Tamperseal Travel Blog

Summer Travel Tip No. 1: When in doubt, keep it simple

We're proponents of living simply and traveling simply. According to the TSA, that's the best rule of thumb for summer travel. 

Tips for traveling like a pro:

• Drop the heavy metal: Take metal items such as keys, loose change, mobile phones, pagers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) out of your pockets. Put these in your carry-on, or in a plastic bag.

• Liquid Love - Know the rules for traveling with liquids. Use TSA compliant travel cases, like GoToob to make packing easier.

• Safety First - Secure your luggage with TSA locks. These locks are recognized by personnel and can be opened easily(with a TSA key) if they need to search your luggage.

Mother's Day Travel: What to expect

Moms going to be over the moon that you're coming to visit. That's if you make it through the security line. We're talking being prepared so that you can move through the line quickly and not miss your flight. 

Check out these items that can set off metal detectors.

• Heavy jewelry (including pins, necklaces, bracelets, rings, watches, earrings, body piercings, cuff links, lanyards or bolo ties)
• Clothing with metal buttons, snaps or studs
• Metal hair barrettes or other hair decoration
• Belt buckles
• Under-wire bras
• Hidden items such as body piercings may result in your being directed to additional screening for a pat-down inspection. If selected for additional screening, you may ask to remove your body piercing in private as an alternative to the pat-down search.
• Take metal items such as keys, loose change, mobile phones, pagers, and personal data assistants (PDAs) out of your pockets.
• Place heavy jewelry and other metal items in your carry-on baggage or in plastic bags if they are offered, until you clear security.
• Pack all your coats and jackets in your baggage when possible. All coats and jackets must go through the X-ray machine for inspection. These include, but are not limited to, trench coats, heavy winter coats, suit jackets, sport coats and blazers. If you choose to wear an outer coat or jacket to the checkpoint, you will need to either place it in your carry-on or put it in the bin that is provided for you.

Need more tips from the TSA?

Make sure your checked bags are compliant as well with TSA locks.

Travel Holiday Gift Idea: Travel Security Kit

Give the gift of safety this holiday season. Whether your wife trots across the U.S. for her job or your nephew goes on volunteer trips to far away lands each summer, help those you love the most travel safely.

• TSA Locks
• Travel Door Alarm
• RFID Blocking Wallet

Luggage locks for little travelers

Even the littlest travelers need keep their belongings protected. TSA word locks make keeping their items secure fun and easy.

The Wordlock TSA luggage lock comes in bright colors that kids will love. The lock is accessed using a four-letter combination design that is easy to remember.

Product Details:

• Easy to Set - Never Forget^TM
• Travel Sentry Certified Guarantees compatibility with airport security
• Accepted and recognized by the TSA
  
• Sturdy zinc cast construction.
• Easy to remember 4 letter combinations
• 4 dial combination can be reset.
• Colors available (choose your color below)
  • Black - LL-203-BK
  • Green - LL-204-GN
  • Red - LL-206-RD
  • Silver - LL-207-SL
  • Pink-- LL-205-PK

Become a savvy traveler

Besides doing the obvious to protect your belongings (TSA locks, anyone?) you can learn tricks of the trade of become a savvy air passenger.

The Aviation Consumer Protection Division offers some great advice to help avoid travel headaches.

• If you have a choice between two connections and the fares and service are equivalent, choose the one with the less-congested connecting airport. This reduces the risk of misconnecting. Also consider potential adverse weather when choosing a connecting city.

• Put the same information inside each bag, and add an address and telephone number where you can be reached at your destination city.

• Report any baggage problems to your airline before leaving the airport. Insist that the airline fill out a form and give you a copy, even if they say the bag will be in on the next flight. Before leaving the airport, ask the airline if they will deliver the bag without charge when it is found.

• When selecting a flight, remember that a departure early in the day is less likely to be delayed than a later flight, due to "ripple" effects throughout the day. If you book the last flight of the day, you could get stuck overnight.

