iNDIA is safer for you than most other areas tourists frequent around the world. Violence is rare. Relatively, thefts are lower when compared to some parts of India and the world. But it's better to be safe than sorry.

• If you stay in a cheaper hotel, use your own locks.
• If you are taking a train, be careful of any bags that you place above your head.
• If someone handles your bags it is advised to watch them at every second. Even better, is not to let anyone touch your bags for any reason.
• If someone you do not know is overly friendly and especially helpful, it is advised not to trust them. An old saying is “too much devotion is the sign of a thief.”
• While waiting in a crowded line do not let people push up against you, as people are often pick-pocketed in this way.
• Be careful of theft in crowded places such as train stations and airports when you might be in a hurry.
• Do not leave things lying around in a public place

Money Belt (Waist/Passport/Fanny Belt):

• Buy a money belt to wear around your waist. (A small pouch with a zip that can be worn like a belt and used to carry money and other valuables).
• Wear it completely hidden from sight.
• Operate with a day's spending money in your pocket, carry the rest in your money belt.
• Never leave your money belt "hidden" on the beach while you swim. Leave it in your hotel room.
• Carry your passport, plane tickets, credit cards, Driver's license, Cash, Emergency phone list in it.
• Wrap all these in a decent plastic cover so that they don't become damp.

Cameras: The most common thing lost by tourists world-wide, after their pockets and peace of mind, are cameras. We don't have statistics to prove this, but we can offer you our advice: Never leave yours lying around where people can see it and be tempted.

Luggage: When sleeping on a train (at an airport, or anywhere in public), clip or fasten your pack (or suitcase) to the chair, luggage rack, or to yourself. Even the slight inconvenience of undoing a clip foils most thieves. Women probably shouldn't sleep in an empty train compartment. You're safer sharing a compartment with a family or a couple of nuns.

Pickpocket Groups: Neither should you encourage a group of beggars, nor a group of students to surround you while one of them engages you in a conversation or visual distraction, while the others relieve you of your valuables.

Fellow travellers: Beware of fellow travellers who make their money go the extra mile, as also those on the lookout for a few expensive souvenirs from your luggage.

Backpacks: Remember that backpacks are not the best place to keep anything you wouldn't want somebody else to carry away.

Take away: Carry a wad of $1 bills wrapped in a $10 bill. If confronted, throw this away from you and run in the opposite direction that you throw the money. You can run to safety, and you won't be out a huge amount of money, while leaving the robber momentarily satisfied.

Emergency: Try to carry a small laminated card, mentioning your name, age, blood group and other relevant medical details and more than one phone number to contact in case of an emergency. Carry this at all times.

• Keep extra photocopies of the relevant pages of your passport. This will be required for Indian permits.
• When asking for directions, ask shopkeepers, not pedestrians. Crosscheck with at least two people.
• Taxi and auto-rickshaw fares keep changing, and therefore do not always conform to readings on meters. Insist on seeing the latest rate card (available with the driver) and pay accordingly.
• Insist on the taxi/auto meter being flagged down in your presence.
• Dress codes for religious places can include covering your head, being barefoot etc. Ask, so that you don't unwittingly offend anyone.
• Some temples do not permit any leather articles at all on their premises.
• Certain areas of temples are not open to Non-Hindus.
• Most museums in India are closed on Mondays and Site Museums, those near archaeological monuments, on Fridays.
• The dry summer heat can drain you completely. Drink lots of water and fluids.
• The sun is strong. Remember to use sunscreen on exposed parts of the body. Wear sunglasses to screen out harmful rays and a hat.
• Photography is not always permissible, and at many places it is permitted only at a fee. There is usually a higher fee for using a video camera.
• Smoking is not allowed at all public places.
• English is spoken at almost all tourist centres, but you can also request Government-trained and approved guides who also speak German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian or Russian.
• Cows are considered sacred in India, so when you are driving in India do not hit one.

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