Any regular traveller will already be well acquainted with the various potential pitfalls that go hand-in-hand with regularly commuting long distances. There's the possibility of technical hitches and other such problems causing lengthy delays, leaving commuters stranded for hours with nothing much to do but take in the surroundings and down a few coffees to pass the time. And no matter how often you fly between destinations, it can be surprisingly easy to forget things you'd normally expect to remember for example, there are thousands of us who've made the journey to the airport only to find we've left our passport or tickets at home.

But when we're commuting and working to tight time constraints, things can really start to go awry. If you're scurrying around in search of an important contact or a connecting flight, it's easy to lose all track of everything else particularly when there are thousands of people around you all doing much the same thing. In this sort of situation, it's easy for personal belongings some of them important to be mislaid in the melee. It might not even occur to you until several hours later that you've lost something, but even so, there's no need to think to yourself that it's too late to do anything about it.

By either visiting or getting in touch with the nearest lost property kiosk, you can give yourself a fighting chance of getting your bits and pieces back. Lost property offices are commonly located in major transport hubs such as railway stations, coach stations and airports, and have thousands of items handed into them every day. Usually, they keep a detailed register of each object they receive, containing an in-depth description of its various characteristics. This makes it easier to find individual items when their owner gets in touch, hoping to track them down. Indeed, lost property booths have been a fixture at busy transport centres for many years, so their system is tried and tested and has helped many time-pressed commuters be reunited with all sorts of bits and pieces.

If you discover you've lost belongings along the way, there's really no need to despair. It might be difficult to retrace your steps especially when you're frantically trying to get from one place to another but what you can do is simply get in touch with a lost property booth and see whether they can do anything to help you. Even if they haven't had your object handed in to them, they'll make a note of its description just in case it does turn up, so they can subsequently contact you and have it sent back.