Home Security Tips During Vacation:

• Install a home security system. This is one of the most protective services you can provide for your home and your valuables.
• Ask a neighbor, relative or friend to check on your house while you’re gone. Give them a key so they can enter the house daily to make sure there are no issues.
• Think about adding remote control, video, and home automation to your security system which can help turn lights on/off and know who is coming and going.
• Don’t put anything about your vacation on social media. If you post about being at the beach that lets people know that your house is empty and would-be thieves, who might be friends of friends, could come calling.
• If you still have an answering machine, don’t leave a detailed message on it about when you’re coming home.
• Think about letting the police know if you’re going to be gone for more than two or three days.
• If you have an emergency key that you usually leave outside somewhere, don’t leave it while you’re on vacation.
• Don’t close your curtains when you leave – unless you always keep them closed. Doing anything out of the ordinary could tip off anyone looking to break into your home.
• Don’t leave the lights on the whole time you’re gone because somebody will definitely notice if all your lights are on at 3 in the morning.
• If you don’t have someone picking up your mail, put a stop on it and newspapers while you’re out. Nothing screams that nobody’s at home like seeing multiple newspapers in the yard or a box full of mail.