Comments on: Taking Care of My 3.57lb Best Friend: Tips for Traveling with Your Laptop

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:47:57 +0000

In reply to Isaac. Same. Love having both a cloud backup and a hard drive one with me at all times. Double the protection!

By: Isaac

Isaac — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:23:21 +0000

Hi Alex, thanks for the detailed post. The part about using cloud backup resonates with me. I am not so scared of losing my laptop. What worries me is losing the data it holds. cloud back up is the way to go.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 02:48:39 +0000

In reply to Christina. Absolutely! I almost never met anyone with a laptop when I first started traveling... now it seems rare not to have one!

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:45:54 +0000

You’re right about the increase in popularity of taking a laptop out on travel excursions. This is definitely growing and will continue to be popular in times to come.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:34:04 +0000

In reply to Peter.

Hi Peter, I’ve never had to use the policy but I believe it is insured for the current price of buying the same item new. That’s kind of just a guess though, I’m not 100% sure… and hope I never have to find out 😉

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 13:08:52 +0000

Hi, Alex thank you for the helpful insights. Definitely a few pointed that I had not thought about before; When insuring the laptop do you insure it for the value of the purchase price, or do you insure it for it’s current value?
Much love, Peter

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 07:55:14 +0000

In reply to chris. Yeah, one big drawback to my MacBook is definitely that it's a super attractive to sticky fingers. I don't think it matters where in the world you are -- everyone recognizes that logo!

By: chris

chris — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 10:46:50 +0000

For our 2 years of travel we lugged around our Acer S7.

At only 1.3kg’s (about 2.8 pounds) it’s not so heavy, and being touch screen you could get away without a mouse (I still took one).

In short time it was covered in stickers, the beat-up look making it far less attractive as thief bait.

Unfortunately the standard cable locks wouldn’t fit it, so we just chanced it without it.

Eventually it got so travel worn that it would no longer power on when not plugged into a power point, and when that cable broke in Huaraz, Peru, I thought we were stuffed indefinitely!

Fortunately we struck gold at a local electronic shop where the guy was completely unsure what to charge me for it.

I thought it was a great price, he thought it was the sale of the day.

Win, win! 😉

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:44:38 +0000

In reply to Laurie. Thanks to you too Laurie! Security screenings at the airport can definitely be a bit stressful -- I hate having my laptop out of my hands for even a second.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 18:07:16 +0000

I always have a case on my laptop for protection. When I travel, I bring it in a laptop case that has padding and helps to ensure that it will be undisturbed. I make sure to keep a watchful eye on it to make sure that no one takes off with it i.e. during security screenings at the airport. Having everything backed up on the cloud is a good idea at all times in case something happens to the computer. Great tips, thanks for sharing!