Sunday 21 October 2012

Top tips for holidaymakers.

By Molly Dilks


Travelers can always have very huge impact on their safety and well being by the decisions they make before, during and after the trip. Below are some travel tips that will ensure that you have an incident free and memorable trip. Failure to observe these tips, you may find yourself in a lot of trouble and your vacation may not turn out to be as great as you expected.

Traveling usually involve a lot of planning. In order to be successful in these, you need to start early. Know the routes that you will take, the actual departure time, your boarding terminals, connecting flight number for those who will be connecting and so forth. Some of this information can be obtained from your itinerary. This is why you need to get your route plan early enough.

In the process of planning, you will also have to do the packing. Here you should not forget anything that you will need for the trip. Of more importance are drugs for those on medication. Ensure you pack enough for the trip. You may never find these drugs where you are headed to.

There are usually a lot of risks that one takes when he/she decides to go for such a trip. You may be involved in an accident that will force you to spend several days in hospital bed. In such a case, your medical bills are likely to be very high owing to the fact that you are a foreigner in that country. To be safe, you should always subscribe to a medical insurance policy from a well known insurance provider.

You also need to have contact details of your close family members as well as friends you can contact in case of emergency. You should also have the number of the person who would pick you up on arrival. You can use these numbers to inform your kin of your whereabouts and even ask for help should you need any.

You also need to separate your sources of money. As opposed to keeping all your credit cards in one wallet, you need to put at least one of them in a separate place preferably not on your person. Should you loose all your cards in a foreign country, it will take some time to get their replacements and being without money in a foreign country can be very stressing. This is why you need back up source of funds.

Do not over trust people that you have just met. Even though you will have to interact with the locals, there must be a limit to trust that you give them. Do not share your itinerary with strangers neither should you accept food from people you do not know. Some of them may want to drug you so that they can steal from you easily.

You must also not leave any luggage unattended to. Either have it on your laps or strap it around your legs when busy. By observing the above travel tips, you will be able to have a memorable vacation.




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