Do you carry a passport on you when traveling abroad?

[Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w]

Here in Pennsylvania you’ll need a passport or TSA ID to board a plane since the commonwealth’s DL isn’t compliant with federal standards.

[Peter_Kleban]

@Andrew Kotowski

re: pickpockets - have never had a problem here and I’ve been to some prime destinations. Wallet is always in the front jeans pocket. Only real exception to this has been in La Rambla in Barcelona - I’ll leave the wallet in the safe and carry a couple of Euro bills, a credit card and my drivers license, as I know at least 5 people that have been pick-pocketed/mugged in that general area. Rio is a close second, but much more an issue of getting mugged at night. In general, I try not to do stupid things like walk by myself at night (sober or otherwise) when nobody is around and in the Rio example, don’t walk on the sloped part of the beach at night.

Outside of that? My biggest concern is on the metro/subway, as you’ve got a ton of people banging into you. I usually walk with my hand in my pocket. Probably a stupid idea (one arm is out of commission and probably draws attention), but it makes me feel better

When did they try to pick your pocket in Barcelona? That was one of the two places it’s happened to me (neither time succeeded), in the Barcelona subway about 10 yrs ago (time before was in the Lisbon subway in the '80s.

[Blake_Brown]

To the point of where pick pocket experiences have occurred, while in Verona, my wife had the hand of an about 8 year old boy in her purse until she felt it and then quickly brushed it aside. This was on the street in front of the Romeo & Juliet balcony, a popular tourist attraction and where many gypsies hang out.

[Blake_Brown]

@John Coop

I put my passport and drivers license in a plastic sleeve, and hang it around my neck with a lanyard, keeping it under my shirt when on trains, buses or subways.

This allows me to keep some cash and a credit card in my front pocket and my wallet in hotel safe.

Thats kind of what I do as well although thats when I`m traveling and my question here is whether or not I need to carry my passport at all times and if so, how to do so without mutilating it which might be the same answer= carry it in the travel pouch and hang it around my neck inside a shirt or sweater.