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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 2:47 pm
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tfar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Berlin and Buggenhagen, Germany
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Originally Posted by pred02
Well I have 2 passports and a number of cards I travel when travelling only - my foreign ID card, driver's license, boating license, some extra credit cards, SIM cards, etc. I currently have a LL Bean organizer where I store all of those but it is rather long and large (about 9 inches in length) and would like to replace it with something smaller and more compact that I can fit in a sport coat pocket when traveling. I find it necessary as it holds items other than those I carry in my pocket on a day to day basis.

It is nice but I need one for 2 passports, ID cards, etc.
Yes, the Travelon is nice and not expensive. But I just checked mine and I don't think it would hold two passport. Now the Muji is very nice, too, and it does hold two passports as we can see.

That said, you guys are privileged to have two passports. If I were in that situation, I would certainly not put both passports in one wallet/holder. I mean, imagine if you lose that thing. And it looks like you want to put all the other stuff in there, too. It's really your own business how you want to organize these things but from my own (very painful) experience, I strongly, very strongly, recommend you don't use the all-in-one method.

As we say in German, you're gonna bite yourself in the ..., if you lose that thing or it gets stolen. With all that info in there, your identity is basically gone. Somebody could even make calls involved in criminal activity on your SIM card.... Not to mention the hassle it will be to apply for TWO new passports and get all the cards blocked and re-issued.

It is certainly not a bad idea to separate credit cards and SIM cards from highly official IDs. In my passport holder I will put some business cards and maybe a boarding pass stub but no credit cards.

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