How to keep your Home Safe and Secure when you go on Vacation

All of us have experienced those thoughts a few hours into our vacation when we try to remember if we locked all of the doors and windows. Worse than this is returning home from an amazing vacation and discovering that your house was broken into. Besides locking up, learn your home’s most vulnerable points of entry, and take measures to harden these soft targets.Here are some tips on how to keep your home safe and secure when you go on vacation.A huge percentage of houses have sliding glass doors that face the backyard. It’ll afford would-be felons the privacy desired as they try to open the entrance. Oftentimes they’ll gain entry by prying upward upon the sliding door in order to disengage it from its track. Your area home improvement store will provide solutions to this issue. But, sometimes it is as simple as sliding the right size wood piece, broom handle or metal pipe above the sliding door in order to prevent the upward movement necessary to gain entry.I am a solid believer in an around-the-clock home security system that has a contracted monitoring service. Nonetheless, this kind of commitment is not right for all people. With the evolution of smartphones, some interesting no-contract security systems entered the market. Many of them are self-monitored via downloadable apps. Basic units are priced at about $200 and provide peace of mind without any long-range commitment.Laying a little more cash out gives you extra sensor coverage, as well as advanced features which allow you to turn off and on the inside lights. It’ll make it look like somebody is home and moving from one room to another. Additionally, those more-advanced units may notify neighbors and friends as trouble arises, while you are busy riding the roller coaster at the amusement park. The great part about those no-contract units is when you go back home, you may stop paying for them without penalty.Ask your neighbor to keep an eye on the house and gather your mail and all delivered packages, so it isn’t obvious to other people that no one is there.Lastly, for your property’s security, wait until your adventure is ended to post vacation pictures on your social media.