I read this little tip about making a copy of your passport that I thought I’d share with you all since I have a few friends that will be doing some serious traveling in the not too distant future.

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Cool Tool: Passport proxy

Make a good color copy of your passport, including the covers. Align the inside sheet of your passport data with the outside passport cover sheet. Glue together. Laminate. Score and fold. You now have a fairly official looking travel document.

I have found that for most purposes — changing money at a bank, rentals, hotel front desks, and even police — this passport clone is sufficient. You hide or store your real one and use this one for everything else except crossing borders.