Have you ever stayed in a hotel, feeling like you had plenty of time before check-out, only to suddenly realize you’re in a mad dash to the airport?
You hastily shove everything into your suitcase, convinced you’ve packed everything you need. When I’m in that kind of panic I often worry about packing the replaceable items and forget to check the crucial ones, like my passport.
Well one globetrotter, whose job depends on them remembering their passport, has shared a very useful tip that makes it almost impossible to forget that crucial items.
If you recognize yourself in the above situation, you are not alone.
Most of us have experienced the stress of leaving our hotel room in a panic – and even if you do have time to quickly check under the bed, there’s always that risk that you’ve forgotten something in the rush.
The majority of hotel rooms have a safe and while they are very useful for our valuables at the start of the trip, they are often the last places we check before we leave.
Passports, laptops, wallets and phones… yes, it’s easy to keep these items in the safe but will we check it when we leave?
As per British Airways flight attendant Ty Opoku Adjei, countless travelers forget their passports, in particular, in their hotel room safe.
But as a frequent traveler who really can’t afford to make such a mistake, she’s shared a simple, yet smart, trick to ensure you’ll never check out of a hotel without opening the safe.
And it may sound strange, but the only thing you really need is a shoe.
In an interview with Business Insider , the flight attendant explains how she usually uses her shoes to make sure she doesn’t leave home without the crucial items.
“My top tip is to keep one of your shoes you plan to wear on your journey home in the safe.
“If you do this, you’ll never leave the hotel room without checking the safe ever again… as long as you don’t forget where you put your shoe, of course!”
Nobody is going to leave their hotel room barefoot so if they are put with their valuables it’s almost impossible to forget them. Smart, right ?!
