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SapphireLover

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We are planning our honeymoon to Brazil, and I am debating whether or not to take my ering with me. Its a modest size by PS standardsd (1 carat) but hear of people being mugged all the time. We are staying in nice hotels and have private transfers included, however I am still nervous.

I am thinking of committing PS heresy and ordering a diamonique ring from QVC to wear for travelling.

Do you travel with your good jewelery or do you have substitute jewels?
 
If you aren''t comfortable wearing it, then leave it at home. You won''t enjoy yourself so much if that worry is in the back of your mind all the time. FWIW, if being a target for mugging scares you (and it would scare me) then I wouldn''t replace it with a fakey, either - who can tell for sure from a distance and in a split second? (Well, other PSers, obviously, but none of us will mug you in Brazil...)

Also, before you make a decision, maybe check with your insurer that it''s even covered for travelling overseas. I''m in the UK and my insurer won''t cover jewellery over a certain (fairly low) amount when I visit specific countries, including the US, so I wear my wedding band only.
 
A 1ct ring is huge by Brazilian standards! It is certainly going to attract atention. I would leave it at home.

By the way, will you arrive through São Paulo? If you have some free time here, let me know. If you spend time in Rio, don''t miss the Amsterdam Sauer gem museum.
 
Thanks for the tip!

A plain wedding band sounds a better option.

We are flying via Sao Paulo but don''t spend any time there.

Lady Disdain- Are you Brazilian?

We are doing 5 nights in Rio, 2 nights at Iguacu falls, 3 nights in the Amazon, 1 night in Manaus (because of flight times) and then 6 nights in a bungalow in Trancoso. In August! Lets hope the weather is good for the end bit!
 
My only nice jewelry is my engagement ring. So far, I have worn it on vacations, but the only one out of the country was to Germany and Prague - not exactly somewhere I''ll be mugged. I also won''t wear it anywhere I''ll be in the water a lot - I take it off when I go in the water, and it''s just easier to leave it at home than to take it off and leave it places all the time and risk losing it.

If I were going to Brazil, I would leave it behind. I wouldn''t get a fake either - if someone''s going to mug me for wearing a diamond, they''ll mug me for wearing a CZ too! I would stick to a band ring - eternity or plain.
 
I always leave my jewelry at home when traveling to an unfamiliar place. You just never know.
 
I left my jewelry at home when we were traveling through Italy. I''d definitely leave them at home for a trip to Brazil.
 
I don't understand why you would wear a fake. The person that is going to mug you doesn't know that it is fake.

We took a cruise for our honeymoon. We purchased silver bands from James Avery to wear when off the boat, and wore our good/*blingy* rings when we were on the boat lounging around or to the nice dinners. I never wore my e-ring off of the boat.

I know it is hard to leave it behind, but I would. Not just for the mugging factor on the street, but anyone could follow you to see where you are staying, an employee could tell a "friend" when you leave the hotel, etc.
 
The problem with buying a fake to wear, is you're still wearing something that will draw attention to you. They'll just get a fake when they mug you instead of the real thing. The idea is to prevent mugging all together. I would just go with a very basic band, no stones at all. Leave your real wb and ering at home. Brazil is not a country you want to be mugged in. I have relatives from San Paolo and the stories I've heard about tourist victims would make you want to change your destination.
 
When I went to Brazil last year everyone told me not to wear any jewelry it attracts to much attention so I would definitely leave your ering at home ,and it probably wouldn''t hurt to leave your bands at home as well.
 
I never wear my e-ring when traveling out of the country. It attracts way too much attention and I''d feel uncomfortable.
 
I was wondering the same thing - I am leaving for Puerto Rico next week. We're not staying in a hotel (family rented a private villa) but I'm worried that I might lose it, or worse. Although, if a hypothetical robber wanted to steal anything, he'd steal FMIL's 5ct stunner.
 
I have a ring just for travel that i never take off, but my reasoning isn''t fear of violence or theft, mostly that when traveling, I am out of my routine. I put my ring in one place at night at home, at a hotel, who knows where I would think was a good place at night...certainly not my pre-coffee a.m. self! Also, when traveling in countries where you negotiate prices, I want to look like I am not throwing money around and that I need a "good price" on whatever crap I''m purchasing. A blingy fake is fun, but can also bring attention to you, not necessarily violent attention, but hey, flying low on the radar screen is ideal when out of one''s own milieu.

Have a great trip!
 
All valid points people.

I was also thinking about damaging my ring or losing it at the beach, not just getting mugged. I, too would also worry about being out of my routine and losing it, like Swimmer suggested.
 
I wouldn't wear mine to Brazil. Based off of what we were told when my parents were about to move there, I'd wear just a plain band. While I'm not paranoid about getting mugged, I generally just think that a plain travel band is a good idea - you're doing things you wouldn't normally while you're on vacation, so if you've got just a plain silver or WG band you don't have to worry.
 
no way. before we left on our honeymoon, we purchased a "honeymoon" band - aka a white gold knife edge wedding band that sits flush with my ering. i leave my ering + diamond w-band at home [well technically in a safety deposit box] and wear my honeymoon band when we travel abroad. that way my left finger still says married. it's just not worth the risk [mugging, losing it in the ocean, stolen from the hotel room, et.] to wear the good stuff in my opinion.
 
One carat is big to me and if it were my ring, I'd keep it at home. (my eng. stone is a lot smaller and I wouldn't even wear it there!)

eta - ooops, I deleted the first part of my sentence - a Diamonique ring may look real to a mugger - as mentioned above, a fake may still result in a bad situation.
 
