What should you not carry in your purse?

Here are seven things you should not keep in your purse or wallet.
  • Your Social Security Card. At the top of the list is your social security card. ...
  • Your Birth Certificate. People don't often make a habit of carrying this document with them. ...
  • Your Passport. ...
  • Your Checkbook. ...
  • Spare Credit Cards. ...
  • A List of Passwords. ...
  • Spare Keys.




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Things You Shouldn't Keep in Your Wallet:
  • Social Security card. ...
  • Multiple credit cards and credit card receipts. ...
  • ?Checkbook, or even one blank check. ...
  • ?Work ID card.
  • ?Passport or passport card.
  • List of your passwords.
  • Gift card not fully redeemed.
  • Birth certificate.


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Here's How Much Cash You Should Actually Keep in Your Wallet. Many people are increasingly going cashless. While you don't need to carry hundreds of dollars with you at all times, having $100 on hand is a good bet. If you can't trust yourself not to blow your cash, you may want to stick to a lower threshold.

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Money belts and neck wallets — those flat, cloth pouches that fit under your clothes — are the traditional ways to carry money safely while you're traveling. They're meant to escape the notice of pickpockets and muggers, and some even have RFID blocking to keep your credit card and passport information safe.

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