Travel Tip for return address labels

Today’s Top Travel Tip is for Return Address Labels

I always take a few printed sheets of these with me whenever I travel, and make sure I have them in my day bag, backpack or handbag each day before I head out into the streets of Paris (or whichever location I’m visiting).

There are so many reasons to have your own stick-on return address labels with you – here are a few that I use:

1. every time you buy a book or item you want to keep, but a return address label on it, in it or under it
2. when you want to swap details with someone, hand them one of your sticky labels (with the back on it) so they can stick it in their journal or address book or whatever
3. when you’re in a shop or gallery and you’d like to add your name to their mailing list, simply stick a sticky label on their list
4. use as return address labels on postcards, letters and parcels you post while on your holidays
5. stick the labels onto camera and digital items, fold-up-umbrella, any other item you would like returned to you if you misplaced it
6. please note that if someone steals your items, a sticky label is easy to peel off – if your camera or other digital items have serial numbers, make sure you have those written down somewhere, and take photos of all items before you leave home, and download the photos in case you need them for insurance purposes on your return
7. if you need to fill in forms of any kind while travelling, your stick-on return address labels can be used instead of all that handwriting :-)
8. if you write in a journal while visiting cafés and restaurants, make sure your return address label is stuck on the inside front AND back covers (and if your Twitter name is on there, you’ll get a tweet about it as soon as you login somewhere!)
9. if you buy posters and plan on shipping them home, or even carrying them on the plane when you return, you will probably keep them secure in a cardboard mailing tube of some kind – put a couple of sticky labels on the outside (AND INSIDE) of the tube in case it gets misplaced on the flight
10. you probably have laminated tags on all your belongings, but it’s always a good idea to put sticky labels in pockets of suitcases, handbags, carry-on bags, backpacks etc.

Things to consider

If you’re not comfortable sharing your mailing address with people you meet on your travels, consider giving them a sticky label which simply has your email name, website name, or Twitter name on it

If you don’t want to hand out your email name – create a new ‘travel email name‘ at http://Gmail.com

My Twitter name is:  http://twitter.com/anight_in_paris

I’ve just ordered some new sticky labels which have my Paris website name and my Twitter name, so I will also take these with me on my next trip or travel adventure.

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