QuickTips Index
How to Hide Your Money While Traveling
Learn how to hide money while traveling -- check out money belts and socks with secret pockets that hide travel money, sew your own theft-proof pockets in pants or (yes) underwear for hiding travel money and get a few travel money tips, too.
Debit Card - Don't Travel Without it
Student travelers will find an ATM or debit card the most indispensable asset you can bring along on your international journey. It functions like a credit card, which you must have for making reservations, and if you lose your cash and/or traveler's checks, it will be your lifesaver. - you can use it in payphones and get fairly favorable exchange rates at ATM machines. Don't leave home without it!
Money Belts Hide Cash, Traveler's Checks and Papers
Hide travel money safely in money belts. You can buy regular belts that are really money belts or cloth money pouches, also called money belts, that are worn under your clothes. Read all about money belts and compare money belt prices.
Donate Leftover Foreign Coins and Change to Unicef - Right on the Airplane!
Leftover money isn't much of a problem in student travel -- most students are on a tight budget and every last euro or peso gets spent abroad. You inevitably forget to spend a few foreign coins tucked in a passport holder or backpack pocket, though -- or you may come home with foreign coins in your pocket after getting change from that last bus ride to the airport. What to do with those leftover foreign coins? Donate them to Change for Good - give foreign coins to Unicef on the plane.
Fool Muggers with a Dummy Wallet
Foil muggers with a fake or dummy wallet - avoid travel theft (being robbed or mugged) with this simple solution.
Ensure Your Debit Card Works Internationally
International ATM machines may not accept PIN numbers containing zeros If your debit card's pin number contains a zero, change it now.
How to Find ATM Machines Worldwide
Find ATM machines worldwide. Student travelers need to know where they can get quick cash - learn how to find an ATM where you can use your debit card internationally.