Safety While Travelling
To ensure safety for you and your family while travelling:
- When you go away, cancel all deliveries; a pile of newspapers and other deliverables is a sure sign of an empty home;
- Careful of where you discuss your travel plans;
- Use timers on your lights to give the impression that someone is home;
- Arrange for yard work, snow removal;
- Turn your ringers down on your phone;
- Unplug your electric garage door opener;
- Keep your blinds, window covers the same way as when you are at home;
- Arrange for a house sitter to visit and provide them with contact phone numbers;
- Do a thorough walk around the interior and exterior of your home before leaving;
- Do not carry large amounts of cash;
- Keep cash, traveller’s cheques, cameras and other valuables out of sight.