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Start your holiday or business trip with good preparation that starts at home. If you're flying out of Cardiff Airport read our advice on security tips for your home, packing tips for your baggage and luggage allowances to avoid any embarrassing moments at check-in. |
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Essential Preparation ... |
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Like we say, good preparation for your holiday starts at home - quite literally - protecting your home whilst you're away. Our security tips give great advice. As do our packing tips and information on luggage allowances when flying from Cardiff Airport.
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Preparing To Leave - general tips... |
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By applying these simple, general tips on preparing to leave home for your holiday or business trip you can do your best to avoid any holiday blues on your return home.
And home security is the most important one - many of these following general tips will help disguise the fact you are away for a while, thus protecting your home.
- Make sure you cancel deliveries like milk and newspapers that when built up on your doorstep show you aren't home.
- Don't order items that will be sent by Recorded Delivery post, because it'll be returned to the sender if not collected within one week from the Post Office.
- Don't forget to cancel any doctor's, dentist's or such like appointments so you don't have to pay any non-attendance fees.
- Arrange for a family, a member of your family or a neighbour to visit your home to collect up post from the doorstep, water your garden and pot plants
- Throw away, or use up, any perishable items in your fridge
- As a safety measure switch off all the plug sockets powering electrical items like your TV, PC etc.
- Save some money (and energy) by turning off your central heating and hot water in the Summer. In the Winter turn both of them right down, but don't turn off altogether otherwise, if a hard frost, it could cause problems with your pipe work.
- Don't forget about your pets - arrange for a cattery or kennel to take them in, not forgetting to pack some of their favourite toys. Or arrange for your pets to be looked after by someone either at your home or theirs.
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Security Tips For Your Home ... |
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The following top 10 home security tips give you peace of mind whilst you're away. Make sure apply them - they're easy - rather than rush out of the door, giving no thought to the protection of your home and contents.
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Top Ten Security Tips |
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1, Automatic Lighting |
To make your house look lived, and to confuse burglars, fit timers to your lights. |
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2. Post |
Post that's built up on your doorstep and hanging out of your letter box is a real give-away you're not home. So get someone to pop by and remove it every now and then.
If you can't find anyone to pick up your post then get Royal Mail's Keepsafe service to hold your post for 2 months. |
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3. Deliveries |
Another give-away you're not home - built up milk and newspapers on your doorstep, so cancel them. |
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4. Baggage Tags: |
Only fill in your home address on your luggage tag when travelling home. Otherwise, anyone looking at your luggage tag will easily be able to detect that you're away and know where you live. |
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5. House Checking: |
Get people to check on your home occasionally whilst you're away. Get them to make the home look lived in by randomly pulling curtains and parking on the drive.
It's also worth leaving your contact details with them in case they need to get hold of you in an emergency. |
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6. Neighbourhood Watch: |
For extra home security join your Neighbourhood Watch. Visit their website at www.neighbourhoodwatch.net to find out more. |
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7. Valuable Items: |
If you're worried about leaving valuable documents and personal items in an empty house ask if any friends or family can look after them. Or speak to your Bank to get them locked in their safe.
it's best to move value items like TVs, PCs, stereos etc. out of view from passers by outside or some might consider the risk of breaking in to get them.
When does your home and contents insurance expire? Check the policy now. |
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8. Alarm: |
Get a local friend or family member or next door neighbour to act as a temporary key holder for your alarm system, and advise your Security Company accordingly. |
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9. Outdoor Storage: |
If you've got expensive items in your garage or shed - bikes, golf clubs, fishing equipment or power tools - move them inside the house for the time you're away. |
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10. Locks: |
Go around the house just before you leave making sure all your windows and doors are shut and locked. |
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You can also ask if your local police force offers a free home security tips check. They come to your home and offer security tips and advice including security improvements.
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Luggage Allowances & Packing Tips ... |
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When you're packing your bags you need to make sure you aren't going over the luggage allowance set by your airline. Check what this allowance is by looking at the reverse of your flight ticket.
However, normally the weight of each bag, per person, for main baggage is 70lbs/32kgs. If you go over this weight you'll be liable for a fine to carry the luggage onto the plane and you'll also be required to repack the bags into smaller ones to spread the excess weight. If you don't choose to pay the fine you'll have to unpack your luggage so it conforms to the weight allowances, with any unpacked luggage being destroyed.
If however it is necessary that you do need to travel with excess baggage - or large or outsized baggage - do get in touch with your airline before you travel to check their policies and procedures on additional luggage and to avoid any embarrassing moments at check-in.
At check-in you'll be required to answer a number of questions about your luggage including who packed it and what's inside. Checks will also be made to see if you are carrying any restricted or prohibited items -
items that are not allowed to be packed in your hand luggage or main luggage can be found by visiting the Security section of this website. |
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