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Travel Tips
TRAVEL TIPS
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Keep your passport, tickets and money separately.
Put a photocopy of your passport in each your luggage.
Travel with mosquito repellents and other essential
medicines.
Label your entire luggage with name and address.
In place of cash Travellers' cheques or Visa Travel
Card are best.
Carry some empty plastic zip lock bags.
For your plane ticket Confirm, reconfirm, confirm
once again.
Make a list of all your personal medicines that you
are carrying with you and carry the ist with you.
Make a list of all the things you forgot while travelling
and use the list before your next trip.
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LUGGAGE LOST
For starters, don't panic. Most luggage is only delayed,
not lost permanently.
File a missing-luggage form--even if the airline
agent insists that your bags will turn up on the next
flight. And take a copy of that with you.
Ask about the airline's immediate reimbursement policy.
Cash for major purchase immediately.
Daily stipend
The best way to lessen the chances your valuables will
be lost is to carry them with you.
Be sure to check in as early as possible to make sure
both you and your luggage make the flight. Try to schedule
a reasonable amount of time--at least 45 minutes--between
connecting flights.
Consider buying additional insurance |
TRAVELLING WITH VALUABLE BUSINESS RELATED ITEMS
Keep your
laptop in a case that doesn't immediately identify it
as a computer. The same advice holds true for cameras,
VCRs, etc.
Do not put your laptop on the conveyor belt to be x-rayed.
Rather, ask the security guard to conduct a manual search
of the computer and any other electronic equipment you
may have with you.
Once on the airplane, keep your laptop nearby.
Keep your computer underneath the seat in front of you.
Always travel with extra batteries and call the hotel
ahead of time to make sure it has modems and data ports.
Pack an extension cord so you can use the laptop from
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DRIVING ABROAD
Obtain an International Drivers Permit (IDP).
Have your Passport photographs ready.
Carry both your IDP and your State Driver's License
with you at all times.
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PACKING TIPS FOR AIRLINE TRAVEL
Some items that should never be put in the bag you
plan to check into the cargo compartment of the aircraft:
Small valuables: cash, credit cards, jewellery, cameras.
Critical items: medicines, keys, Passport, tour vouchers,
business papers.
Irreplaceable items: manuscripts, heirlooms.
I Fragile items: eyeglasses, glass containers, liquids.
Remember that the only way to be sure your valuables
are not damaged or lost is to keep them with you.
If you are travelling on more than one airline, check
with the airline for its limits on the size, weight,
or number of carry-on pieces. (There is no single standard
applicable.)
If you plan to go shopping at your destination and bring
your purchases aboard as carry-on, keep the limits in
mind. Carry the receipts separately.
Don't put anything into a carry-on bag that could be
considered a weapon (e.g. scissors, penknife).
Ask the airlines about the limit for every segment of
your international trip before you leave home, especially
if you have a stopover of a day or two or if you are
changing carriers.
The bags you check should be labelled - inside and
out - with your name, address and phone number.
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HEALTH
Before going on a trip and especially when travelling
to third-world nations and to locales off-the-beaten-track,
we advise you to check over your personal health insurance
policy to see what you are covered for while on your
trip.
If you plan to drive, you should check to see whether
your driver's insurance policy covers you when travelling
outside your country. It is almost a certainty that
if you intend to drive, you should obtain car insurance
in the country you are visiting as your local insurance
may not be recognized.
The possibility of tour company, cruise company, hotel
and/or airline bankruptcy. You should be aware that
bankruptcy insurance has many technicalities and loopholes.
So ask detailed questions and read the coverage and
exclusions carefully.
The possibility that you will get ill or injured and
need emergency medical evacuation: Remember that if
you need to be evacuated and don't have insurance, you
will have to pay for the evacuation. This can run into
U.S. $10,000 and up.
The availability of call-in services such as emergency
medical referral, emergency cash advance, emergency
message relay, and medication replacement: Having one
number that you can call to arrange emergency services
can give tremendous peace of mind. If you are going
off-the-beaten-track make sure that these services will
be available in the particular country you are visiting.
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