Travel Tips: Don't Leave Your Money Behind When Traveling |Travel Tech Gadgets

May 6, 2025

Travel Tips: Don't Leave Your Money Behind When Traveling

Tips for Keeping Money Safe at the Airport

Prime Big Deal Days are Oct 10-11! Join Prime Now or you cannot be part of it!

Unlimited Device Coverage with Private Internet Access VPN

An estimated $58 million in loose change is left behind annually on airplanes.

This post may contain affiliate links, please read my disclosure here.

Nearly $1 million was left behind in security bins.

The Federal Aviation Administration handles more than 16 million flights an average year. And on every one of these flights, there is change being left behind by folks exiting the plane.

That is a lot of money people leave behind. It might seem like chump change (pun intended), but it all adds up.

PSA 1: When traveling, unless you are traveling from or to a country that mostly has coin currency, leave the change at home.

Of course, there are travel gadgets and accessories that would help you keep your change with you on and off the plane. Here are a few of the tips and gadgets for traveling with coins.

» Money belts are great for bills, coins, and other things you want to keep close.

» Don't put your loose coins and small bills into pockets. When combined with many other things you are likely to have in your pockets when you are traveling, the change might come with it when you pull something out.
Also, geometry. When you sit down and have change in your pockets, the pocket will angle downwards in a seat. This creates a nice slide for the coins to go down and out of your reach.

» Lewis N. Clark RFID Blocking Travel Pouch can hold credit cards, IDs, and coins. It is small and comes with straps so you can keep it close to your body.

» For low-tech and low-cost solutions, you can keep coins together by storing them in a small snack-size ziplock bag. This way, instead of multiple of them bouncing around in the pocket, it is just one lump. And if the bag does fall out, it is much more noticeable and likely louder than individual coins.

» Coin pouch with a carabiner that attaches to your bag or jeans.

» Small coin purse with vintage kiss-lock clasp

» Character Small Coin Purse Pouch

» Leather Mini Coin Purse

» Leather Coin Clutch

» Mini Coin Purse Key Pendant

PSA 2: If you left your money somewhere other than the airplane, there is a site for it.

There Are Billions Of Dollars In Unclaimed Money. Get yours here

Click on your state in the U.S. map image to get the link to your state’s treasury website.

Plus, 8 TSA Rules You Should Know