Photocopying yopur travel docs & keeping them in a separate safe place is ALWAYS a good idea and one of the first things people should learn if they are going to travel.
I always make two sets, if I have a travel companion and we trade, each of us having at least one complete set of copies.
Not sure they would have helped in this situation, though, One set would probably have been set on fire by spontaneous combustion, the other soaked by a spilled bottle or two of Belikin.
Have fun Moon. Send the postcards as soon as you get there, they might be here by Xmas