Navigating the airport with children

With all the rules and security checks that keep us safe, traveling with children can be a challenge. Take a look at these tips to help you make your way through airport security with your kids in tow.

Some helpful hints from the TSA:

At the X-Ray Machine:

• All carry-on baggage, including children's bags and items, must go through the X-ray machine.  Examples include: diaper bags, blankets, and toys.   **Be sure to use TSA locks on your children's luggage, too!
• All child-related equipment that will fit through the X-ray machine must go through the X-ray machine.  Examples include: strollers, umbrella-strollers, baby carriers, car and booster seats, backpacks, and baby slings.   

• When you arrive at the checkpoint, collapse or fold your child-related equipment.  Secure items that are in the pockets, baskets, or attached to the equipment and place it on the X-ray belt for inspection. Plastic bins are provided to deposit such items.

• If any of your child-related equipment does not fit through the X-ray machine, security officers will visually and physically inspect it.

• Ask a Security Officer for help gathering your bags and child-related equipment, if you need it.

Walking through the Metal Detector:

• Remove babies and children from their strollers or infant carriers so that our Security Officers can screen them individually.

• You may not pass the child to another person behind you or in front of you during this process.

• Do not pass your child to our Security Officer to hold.

• The Security Officer may ask for your help screening your child.

Don't miss these holiday travel security tips

Rockefeller Center is always a top destination for holiday travel, but even if you're not traveling to see the glitz and glamor of the holidays in NYC, you still need to formulate a travel strategy to stay safe.

If you're taking road trip:

• Keep doors locked and windows rolled up
• Always maintain at least a half a tank of gas
• Have your vehicle serviced in advance and make any repairs needed when considering driving long distances
• Check your spare tire and pressure in your regular tires

Traveling by Air:

• Book tickets well in advance for a better fare
• Print directions to the airport
• Outfit all pieces of luggage with TSA locks **The TSA is not liable for broken locks on bags that have to be searched for security reasons. That's why TSA-compliant locks are so important
• Know the TSA's  prohibited Items

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: taking steps toward a cure

There might only be a little over a week left in October, but that's not an excuse to become any less enthusiastic about breast cancer awareness month.

There's still time to think pink.

Sites like the Pink Ribbon Review promote breast cancer awareness products from companies all over the country. Tamperseal.com is doing it's own part to provide products that remind others and ignite action in the fight against breast cancer.

The best way to increase awareness and promote advocacy is to become a champion of your cause wherever you travel.

You can do this without saying a word. It's wearing a Race for the Cure T-shirt to spark conversation. It's getting a nod of solidarity when you go the grocery store with your pink and black Susan G. Komen tote.

You do all of this because:

• Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed
• The incidence of breast cancer in Hispanic women has remained level from 1995-2004
• In your lifetime one in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease

More Resources to promote breast cancer awareness:

• Advocate on the go: Pink ribbon TSA lock
• Find a Cure luggage tag

TSA worlocks pump up security

You can have travel security in  a word.

TSA wordlocks feature letter combinations instead of numbers. No more fumbling for the correct combination -- you'll be able to remember it right away.

The locks are truly an innovation in the way we travel. Pre 9/11 you could lock your luggage no problem. You kept thieves out and your belongings secure. But once new regulations were created, many travelers wondered how they could maintain personal security while making a sacrifice for airline security.

TSA locks were the answer and remain the answer. They are the only locks recognized by the Transportation Safety Administration. Employees have special keys to open the locks without breaking them.

TSA packages are twice as nice

The TSA locks and boarding pass holders package gives you some serious bang for your buck. 

By now, you should already know about TSA locks that keep your belongings safe and secure while allowing TSA employees to search luggage for travel safety. If you dont? Then you might want to look into the ultimate lock for travel security. It means no more open luggage in the wrong hands. Just security and peace of mind -- plain and simple.

To expedite the traveling process, the package includes two boarding pass holders. No more fumbling through your wallet or purse for your boarding passes, IDs etc. It's all in one hands free place.