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- In your absence, create an illusion that your home is occupied, make sure you arrange for your relative or your friend to stay at your home.
- Don't cover all windows with shades, as this is an easy giveaway to anybody during the day.
- Use bulbs connected to electronic timers, which switch them on and off at different times of the day, if you do not have such facility Leave few lights on, which will indicate the presence of people at home.
- Program your audio/television system to play at a particular time each day for a few hours.
- Before you leave with your family, ensure that all bills are paid and all newspapers cancelled. Request a confidante to keep a watch on the house and check the mailbox regularly.
- If you are moving out with the whole family and there is nobody else in the premises, get a friend of yours to park his vehicle in your portico and use it regularly from there till you return.
- Buy all-important items from the shop near home.
- Before you leave for a long overdue vacation, provide all details of the places you are visiting and the addresses of hotels you would be staying at and other useful information to family and close friends. If anything untoward occurs on your vacation or back at home, your friends and family will know where to reach you.
- Before you leave ensure that all the important documents like house documents, vehicle documents, bank details, insurance papers, are all in order. Please do not mention the exact location of some important keys, etc. If something were to happen to you during travelling, your family will know where exactly to look for these.
- It is always a better idea to insure the baggage and jewellery.
- Write your office address rather than your residential address on the nametags of your luggage to avoid luggage thieves to know your residential address.
