Question
How soon should I report a laptop taken on holiday?
Report a laptop taken on holiday as soon as you know about it. The conditions ask for a report without delay, and in practice that means the same week rather than the same hour.
Away from home a laptop sits under a different heading from the one that covers it at the desk, and the two amounts are not the same.
The serial number is on the base and in the system settings. Written down before a trip, it takes an hour out of everything that follows.