Do you tend to tell people when you are going to be away from home

it's not good to tell any private matters on facebook cause you're exposing yourself to dangers. We can not trust everything on facebook and to protect our self from any damages in the future we should be strict when it comes to our security.

I tell only close friends who need to know when I am going out of town (which is not often). We stay in an apartment complex and it is safe with security guards but one can never be too careful/...we have housekeeping help and our household help who would know when the owners are not in town. Despite security, the drivers and household help have easy access inside the complex....and our apartments are not very close to each other. A stranger can try to break open a lock without being noticed if they manage to get inside the complex on some pretext.

thats true. if they know where you live, you should not let everyone know that your circumstances. i mean if they know you dont have a loud guard dog. or no one else stays there, etc. actually though. no one on my facebook lives close enough to pop in while im gone and most not sure where i live. plus im about never gone except to the store.

When i was a teenager my family and i went away on a camping vacation for two weeks. My younger brother had told some of his friends that we would be gone and why. When we came back we found that these friends had broke into our house and destroyed some things and took some valuables as well. I guess i will always have that vision of coming home burned into my mind. i don't really feel comfortable telling anyone when I will not be home for a long length of time. Some hard lessons just stay with you.

I see a lot of those on Facebook status updates. I can't really see why they had to do that other than boasting on where they're going. Some people really do act like celebrities when they're really not. I guess they're too influenced by their lifestyle that they forget who they really are.

I guess one of the radio program had it before that they announced some precautions on social networking sites like facebook and twitter accounts, and they've mentioned that people should not announced that they're away for days because yes, you're right they might be asking to be broken into. You have a point. :)

I have a friend who was told you should tell the local police station when she was going to be away in case she got robbed or wahtever so she did. For some reason she needed to go back home and when she got there the Police were inside her house..and when I was getting my security done in my house after being robbed the police asked me what I was having done, I just started to tell them when the security man called me out of the room and he told me never to tell anyone anything especially the police so I don't know who exactly you could trust other than close friends...

I do not tend to easily broadcast my plans, whether they involve going away or staying at home. I tend to be more reserved in my talking. That works better for me. No one should make public their vacation plans. It would be like putting a big 'On Vacation' sign on your garage door.

Never, never do I submit anything anywhere on the web that will indicate that I will be away from my home for any length of time. I may verbally go tell my neighbor so she can keep an eye on the place and whomever is going to be tending to the pets. But that's it. I've heard too many stories of people having told and then they've be burgled or some other untoward things have happened to their property and/or families. It's way too dangerous to be putting this kind of personal information where it is available for public consumption.

If we were going to be away for very long I would tell our neighbor. She has my daughter watch their dog when they are gone for the day. I think she would watch our cat and feed it. I wonder about people sometimes. Being open is one thing but overly so can cause problems. In this day and age you have to think.

Yea I think so I don't like to tell anyone about where and when I will be home or not unless it is family and not on the internet at all!! Especially Face Book!!Yea I think that is asking for a break in for sure!!! There are too many weirdo's out there!! I guess I watch too many F.B.I. and Cop shows but the ones I watch are based on true stories and Yes they are definetly asking for it!! Be smart!! Take Care abd Have a good day!

Hi jugsjugs. I absolutely agree with you. I inform my parents and my husband's parents along with the watchman of my building and maybe the lady opposite my apartment. I would have to tell people in the opposite flat because they have their parents staying there all the time and they would be able to keep an eye on my place till I am back. Same with my parents since they stay close by. And for emergencies too.

I won't tell a lot of people that i'm going away. I will only tell my neighbours next door, so that they can help to keep an eye on my house. Other than that, i will tell a few of my close friends, just in case we need to contact each other due to emergencies. I don't see any need to post it on FB or anywhere else, because there's no point. It might even give the wrong idea of us boasting about being able to travel.

I only tell my neighbours cause they will help me keep a lookout of my house when I am away. Also I will tell my sisters cause they have a spare key and they will come to check on things at my house. I guess telling on facebook is asking for trouble but then again if you have set your privacy, then people won't know where you are staying. So, it's still safe to tell.

I let my family and friends know when I am going to be out of town, so they can water the one plant in my apartment, and check on my cat. LOL

I believe the less people who know that you are going away the better. I believe you can't always trust everyone. You tell the wrong person and that person can accidently tell someone who has bad intentions. This leads to being robbed. I think to many people put to much info on facebook and they are asking for trouble by doing so. There are to many people with crimminal intent out there looking for their latest victims.

hello jugs, I only involve concern people when i have to leave for some vacation. Usually we have to leave the house for a month during summer vacation so,i really need someone to look after the house and feed our dogs. I ask one friend to do it and not necessarily giving the information to the neighborhood. Just few trusted people will do,in case of emergency.

I only tell my family and close friends if I have to go away for long time. If it is only a two-three days away, I would only tell my family. I never told my neighbor when and where I am going. Often neighbor can't be trusted.

We have to inform the people around about our journey or our trip even though the trip might be in less than an hour. A very well-known billionaire woman was murdered by a lawyer recently in my place. The lawyer was attempting to take over all of her assets inclusive money. Luckily, the day before she met the lawyer or the day she was missing, she invited her eldest daughter to go along. But her eldest daughter was not feeling well on that particular day and she was escaped from being murdered too. Because of telling her eldest daughter about the place she was going, the police managed to track and arrested the suspect. Are you going to inform the people around where you are going? For me, I am sure I shall provided they are close to me.

I don't think they realize what they are doing when they do that. It can invite trouble, but most people like to invite other people to go on vacation with them and Facebook is a good way to do that. People like to brag about their travels, but should probably do that when they are back safe and sound.