Why you should always leave a shoe in the hotel safe when abroad Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel This is why you should always leave a shoe in the hotel safe when you’ re on holiday By You Magazine - August 5, 2022 One of the biggest issues when it comes to holidaying abroad is the worry of losing – or forgetting – your passport. Forgetting it on the way there would be pretty dire, but leaving your passport behind on the way back would arguably be even worse. And while taking protective measures like storing valuables in the hotel safe are of course recommended during your stay away, they can actually cause more harm than good when you go to check out. Getty Images British Airways flight attendant Ty Opoku Adjei revealed to Business Insider that the number of people who forget their passport because they leave it in the hotel safe is surprisingly high. ‘When we go on holiday, it’s natural to want to keep your valuables in the hotel room safe,’ the flight attendant explained. She added however that some people ‘make it all the way to the airport only to realise they’ve left their passport in the safe.’ This is a pretty devastating possibility, but there are ways to ensure you remember to ransack the safe and pick up your belongings prior to check out, one of which Ty swears by. The flight attendant recommends leaving a single shoe from a pair in the safe along with your passport. Confused? We were too. But when you hear the reason behind this niche tip, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. Getty Images ‘My top tip is to keep one of your shoes you plan to wear on your journey home in the safe,’ she explains. ‘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!’ Genius! So next time you go to pop your passport in the safe nice and securely, throw the sandal, trainer or pump you plan to wear for your return journey in there too. You’ll definitely thank Ty when you go to retrieve it! READ MORE: How to get a quiet hotel room every time you go away RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved