Traveling to a new destination can be an exciting experience. However, it can also be your worst nightmare if anything were to go wrong while in a foreign land. This makes it paramount to follow various safety travel tips to avoid incidents of being a victim of different risks. Ultimately, you are likely to enjoy your trip more if you stay safe.
What do you pack?
Although you may have the temptation to carry with you some of your expensive jewelry and family valuables throughout your travel, traveling with them may attract unnecessary attention. This makes you an easy target of thieves. When packing for travel, try to carry the essentials only. Additionally, only carry what you can comfortably carry around without putting it down. Do not carry all your credit cards with you during your travel. Carry one or two and have a maximum spending limit set by the credit card company. This can be a great way of ensuring loss of the credit card during your travel does not come with major financial consequences. Carry less cash and have your money on the credit card or travelers chequeens. Additionally, pack each of your personal documents in separate places to avoid incidents of losing all of them at once.
Where do you book your hotel room?
Although this may seem obvious, there are many fake hotel bookers online thus making everyone a target. If it is your first time to travel abroad, talk to someone who has used a particular hotel booking website to determine its credibility. This can protect you from losing money when booking a hotel room and even exposing your credit card details to scammers. You can also eliminate the inconveniences you may have to face upon arrival when your booking details do not show on the hotel’s bookings for that day. When you book a hotel room, booking one in the middle floors is ideal, since it is high enough to keep off anyone climbing at night and low enough for fire extinguishers to access in case of a fire.
Know the local laws
Once you travel to a foreign country, you are subject to that country’s laws. The things that are okay in your home country may be illegal in another country. Understand how to handle matters relating to firearms, drug use, purchasing antiques, traffic laws, photography and other laws. You should talk to your embassy or consular before traveling to be briefed on specific things to watch out for when you travel to a certain country.
Safe travel tips
Avoid instances of traveling alone at night. If you have traveling companions, always go with them to any location. In such places, avoid getting too comfortable with strangers since some may try to drug you. Additionally, park your car in properly lit places and using dark and dingy short cuts at night.
