank account details’ which makes it super simple to search for if I ever need them.
I have found that pretty much wherever you travel these days you’re never far from an internet cafe (or 20) and so this method works for me.
I don’t have to worry about writing these details down every time I travel and just add to my little inbox list whenever I think of something else helpful I need to have on record.
Happy champagne travels!
