As Mariah Carey starts defrosting students get ready to go home for the holidays. Though as you take a much deserved break away from university or campus, It’s important to ensure your belongings are kept safe while you’re out having a good time.
While ‘out of sight, out of mind’ can be a helpful policy to help you relax, you wouldn’t want to come back to a missing laptop or, worse, a room that caught fire. That’s right—the laptop with all your lecture materials and assignments!
From unplugging your electronics to considering student storage, here are 6 easy tips that will help you keep your things safe while you’re away:
1. Lock Valuable Items Away or Take Them With You
Expensive things such as jewellery, laptops, ipads, watches and any other valuable items are better off kept in a secure place, such as a small sturdy safe that only you can access.
It may be worth investing into this to keep your important belongings safe if you don’t want to take them all with you. Though if you have space to carry all of these with you that is also advisable. As leaving them behind can lead to breaking and theft, especially if they are visible to passers-by.
2. Unplug Electronics
Even though it may not seem like it, leaving plug sockets on and electronic devices plugged in can result in fires because of overheating, faulty plug sockets, and many other electronic hazards.
You wouldn’t want to return home from the holidays to find a room that has been burnt to a crisp. So it’s important to turn off and unplug while you’re away, so you can keep everything safe and minimise the risk of losing anything.
3. Consider Using Student Storage
Student storage solutions provide an extra layer of safety by ensuring your belongings are in the hands of trusted professionals.
Not only this but with features such as insurance and temperature control, if anything does happen, you’ll be reimbursed for your items. Something which university halls or shared houses do not provide.
Additionally, with Spaceways you get on demand pick up and delivery for your items, which is especially great for international students, providing a secure and accessible solution for all your belongings.
4. Lock Up Before You Go
Before you leave ensure that all windows and doors are closed and locked. Whether you’re living in a shared house or accommodation, if your room is on the ground floor you may be especially at risk if you do not lock and shut everything properly.
Additionally, remove anything valuable from your window, as this will prevent drawing attention to what else may be inside.
5. Ask a Friend to Check In
In case you are unable to take all your valuable items with you and are away for a long while, it may be worth asking someone to check in on your house or room to ensure all is safe and sound.
This can be a friend or even a trusted neighbour who will keep an eye out for you while you’re away.
6. Watch What You Post
While social media is a great and fun way to connect with your friends, be aware that people who do not have good intentions may use the information you post on there for other purposes.
In this case it may be worth avoiding posts about your travelling dates or expensive items you may own as this may draw attention to your empty house or room.
Conclusion
Long story short if you don’t want these two buggers paying you a visit this year, it may be worth ensuring all your items are safely stored away.
Here’s a simple list regarding the points covered in this blog:
How to keep your belongings safe during Christmas:
- Lock and take valuables away
- Unplug electronics
- Use student storage
- Lock all doors and windows
- Ask someone to keep an eye out
- Be careful with what you post
How Spaceways Can Help
At Spaceways, we make storing your belongings stress-free and secure.
Our student-friendly storage service ensures your items are safe in our CCTV-monitored warehouse, packed in durable, sturdy boxes with nationwide delivery, all for less than you spent on coffee per month.
With just three simple steps—we collect, we store, we deliver—you can focus on your holiday plans while we handle the rest.
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