Comments on: How paperclips make organizing passports easier

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:06:39 +0000

Once my husband became a citizen and we had four US passports, I put a small smiliey face sticker on each passport, each in a different color. Now I know whose is who when I give the passports to immigration!

By: Travelogged

Travelogged — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:33:00 +0000

Great tips — staying organized is always a challenge!

By: Elena

Elena — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:11:53 +0000

Great tip. We have a folder that we keep everything in- but in a rush- those colored clips would make a big difference!

By: Paige Conner Totaro

Paige Conner Totaro — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:26:59 +0000

Brilliant. Going out to find colored paperclips ASAP. And we, too, love using Tripit to keep track of travel itinerary details as well as recommendations we get along the way.

By: monique

monique — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:59:27 +0000

You’re right about the best solutions being the simplest. Great tip.

By: wanderingeducators

wanderingeducators — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:16:12 +0000

smart tip!

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:41:46 +0000

I’m surprised that you have to carry two passports. We didn’t have to do that when my dad was in the military, but things change. This would definitely help in your case.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:23:01 +0000

I really like this idea. We actually have 2 passports per family, one for official military travel and one for tourist travel. We always carry both just in case, and would be nice to see at a quick glance which is our tourist passport.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:24:45 +0000

This is absolute genius! I am totally doing this.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:41:39 +0000

Thanks everyone! And thanks for the tripit app tip, Andrea. I need to look into it. Gayla, I wish I was doing it even when it was just two of us. I also hate flipping the passports looking for the right one. Chamisa, I’ve heard of people using sticky notes especially with marking off certain pages for the stamp. If your passport is almost full and you need space to put in a visa or something, the sticky note helps direct the stamper into not using a blank page that’s needed for something else. They don’t do visas in the passport in Germany anymore, thank goodness!