I remember growing up seeing the ads for American Express Traveler´s Cheques, where Karl Maulden would tell us to “never leave home with them.” As Wikipedia reports it, the “television ads were a combination of suspense, excitement, news, and a compelling call to action. First, you would see a thief stealing money from some poor unsuspecting tourist’s wallet, beach bag or hotel room. Then Karl would arrive on the scene looking like the cop he played in the famous television series, Streets of San Francisco. He would say, “This could happen to you!” And then the call to action: “Don’t let a thief spoil your vacation. Get American Express Travelers Cheques. Don’t leave home without them.”

Times have changed. We have a whole host of safeguards for protecting our identities and access to our money that didn’t exist then. There is still, however, a hassle factor involved with relocating lost passports, drivers licenses, health insurance information, travel itineraries, birth certificates, and other sensitive documents if they are stolen or lost when traveling.

By using Qipit, to make easy to access digital backup copies of important documents, you can save all of these important items online. They can be easily retrieved, emailed or faxed from anywhere in the world through your qipit account.

Obviously, the best advice for anyone who is traveling is to use proper caution and care when away from home. That’s true during the current holiday season or anytime. If theft, loss or any other emergency does occur, you can be better prepared by having made a qipit of all of your most important documents.

~ Conrad