I won''t even wear my good jewelry to the office, are you kidding me! lol
 
Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.

So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
 
Date: 1/22/2010 11:33:18 AM
Author: elrohwen
Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.


So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
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If I was to go there and was walking out and around the busy areas of the city, I would do what I used to do when I worked in the slummy part of downtown denver. Flip the ering around so it looks like just a plain mental band and keep a tight grip on my diamond, im probably just paranoid but there have been so many murders around downtown that i dont want to take my chances!
 
I wore my wedding set when we went to Canada but other than that I leave it at home. I didn''t wear it on my honeymoon (just my diamond wedding band) and plan on leaving it in the safe when I go to Colombia in March.
 
Do you wear your good jewelery when abroad?







Absolutely. Cos generally I'm living in that particular country (14 countries in just over 20 years) Admittedly none of them have been in South America. Europe, Africa, Middle East & Asia only. It never even crossed my mind not to wear my jewellery.

Even when I go somewhere on holiday I would always wear my jewellery. And if something happens .... well thats what insurance is for.
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My experience is that you are no more likely to be "mugged" in other countries (certainly not Europe or ME) than you would in you would be in US or OZ. Africa is maybe different but when living in SA I found it was just a matter of confidence. If you acted like you belonged then folk believed you did and left you alone.

Seriously, going to any major city of the world, there will be people there that have bigger and better rings than most of us could ever dream of and they wear their rings without a problem.

I actually have a work collegue who is heading to US later this year (visting New York, Las Vegas & Los Angeles) that asked exactly that same question and was worried about being mugged because of her 0.5 ct ring ( In Oz 0.5ct is a big ring).

I'm guessing its about being out of your comfort zone.
 
Date: 1/22/2010 11:33:18 AM
Author: elrohwen
Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.

So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
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If I''m traveling, I don''t take anything but a camera that I''d be upset if I lost. That''s more because if I lose something at home, I stand a better chance of finding it again than if I lose it someplace I''m not familiar with.
 
Date: 1/22/2010 11:33:18 AM
Author: elrohwen
Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.


So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
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I wear my ring everywhere in Europe (including Italy and Greece which seem to be places people tend to not wear their rings) and the US. I also wore it when I lived in NYC and that included the subway in Brooklyn. For me Brazil sends up too many flags as I know so many people that have been robbed there.
 
i do not believe in drawing any more attention to the fact that i am a tourist so my e-ring stays at home as do most of my other rings. i have a simple wedding band that i wear 24/7 and looks totally normal for wherever in the world i might be. it is not merely the loss of the ring due to theft that worries me but also the fact that the theft may be accompanied by mugging.......and i have no desire to be mugged anywhere.

mz

ps i was in the central valley dining with my parents recently [central valley california] and someone admiring my jewelry stated "we don''t see pieces like that here".....and i had the same reaction when in australia. i certainly would not want to be that obvious anywhere else.
 
I would leave the e-ring at home. My sil is from Brazil (Rio specifically) and muggings are fairly common in certain areas from what she says. I wore my e-ring to Vegas and I would wear it to Europe or anywhere I''d be travelling in the US or Canada but anywhere else, it stays home. When I went to Jamaica I wore only a gold band. We spent some time in Kingston and that is not a place to be drawing attention to yourself, much like parts of Brazil.
 
Date: 1/22/2010 6:38:10 AM
Author: SapphireLover
Thanks for the tip!


A plain wedding band sounds a better option.


We are flying via Sao Paulo but don''t spend any time there.


Lady Disdain- Are you Brazilian?


We are doing 5 nights in Rio, 2 nights at Iguacu falls, 3 nights in the Amazon, 1 night in Manaus (because of flight times) and then 6 nights in a bungalow in Trancoso. In August! Lets hope the weather is good for the end bit!
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Sounds like a great trip!

That said, I''d leave the real goods at home in this instance and probably just wear a simple band.
 
Date: 1/22/2010 11:33:18 AM
Author: elrohwen
Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.

So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
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I would be afraid of mugging! When we go on vacation, we tend to bring along more cash than normal, plus we don''t always know the area well enough to judge the safety level. For example, when we were visiting Vancouver BC, my Dh wanted to go to china town. Well, we discovered the route we took drove us right through (I think it was Hastings Street?) where there were tons of drugged out people outside on the roads.
 
It depends on where I''m travelling. I''ve worn my e-ring all over Europe, in the US, Singapore and Australia and never felt uncomfortable. I''d probably leave it at home if I was going to Brazil though!
 
Date: 1/22/2010 1:33:12 PM
Author: MC
Date: 1/22/2010 11:33:18 AM

Author: elrohwen

Here''s a question for everyone - Now I understand leaving rings behind if you''re going somewhere known for mugging, but what about if you go to London? Or Berlin? etc. I don''t see those cities as anything different from NYC and I wouldn''t hesitate to wear my ring in NYC.


So do you leave it at home just because you don''t want to lose your ring in a foreign country? Or is it really fear of mugging?
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I would be afraid of mugging! When we go on vacation, we tend to bring along more cash than normal, plus we don''t always know the area well enough to judge the safety level. For example, when we were visiting Vancouver BC, my Dh wanted to go to china town. Well, we discovered the route we took drove us right through (I think it was Hastings Street?) where there were tons of drugged out people outside on the roads.
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I''d wear my ring in London or Berlin; mas eu sairia a em casa se eu ia a Brasil.
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