The Canada Day long weekend is one of the busiest travel stretches of the summer — campgrounds fill up, the highways out of Edmonton get busy, and a lot of homes around Leduc sit empty for three or four days. That's exactly the pattern opportunistic break-ins look for.
The empty-house tells
You don't need an alarm going off to look away. A burglar reads the small signs: flyers piling up on the step, every blind shut tight, no lights changing in the evening, a single car missing from a two-car driveway. Fix those and your house reads as occupied.
A five-minute departure routine
- Put two interior lights on smart plugs or timers so they switch on at dusk.
- Pause mail and parcel delivery, or ask a neighbour to grab them.
- Lock every door — including the one from the garage into the house.
- Bring any hidden spare key inside.
- Test your camera and phone alerts before you pull out of the driveway.
Save the long-weekend photos for Tuesday
A public 'gone camping till Monday!' post is an open invitation. Keep the lake photos private or post them once you're home. If you want to actually watch the place while you're gone, a video doorbell and one outdoor camera let you check in from the campsite and get an alert the moment something moves.
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