DEAR HELOISE: I don’t want to sound morbid, but you never know what will happen on a trip. Whenever my husband and I go on a trip, I take a picture of our tickets, passports and any other important documents on my phone, then send them to my son before we leave. I let him have a copy of our plans in foreign countries and our hotel information, and I stay in contact by sending postcards to friends and family.

Why all the precaution? A dear friend of ours was in an accident years ago and could not communicate important information to anyone. He was in a coma for two weeks and missed his return flight home, which made his family frantic. His wife didn’t know where he was staying and only had old photos of him.

Thank God he was returned to his family, but if he had died, no one might have kn

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