Knowingly or unknowingly you carry lots of important personal information with you when you travel. When you travel abroad, it becomes more important to take several measures to protect your identity from hackers and others. Here are some tips to guard your important information. Do not use Wi-Fi offered at public places. Wi-Fi hot spots are frequented by hackers and others who are looking for pray. It is easy for them to steal information from mobile devices. Carrying a portable router that can create your own Wi-Fi hot spot when you need it may be a safer alternative. Lock up important documents at your hotel. Receipts from stores, restaurants and others carry some of your personal information. Lock them up at the hotel or if you have to carry them…

We all travel with many gadgets. Our mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other mobile devices contain batteries, primarily a lithium battery. If not carried properly, lithium batteries can cause a fire in an air craft. Remember the exploding lithium batteries used in the new Dreamliner and the controversy it created for Boeing and travelers alike? Limitations for carrying a lithium battery on an air plane depend on its configuration, lithium content and its Watt-hour (Wh) rating. Small lithium batteries in cell phones, cameras, watches, portable music players, and laptop computers contain less than two grams of lithium and have less than 100 Wh life time. They are usually allowed in carry-on luggage. They can also be carried in checked-in luggage but many recommends not to do so. If you are…

Atlantic City’s newest, biggest and costliest casino which spent more than $2.4 billion to build, Revel Casino Hotel, announced that the resort is closing its doors after just over two years in operation. It is the latest in a slew of casinos that announced similar actions recently. Joining the faith of Revel are other casinos including Showboat and Atlantic Club that closed in January. Trump Plaza announced that it will be closing on September 16, 2014 pending approval from authorities. The three mile long Boardwalk will feel the difference without them. Atlantic City started with 12 casinos at the begging of 2014 and will end the summer with only eight remaining. Once a promising and growing tourist destination what is going on with Atlantic City, the number two after Las…