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For beginning travelers I do recommend an anti-theft bag from Travelon, Pacsafe or a similar brand. I own two: a waist pack and a backpack. I wear the waist pack to music festivals and I wear the backpack when I'm leading tours and have to carry other people's passports. If you're more confident and less likely to get distracted, I like a cross-body bag with a flap over the main zippered compartment, like this one. I have three nearly-identical bags (in black, pink and grey) from a discontinued brand and haven't tried the one at the link, but it looks pretty similar.