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33 Travel Safety Tips
Visiting unfamiliar destinations may bring to you the type of troubles you do not want to experience during the street namely: robbery, rape, or murder. Tourists often be taken in by perpetrators because they do not prepare properly before embarking on a trip. Let's examine several things you want to do to avoid your travels from being a tragedy:
1. Never list your home address around the luggage tag. If on business, put the company's address around the tag; if visiting friends try listing their address. Use covered luggage tags too.
2. Stick with your luggage until the luggage is checked. If you must place your bag down, keep one foot around the handle.
3. Carry important papers along with you; NEVER check anything that you just can't afford to lose. Photocopy your passport, driver's license and credit cards.
4. Bring a little flashlight. You never know when you'll suddenly be "in the dark" and find yourself in unfamiliar surroundings. At night, keep your flashlight from your bed.
5. Make sure that your prescription medicines are filled properly and labeled accurately. In certain countries certain prescription medicines are forbidden.
6. Never wear something that projects affluence. No gold chains, expensive watches and rings, luggage, or other paraphernalia should be in easy view. Better yet: leave your jewelry in your own home.
7. If at all possible travel with only one or two credit cards.
8. Women particularly should not pay a drink from a stranger. Keep close track of your drink at all times.
9. Vary your schedule; try not to appear and disappear simultaneously everyday.
10. Only remain in expensive hotels that uses cards to spread out room doors and make sure your living space includes a peephole and a deadbolt lock. Secure the chain and secure the door by pushing a rubber stop under it.
11. Stay in an area near a stairwell. Never take the elevator if a fire or smoke is detected. Always remain in expensive hotels in which the doors go into the hallway and never from the outside.
12. Don't wear name tags in public.
13. Do not use unmarked taxi cabs.
14. Sit behind the driver so you can see him, but he cannot see you.
15. Pay the driver upon arriving at your destination and while you're still relaxing in the automobile.
16. Should you must rent an automobile, rent only from a reputable company. Any operating issues that occur could signal sabotage.
17. Be familiar with 'staged' automobile accidents designed to catch you off card.
18. Back into your parking spaces to facilitate a quick exit.
19. Park only in well lit and well traveled areas.
20. In case your mobile phone does not work abroad, consider renting one which does for the duration of your trip.
21. If detained for reasons uknown by the official, ask for identification. If in doubt, tell them that you would like to see his superior. Keep the emotions in check.
22. If going with children, take along an up-to-date photograph of every child in the event that you become separated from their store.
23. Write your son or daughter's name as well as your hotel number on each card; include a close friend's or relative's contact information on the card. Give a card to each child that they will carry together as long as you are away. Destroy once home.
24. Discuss with your family the things they would do in event of the emergency while away from home, e.g. whom to call, how you can contact emergency personnel, etc.
25. Do not discuss travel plans, your living space number or any other private information in public within earshot of strangers.
26. Take along a basic emergency first aid kit with bandages, iodine, mosquito repellant, sunscreen, alcohol packets, dramamine, pepto bismol, diarrhea medicine, etc.
27. Familiarize yourself with train and bus schedules before traveling. Come with an alternate plan in place in the event your transportation plans change.
28. Don't flash your passport in public. Discreetly show important documents to officials only.
29. Consider purchasing portable alarms that emit a loud sound.
30. Watch out for scams in the pub. Children working with adults are notorious as pickpockets.
31. Never flash your money in public places. Exchange funds with reputable and recognized exchangers only.
32. Have tips ready in advance for service personnel.
33. Consider renting an escort [security] service if traveling in places that crime is high.
The important thing to safe traveling in any area is situational awareness. Distractions because of luggage, children, hotel personnel, strangers, etc. can put you in danger. Know your surroundings and remain in charge of every situation.
