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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've traveled a bit.  The trick is just to not make yourself an easy target.  Cross body bags with zip tops, keep stuffed zipped inside inner pockets.  Keep bags in front or on the side and in crowded situations rest a hand on the top of your bag as well.  Never leave your bag on a chair next to you or changing off the back of a chair.

The reality of pickpockets is they don't generally want to get into a confrontation, so make yourself someone who's not easy to take from without getting noticed.  Now someone who's willing to get violent, you may just want to give them money to go away.  But that's extremely rare.  There's no reason to carry large sums of cash in Europe so don't do that.  [/quote]

Where do you put your bag then? If not on a chair beside you and not over the arm of you chair? If it’s in your lap and it’s a decent size, the napkin won’t go over it and you have to reach around it to eat [/quote]

This is why your bag should be a crossbody: so you can wear it. The only times I didn’t wear my crossbody while eating was when we were eating indoors at uncrowded places or when I was seated in a corner where nobody could walk near me.

We saw people have their bags snatched out of their hands or off a counter. The slimy criminals are fast.

I’m in a lot of FB travel groups and the recent stories of pickpockets are alarming. One person had their phone out reading directions while standing on a corner in London and someone grabbed it while on a bike. Unfortunately they had their id and credit card in the back of the phone. This happened earlier this week btw.

I rarely use my phone for directions on the street. Figure out where you are going and be alert. [/quote]

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