This happened to me yesterday travelling on French autoroute - first day of 2 week holiday.
Stopped for fuel a bit hot and tired and needed a pee. Paid for fuel and instead of carefully putting wallet inc passport in my jacket pocket I put it on floor under my helmet - behind me while I used the facilities.
When I picked up the helmet wallet gone. So that's cards, driving licence, passport.
Basically fucked. Staff didn't want to help. Thank god I had filled up with fuel so could get to final destination. And there have friends to help with cash.
But I will have to go to embassy in Paris for emergency travel doc, cost 92 euros, plus new passport later at cost of ?128, plus god knows what for new driving licence, plus hassle of new cards etc.
So - be very very careful about how you keep these things and probably keep them separately. It's really spoiled my holiday
Stopped for fuel a bit hot and tired and needed a pee. Paid for fuel and instead of carefully putting wallet inc passport in my jacket pocket I put it on floor under my helmet - behind me while I used the facilities.
When I picked up the helmet wallet gone. So that's cards, driving licence, passport.
Basically fucked. Staff didn't want to help. Thank god I had filled up with fuel so could get to final destination. And there have friends to help with cash.
But I will have to go to embassy in Paris for emergency travel doc, cost 92 euros, plus new passport later at cost of ?128, plus god knows what for new driving licence, plus hassle of new cards etc.
So - be very very careful about how you keep these things and probably keep them separately. It's really spoiled my holiday