Travel and Safety Tips for International Travel

JillCruse — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:28:17 GMT

Travel and Safety Tips as you Travel

Travel Tips for long flights:

Here are a few ways to make travel on long flights a bit more comfortable and to help you arrive at your destination ready to go. Here's what I add to my carry-on bag:

· Saline nose spray - dry nostrils are prime breeding grounds for colds and flu. People claim that using a nose spray during their flight, they don't get a headache upon landing or get sick on trips.

· Tooth picks

· Bandana - - many uses while on planes (hankie, place mat, polish your fruit, wear as a “sleep” blindfold, cover nose/mouth over those foul smells that arise on planes :-), napkin, clean your glasses . . . . many uses!

· Bring a re-useable empty water container as you go through inspections, and fill it up at one of many water fountains inside the terminal before boarding.

· Bring a hotel-size bottle of lotion. Hands and face often get very dry in flight.

· Have a few snacks on hand – nuts, apple, favorite candies.

· Small travel-sized pack of tissues (or put some tissues in a baggie)

· Pen to work on puzzles in magazines and to fill our customs/immigration forms

· A blow-up neck pillow - This is easily stored in your carry-on and makes taking a nap so much more comfortable.

· A large wrap that can be used as a scarf or even a blanket when it get too cool

· When on-board, be sure to take several walks about the cabin. This will increase your circulation and help prevent deep vein thrombosis.

· Your own head-set for viewing movies or listening to music

· Traveling at night and arriving at your destination in the morning? Ask your doctor for recommendations to help you to sleep on flights.

· Have an iPad? Load your favorite movie(s) from iTunes

· Have all your customs/Immigration forms filled out BEFORE landing.

· And finally, before landing, go to the restroom and freshen up. You will then be ready to face the long lines through customs and the beginning of your next adventure.

Feel free to add your tips in this section as well!

Safety Tips

The next time you are walking in a city center or taking public transportation, do this short mental exercise. It will serve you well when you're traveling in a foreign destination. Look around you:

· Which women stand out?

· Whose purse has an outside pocket half unzipped?

· Who keeps checking the posted subway maps?

· Who is wearing a day pack on their back that could easily be accessed?

· Who seems to be spending a lot of time on their cell-phone and not aware of their surroundings?

· Who looks relaxed?

· Is anybody consulting a guidebook or checking something in their wallet?

· Who looks timid? This is exactly what an experienced thug does as he chooses his prey.

· Which person would you choose to pickpocket? Why?

Remember, always stand tall, look confident and be aware of your surroundings at all times.

Hopefully, these insights you gain will help you to protect yourself from wrongdoers as you travel.

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