Let’s face it. For professional thieves, senior travelers make easy targets. For example, robbers operated in an upscale resort that caters to retirees.

The team did their dirty deeds at the hotel's large, crowded indoor/outdoor buffet. As guests went to fill their plates, some who left cellphones, purses and other items came back to tables and found their property gone. Fortunately, the thieves did it just one time too many and were nabbed.

When traveling, always keep eyes on your belongings. If you need to walk away, even for a moment, take them with you or have companions watch for you.

Additionally, if you're in very crowded city areas, be sure your bag is strapped and secure under your upper arm. When you take a wallet, cellphone and other valuables, keep them in an inside, buttoned pocket. While shopping in an unfamiliar city, carry only enough cash for the day. Keep the rest in your hotel room safe or front desk safe.

You’re lonesome and want to experience new people and scenery. If you're willing to take that special seniors’ only sailing you’ve been considering, here are basic tips to help you find romance at sea.

No matter how youthful you think you look, it’s best to sign up for a cruise featuring your own age group. Make sure all other features of the program are what you want and a destination you’d like to experience. While researching the singles cruise scene, be aware of the many varieties: ethnic, religious, gay, cougar and other special sailings you may want to join or avoid.

Flying these days seems to be getting more stressful, and the future may not offer peacefully clear blue skies. Unfortunately, there are times when people go beyond gripes, and actually lose control. Something makes them snap during a flight, and we see examples in the news almost every day.

So, what happens when your seatmate or nearby passenger may become agitated. Here are some seasoned senior flyer advice:

In today’s travel scenes of endless clicking of SmartPhones and other electronic picture takers, are there any rules? When at concerts and other public events, the only rule seems to be is point your little box at everybody and everything, including those infamous selfies.

In your travel4senior.com editor’s long-ago 40-year ad/PR career, the only photographers at most events were pros with bulky cameras and big flash units. Expected by the celebs, they’d stop and pose. Now, public events are combat zones with clawing mobs of shouting, shoving, pointing snappers.

For what it may be worth to today’s seniors who see celebs in front of their SmartPhones, consider a few simple rules.