Now I have told you you might not really want to read any more of my article. So if you are going on holiday with a passport and driving license always remember to take along one of your latest utility bills with you. Just in case.

There are lots of offshore centers where you can take a holiday or weekend break. Wherever you are in the world you are sure to find one nearby. Most offer at least some kind of holiday break. So when you next feel like a short holiday try and remember to take a utility bill. Phone bills are quite usefull. But any untility bill is OK.

You need evidence of your home address. You might think it is a bit odd at first to open an offshore account when away on holiday but if you are going to that destination anyway on holiday it makes something nice to do one day. It gives you a chance to meet local people and see how different life can be. And if its raining it makes a change from going to the beach.

If you do decide to take a utilty bill with you though do remember to be carefull with you ID. ID theft happens a lot. Especially to holidaymakers everywhere in the world. So try not to keep your passport & driving license & utility bill all in one place at one time.

And if you need to keep your passport in the safe at your hotel all you need do is to ask to take your passport back for a day. You can explain that you need to open a bank account.

But be sure to keep your passport in the safe when you get back to your hotel. You might like to keep your other ID there aswell along with the papers you will get from the bank.

The big question is now you know how to legally open an offshore bank account when you are away on holiday are you going to go on holiday?

On a more serious note though do please remember that opening an offshore bank account is not illegal in itself. A lot of people are under the illusion that any offshore account must imply criminal activity. Things have changed over the last few years though. It could well be said that offshore centers are now a thriving hotbed of law enforcement and morality. Offshore centers could now even be considered nore law abiding than many other financial areas.

Offshore centers are thriving today mainly simply as very sohisticated ways of keeping your cash away from people who want to litigate you for it. They are safe places to keep your hard earned cash away from frivolous lawyers who see speculative litigation as a fair sport by setting people up.

So if you want to keep your hard won cash somewhere safe just take that holiday.