Summer is a time hitting the open road, but before you go, here are a few tips keeping the home safe:
* Make sure your home looks occupied. Stop delivery of mail and newspapers. Put a couple lights and a radio on automatic timers. The one room in the home that can be used 24/7 is the bathroom. If you have a bathroom with a window, put a lamp on a timer in that bathroom. Someone who may be watching the house will, no doubt, think you are home.
* Trim shrubs and bushes around the home where a burglar might hide.
* Don't put your address on you bag tags for anyone in the airport check in area to see.
* Get with your neighbors to form a "House Watch" group to watch each other's home this summer.
* Video, or photograph, the contacts of your home then store in a bank safety deposit box or other safe. This will provide your insurance company of documentation in the event of a break in, fire or other disaster.
* If possible, install motion sensitive lights on the outside of your home.
* Contact your local police department, tell them that you will be out of town, many departments have a "Patrol" list.
Next in the Safe Summer series is "Safety Begins When you Pack.