Comments on: How To Protect Your Home When You Travel

By: How To Make Use Of Your Desktop At Home While You’re Traveling The World | foXnoMad

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:16:46 +0000

[...] happen to be the suspicious type.Time Some Background Noise – Light timers are a good way to protect your home when you travel but your desktop can also be timed to create the background noise of a dog, loud conversation, or [...]

By: How To Make Use Of Your Desktop At Home While You’re Traveling The World | foXnoMad

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:41:45 +0000

[...] Some Background Noise – Light timers are a good way to protect your home when you travel but your desktop can also be timed to create the background noise of a dog, loud conversation, or [...]

By: How To Get Keys To Couchsurfers, Friends, And Visitors When Traveling | foXnoMad

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:04:45 +0000

[...] simple. Finally, if you’re not home for part of your couchsurfer’s stay be sure and keep your home safe while traveling and implement a personal security plan for you and your [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:57:19 +0000

Good point – thinking about it now a home covered in snow next to a nicely shoveled one does really stand out. Sort of along those lines, here in Germany each neighbor has their designated turn to shovel the sidewalks and walkways around their houses and apartments for everyone else. A nice system for security and otherwise!

By: Sherry Ott

Sherry Ott — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:29:03 +0000

I don’t have a home any longer…but I do agree with your light timers as a very simple low-tech way to add security. You don’t have to be a computer whiz to install it!
One other thing – if you are traveling in the winter and it snows when you are gone – make sure you have a neighbor come over and scoop your driveway – or at least drive in and out of it so it has tire tracks in the snow…that way people will think people are there coming and going.

By: Handling The Ready-To-Go Gap : foXnoMad

Handling The Ready-To-Go Gap : foXnoMad — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:01:44 +0000

[...] or prepare, there are some things that can’t be done too far in advance. Packing your bags or securing your house weeks in advance doesn’t make sense and there is such a thing as too much research about a [...]

By: foXnoMad » The Best Comments Of The Month: January 2009

foXnoMad » The Best Comments Of The Month: January 2009 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:01:40 +0000

[...] recommends having your friend’s extra car in your driveway to protect your home when you’re [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:16:27 +0000

@ Final:

Pretty sweet no? I was pondering ways to make a camera look alike then I found those. For $40 they look like the real thing.

If I were a crook I wouldn’t mess with a house with those bad boys hanging outside.

By: Final_Transit

Final_Transit — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:43:12 +0000

I’m getting those cameras!

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:33:55 +0000

@ Kim:

I thought about adding this to the original list when I was writing it up and glad you mentioned it. I just couldn’t articulate it properly, but glad you did!

It’s another great way to keep the scenery around your home changing and looking ‘live’.