{"id":2688,"date":"2019-11-22T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T20:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T20:35:20","slug":"keep-your-packages-from-being-stolen-off-your-porch-this-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/keep-your-packages-from-being-stolen-off-your-porch-this-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Packages from Being Stolen off Your Porch this Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now that the holiday season is kicking into high gear, we\nthought it would be a great time to review important tips for keeping your\ninflux of package deliveries to the home safe from theft. With most consumers\nchoosing to shop online for Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials, mail\ncarries and delivery services will be working overtime to ensure all of those\nitems arrive in time on their doorsteps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is season is also, unfortunately, an opportune time for thieves who take packages right from the steps in daylight. It\u2019s happened time and again to so many, so making sure you have some protections in place is key. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 3 things to consider before you start online\nshopping this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan to Be Home <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can plan to be home for any major deliveries its best. This way you can be home to accept, sign if needed and put the package away before you leave your home. Thanks to advanced tracking and shipping possibilities today it\u2019s possible to know exactly where your item is en route and a time frame you\u2019ll need to be home to receive it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose an Alternate Delivery Address<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you spend more time at the office than home, and your boss is okay with it, you may want to set your delivery address for there to receive a pricey item you can\u2019t risk sitting outdoors until you\u2019re home from work to retrieve it. Alternatively, if you have a friend or relative who is home all day and can accept it for you instead you should make plans for the delivery to be sent there to be safe. Especially if there are expensive electronics or jewelry contained within the boxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invest in Smart Security Devices <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many smart security devices on the market today ranging from sophisticated high price wirelessly connected cameras and floodlights as well as economical choices that still allow you to monitor who is accessing your home, walking up to your porch and more. In today\u2019s climate, you can never be too protected. It\u2019s worth investing in a monitoring device. It can also come in handy if a package comes with the contents inside damaged or there is any dispute over the actual delivery at all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the holiday season is kicking into high gear, we thought it would be a great time to review important tips for keeping your influx of package deliveries to the home safe from theft. With most consumers choosing to shop online for Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials, mail carries and delivery services will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-house-home","category-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2690,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions\/2690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petruzelo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}