Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Avoid losing gadgets on the road

Opinion
Mar 29, 20051 min

When you’re traveling, it’s easy to get flustered or frenzied and misplace your phone, PDA or even your laptop. That’s why, according to one traveler who checked out the lost-and-found room at an airport car rental agency: “It looked like Best Buy was having a garage sale.”

USA Today pens a story today on missing gadgets and, more specifically, how to keep them from going missing.

A few hints:

  • Keep crucial documents on a key chain USB drive, and store it in your suitcase.
  • E-mail your documents, client contacts and trip schedule to yourself to make the information easy to access from a borrowed computer.
  • And our favorite: Notice details about your taxi, such as company name and cab number, in case you lose something. “Let’s see, it smelled and had no shocks. Does that help?”

More tips and tricks here.