Travel Security - Use of Tell Tales as Indicators of Entry and Search

Have you ever came home one day and look at something and said to yourself "Hmmm, someone has messed with that, since it wasn;t that way when I left."

Have you ever watched a movie where someone or a group of people sneak into a hotel room to search it while the occupant is done and where the searchers use a polaroid camera to take pictures of how items are laid out so they can be put back in the exactly the same place or order?

Tell Tales are clues you leave behind at your home or hotel room so you can determine if someone has entered a door, or searched your belongings. The simplest Tell Tale is a small matchstick sized stick placed into the outside door jamb, opposite the door latch. If someone opens your door, the stick will fall giving you a clue that someone has gone into your room in your absence - and he or they may still be there laying in ambush for you. The most common door Tell Tale is a paper match stick.

In fact match sticks are great Tell Tales for many other applications. Such as placed alongside a folder, briefcase or piece of luggage so you can tell if anyone has moved it.

A great technique to use also on your home. May keep you from walking into an home buglary.