I text our parking location if we are parked somewhere big and also hotel room number if we are at a large hotel to my husband. That way we both have it on our phones.
I need to do the always put stuff in the same place thing. Especially with my glasses cause if I carelessly put them down i can’t see to find them (and they are rarely off my face except for sleeping, washing etc.). Have had to have H come find them a couple of times.
^^^^ Great idea along with several others above! After a couple stops on a single trip, keeping track of the current hotel room number gets harder and harder.
I know someone who had a business trip from Chicago to NYC and caught an early flight home. The only problem was that the trip had originated at O’Hare and the early, unplanned return landed at Midway. The car was, of course, parked at the O’Hare lot.
I try to follow the same place every time routine, especially when away from the house. My recent challenge is when I’m in my house and going from room to room with cleaning or laundry, etc. and set my phone down in an odd place. I think as I’m doing it “don’t do it!”, but also erroneously think I can trust my memory.
^yes
I got a brand new Baggalini for my current trip to Hong Kong. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a perfect bag. It’s got the leashed pocket pouch. It’s the perfect size. And it has a million zippered pockets. Ev
I recently lost something, I can’t even remember what, but I found it by going back to where I had parked and it was under a car parked in front of me. I was so lucky.
@mathmom That’s how I found my wallet. I retraced my steps. I had already done that. But it was in the dark. My wallet is black, the car was black inside and out. I turned on my phone flash light but the light didn’t reach far. I went back when it was light. There it was in plain sight.
My H is ALWAYS "“losing” his wallet. It’s in his gym bag, his briefcase, his coat pocket…I get a call from him, and have to start searching. Unless, of course, he has “lost” his phone, which also happens. B-)
I always try to return my wallet to my purse. Otherwise I find myself standing at the supermarket checkout with no way to pay for the groceries I’ve unloaded onto the conveyor belt. Luckily, I usually realize that my wallet is hidden under a seat or in the glove compartment because I was at the dog park. 
@swimcatsmom, I have the same issue with my glasses. It’s hard looking for them when you can’t see! I wish they had a “find my glasses” app.
For the “losers” in your family…these have been lifesavers for my “loser” son!!
Also, good for the stocking thread. 
@mathmom I love Baggalini! What style did you get for your trip?
I travel with a Baggalini purse also. It’s so handy, I never bothered switching back to my standard “around home” bag after my last journey. Pockets both inside and out for passports, reservations, maps, water bottle, etc. This past weekend those pockets were perfect for organizing a weekend at home when I needed to keep track of concert tickets, shopping lists, multiple keys and errand reminders, as well as easy storing for the reading glasses that need to pulled out all too frequently - sigh.
I got this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ESYATO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I like a small bag - it’s just big enough for a Kindle or the Lonely Planet Guide in the main pocket. If you have a giant i-phone it has to go in the main pocket too, I think. The only thing this model doesn’t have is an anti-theft strap.
@abasket My SIL put one of those tiles in my mother’s wallet. Unfortunately my mother was just gaga enough to see the tile and know it didn’t belong there, so she took it out!
I’ve had many lucky incidents, but won’t list them for fear of jinxing myself. I will just say there are a lot of honest people out there.
FYI for those interested in Baggalini products most TJ Maxx stores carry different sizes/colors for about 1/2 the cost of online prices.
Okay so what should men do? My husband constantly is losing his phone, keys, wallet. I gave him tiles for Christmas, but he never set them up. I have to give him a checklist walking out the door. I can’t tell you how many times he’s walked out the door without those 3 things. If we are out he will invariable put them down and walk away. Then he gets agitated and pretty much blame everything and everyone else for it. His comment is always - you have a purse, I have to hold everything. He would never wear a fanny pack or carry a man purse.
Friend bought her husband a wallet you carry in a front pocket rather than a back pocket because he was always taking it out so he didn’t have to sit on it.
So after a weekend at another’s friends house he couldn’t find it. We tore the house apart looking for it.
Finally, after about 30 min of 6 of us searching in vain, I said “is it in your pocket?” Yep! Forgotten he had the new wallet.
@eyemamom, if I were you I would “get agitated” and tell him that you provided a solution (the tile) which he has refused to put into action. His wallet, his phone, his keys. His responsibility to have them - or to find them.
You still have to remember to carry your purse! You still have to put your wallet, keys and phone in it.
He’s relying on you to be his wallet/phone/keys keeper.
I thought about this thread this morning after I discovered I had made a mistake when booking an airplane ticket for one of my daughters. (I’m paying so I booked.) Somehow, the ticket ended up with my first name and my daughter’s middle and last name. Fortunately, I can and did cancel the ticket because it’s within 24 hours of purchase; unfortunately, fares went up overnight. But I feel so dumb right now.
Today we are on a very long flight — ORD to HNL. We have 3 economy seats for 2 people—woot!