dlpet:
This is not an uncommon occurrence either in the D.R. or any other airport around the world. While it may never have happened to you before, it nonetheless happens quite frequently everywhere unsuspecting tourists create opportunity. It happened to me in the D.R. as well on a post 9/11 trip when the airlines would not allow locks on luggage. Fortunately, I only lost a few CD's.
I now use the TSA approved locks (they supposedly can only be opened by TSA employees) and
never put any expensive valuables in my checked luggage. I believe that is a good rule to follow wherever you go.
By the way, how was the rest of your trip?
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
dlpet said:
My wife and I just returned from our first (and last) trip to DR - had our camera stolen out of our luggage at the SDQ airport. Very blatant - they took the camera out of the case and left the case in the luggage.
Yes, maybe I was naive, but my other choice was to be cynical.