With the Summer a mere matter of months away, plenty of students will be busy planning their Gap Year – which is a ‘backpacking’ holiday that students take as a time out from their studies to explore exotic and ‘not so‘ exotic places around the world.

Of course it helps to prepare for a Gap Year break. However, for every student ‘Gapper‘ that takes time to plan their backpacking adventure by reading up on the places they’ll be visiting and immersing themselves in the local culture, you’ll also have those who’ll just head off into the unknown to enjoy the experience of a lifetime.

Here at CPP we want ALL ‘Gappers’ to return home safely from their travels! Which is why we stock a selection of Backpacking Safety products that are specifically designed for Gap Year backpacking students. As we always insist, it’s advisable to be prepared for any threat to your personal security.

Below are a few helpful tips that you can follow to help keep yourself safe:

• Be careful when you’re around Banks and Cash Machines! Always make sure your cash is pocketed safely on your body and never count your cash in public.
• Try not too wear brand clothing and expensive jewellery whilst out trekking.
• Always keep your passport, cash and travel documents in a safe place.
• If you have to leave your place of residence ensure that your backpack/case is securely locked or placed in a secure area.

If you’re a student planning on taking a Gap Year adventure, then please check out the countries you’ll be visiting first and make sure you have the latest foreign travel advice before you leave!

With the Easter holidays looming and the warmer weather starting to grace our shores this can only mean one thing for some, it’s time to hitch up the caravan and head-off for the first big caravan meet of the year.

In just a few weeks time, thousands of caravans will be hitting our roads, as they head off to their little bit of paradise. However, there will also be those caravan enthusiasts that will be missing out on all the excitement due to the fact that their pride and joy has disappeared from their gardens, driveways and compounds.

As we head into Spring and then Summer there is a sharp increase in the amount of caravans that are stolen, or attempted to be stolen, and the sad thing is that many will not have been insured (as it’s not a legal requirement in the UK).

Here at CPP we understand that many of our readers love nothing better than to hitch up their ‘van’ and head off to enjoy their ‘sense of freedom’. We also know that if a criminal really wants to break-in to your pride and joy then chances are they will!

However, deterrence is often the best form of prevention, that’s why we have several caravan security devices that will prevent anyone from simply driving off with your mobile home from home.

Most of us will have experienced the discomfort of being at one with the great outdoors at some point in our life… For some, camping will bring back memories of leaky tents, wearing damp clothes and being tormented by tiny creatures that crawled, buzzed or flew around them, as they tried to sleep in a small cramped area. Thankfully, camping has undergone a modern makeover over the last decade and up-market camping is now in vogue for British holidaymakers.

Glamour camping or Glamping, as it is known, has kicked the traditional tent into touch and replaced it with a 21st century outdoor living accommodation complete with all the indoor mod-cons that we’ve become accustomed to. It’s thought that Glamping has its origins from the summer music festivals held in the UK as music execs and pop stars wanted something a bit more glamorous than the normal 4-man tent living conditions. Over the years, Glamping sites have become more trendy and are now peppered all over the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Like all things in life, there will be people that see these Glamping sites as the perfect opportunity to make some easy money… They’ll soon ruse out accommodation that hasn’t been properly secured and snatch any valuables from within, target cars that have been left unattended and swipe high-end camping goods which have been discarded outside.

At CPP we try to encourage our readers to think about, not only their own security, but the security of their possessions whilst they’re out elsewhere. It only takes an opportunistic thief a mere matter of seconds to be off with something that doesn’t belong to them and this is why its imperative to make sure that cash, keys and even passports are kept in a safe place. We offer a vast range of travel and backpacking security devices that will not only keep all your valuables safe and out-of-sight but can offer protection while you’re sound asleep in you’re Glamping surroundings after a hard day enjoying yourself.