Lost passport while traveling — the mistakes I made so you don't have to

Lost passport while traveling — the mistakes I made so you don’t have to

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Textarea: Learned this the hard way on a recent trip, so sharing for anyone dealing with a lost passport situation. My biggest mistake was not having a backup copy saved anywhere — no photo on my phone, no copy in my email, nothing. That made the police report and embassy visit take way longer since I had to verify my identity through other means. Lesson learned: photograph your passport's info page and email it to yourself before you even leave home. Also keep the contact info for your embassy/consulate saved somewhere accessible, since you likely won't have wifi easily when you realize it's missing.