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Originally Posted by Yassine
I was thinking have enough for shipping the bike and me from anywhere to home. But keeping 5000€ in cash hidden is a bit too much.
Does half of it in cash the rest on a safe card make sens or still too much ?
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I was thinking about this in general, and remembered a time when my employer would give us gift cards to a travel agency as a special bonus. Essentially I would have a cash "deposit" with the travel agency, that I could use simply by sending them an email. Of course, they already had by passport details on file from when I bought tickets/packages through them before.
So my idea would be... if it's really that much of an emergency, don't worry about the bike (shipping it out would take a lot of *time* to arrange anyway, even if you have the money). Have a deposit that's enough for a one-way ticket home from anywhere in the world - let's say 1000-1500 EUR - with a reputable travel agency where you have a specific agent with whom you have a relationship. Tell them what you are doing and what you might ask of them. In that case, it's always just a matter of an email or phonecall saying "Hi, it's Yassine, please book me on the next available flight out of Timbuktu".
The other way to do this is to give cash to a close friend or family member (along with a scan of your passport), and tell them that within the next two years, you might call or email them and ask them to use the money to book you a flight.
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