• You should use automatic light timers to fool the burglars about your presence. Never leave your house in the dark when you are out for a vacation.   
• Parking your car in a garage with the door properly shut is useful. This doesn’t reveal your absence as no one can figure out whether your car is parked in there or not.
• Another viable option is to put a radio on automatic timer with loud volume so that it can be heard outside.
• Don’t keep the telephone ringer on a high volume when you are out.
• Some people prefer putting a note on the door disclosing that they are not present. This can seriously attract a lot of attention.
• You should not let the newspapers and mails pile up in front of your door. Ask a trusted neighbour to pick them up.
• At times the burglars might call on your number to check whether it is on answering machine or not. It is suggested that you should have your calls forwarded to some other number.
• Garbage cans be used by your neighbour and you can ask them to take the cans out to the streets. Seeing the garbage cans empty for sometime can alert a potential burglar about your absence. You can inform the local police about your vacation plans and ask them to conduct regular checks and patrols of your house and locality.
• If your curtains stay in the same position for a longer period of time, it can also create a doubt in the burglar’s mind about you not being there. So, it is better to give the keys of your house to a trusted family member or friend to visit once in a while.
• You need to have good lighting in the area where the parking is done.
• Motion detector lights are more preferable than switching on the lights for the whole night. Make sure you install these lights around nine feet high above the ground. This doesn’t allow them to disable easily.
• The doors and the windows should be well lit and you should avoid any sort of bushes or shrubs around your windows. If you feel like planting them then make sure it puts off any sort of break in. The one with thorns are suggested to make access to your house difficult.
• You can also install a loud security alarm system that can alert the people residing nearby.
• As you move into a new house, make sure you get all the locks changed. You should consult the locksmith once about the types of locks available.
• You should avoid parting with information about your valuables to children who may unmindfully let it slip in front of a stranger.
• Tell the children about the working of the security system and other basic measures like not opening the door to strangers or talking to them.

The above mentioned tips, if religiously followed will be sure to leave absolutely no chance for your house to get burgled. A little care and caution exercised on a daily basis can provide peace of mind and also keep you safe.