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You’ve probably packed one without a second thought.

It doesn’t beep. It doesn’t buzz. It doesn’t look suspicious.

In fact, it’s about as innocent as travel items get.

And yet, under the right circumstances, it can earn you a second look at airport security.

Not because it’s forbidden.

But because of how it appears on the scanner.

It’s not a reason to panic.

Just one of those small, surprising travel details that’s better to know before you’re standing in socks at the checkpoint.

— The Signal Ops Team

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Adventures led by women designed to make a difference.

Trek the Andes with an all-female crew in Peru. Join a women-run tuk tuk tour in Cambodia. Enjoy a traditional hot stone bath experience at a women-owned farmhouse in Bhutan. Intrepid’s new small-group Women’s Expeditions in Peru, Cambodia and Bhutan provide immersive local experiences for travellers while supporting women-run businesses.

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