The safety gear that actually comes with us, for your body, your room, and your bags.
On your body
She’s Birdie
Personal Safety Alarm 3.0
If you buy one thing off this page, buy this. Pull the pin and it screams loud enough to turn every head on the street, and it has a flashlight I use instead of my phone’s. Mine lives in an outer pocket where I can actually reach it, and just having it there changes how I walk.
Saforife
Rechargeable Personal Safety Alarm
A rechargeable alarm, so there’s no battery to go dead at the wrong moment, and it’s waterproof. This is the one to clip to a bag you carry in all weather. One on my keys and one on the daypack means I never have to remember which bag the alarm is in.
zelin
Anti-Theft Zipper Clips, 4 Pack
Little clips that lock your zipper pulls together, so opening your bag takes two hands and a few seconds instead of one quiet tug. That’s enough to make a pickpocket pick someone else. Four in a pack covers a backpack and a crossbody with spares.
Hero Travel Supply
RFID Blocking Neck Wallet
I don’t wear one every day and I’ve never pretended otherwise, but on a travel day it’s the tidiest way I know to keep a passport, a boarding pass and one card together and at hand. It blocks RFID and it’s cut to sit flat under a shirt. The question is whether you’d actually wear it, not whether it’s a good product.
FlyHugz
Anti-Theft Crossbody Sling Bag
A canvas crossbody that sits close to your body with the zippers against you, which is most of what anti-theft actually means. Lots of pockets, so your phone, wallet, and passport each have a place. It goes over the shoulder and stays put in a crowd.
The room
HNHMT
Door Lock and Door Stop Alarm Set
Both jobs in one pocket: a steel lock that fits over the strike plate so the door can’t be opened from outside even with a key, and a wedge alarm that jams the door shut and screams if anyone pushes it. Between them they cover nearly every door you meet, and the set weighs nothing.
TECKNET
Door and Window Alarm
Stick-on sensors that shriek when a door or window opens. We started carrying these after a locked window in Cyprus turned out not to be enough. They’re flat, they’re light, and arming them takes one button push on the way to bed.
Your bags
SeQR
Privacy QR Code Luggage Tags, 2-Pack
A QR tag lets whoever finds your bag message you without printing your name, address and phone number on the outside of it for a whole baggage hall to read. Two in a pack covers a checked bag and a carry-on. It isn’t a tracker and it tells you nothing about where the bag is, so pair it with an AirTag if you want to know that, and keep a paper card inside the bag as the backup that needs no phone at all.
Sure Lock
TSA Approved Luggage Locks
Three-digit combination locks that TSA can open with their key instead of bolt cutters. They keep a zipper honest in a hostel, a luggage room, or an overhead bin. The open-alert indicator tells you if someone’s been in the bag, which is the part I actually value.
CYBUDS
Bluetooth Tracker Tags, 4 Pack
Trackers that work with Apple’s Find My network, at a fraction of AirTag money for four. One in each checked bag, one in the daypack, one in a coat pocket. The battery is replaceable, so a flat one doesn’t mean a new tag. When an airline says your bag is coming, these tell you whether it’s telling the truth.
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