8 Essential Travel Safety Tips

Traveling can be exciting and frightening at the same time. When you are traveling to any destination for the first time, follow these ten essential travel safety tips to make sure that you have safe and happy journey.

Select Your Ground Transportation Sensibly

When you are traveling in a rickshaw, taxi or bus, always check with the company to be sure that the mode of transportation is safe. Try to avoid travel in less safe transportations like a rickshaw. When you are driving yourself, check beforehand that the rented car is functioning properly and always wear your seatbelt while driving.

Check With The Government Department

You can gather all the safety information about any country from the state department. You can visit their website and get genuine details about the country you are visiting. You can find all kinds of information including the types of crime, about vaccinations and travel warnings. You can register with them so that in case of a natural disaster or civil unrest, you can come back home immediately.

Review The Hotel Escape Route

Let’s be truthful, when we check in our hotel room, we are more interested in seeing the facilities and the view from our room rather than reading the security map placed behind the door. Before you get settled, we recommend that you read the emergency escape routes because in case of an emergency, you will be glad to know the exit escape route.

Leave An Emergency Contact

Going on a relaxing vacation alone seems to be fun but that doesn’t mean that you disappear from the world. Leave important information such as your contact number, where you are traveling to, which hotel you are staying at and when will you be back with a trusted friend or a family member; try to contact him or her once every day. That way if something unusual happens with you, they will know immediately.

Scan Your Important Documents

Before you head for your travel destination, it is best that you scan your passport, identification card and driving license card. You can save it on your smartphone or email it to yourself. This way if you are out and you need to show the passport which is in the hotel, you can show the scanned one.

Confirm Visitors With Hotel Reception

You are in your hotel room and there is a knock at the door, somebody from the housekeeping is there to clean your room. Before you allow the person in, call the reception and ask them if they have sent anyone from the housekeeping, you never know a thief can enter your room pretending to be from maintenance dept.

Don’t Show Off Your Cash

Keep your valuables like jewelry and cash in your hotel safe or in your purse, while paying off your bills don’t leave huge tips or show off your cash. Although when you are traveling there is a strong urge to take pictures with your smartphone, but try not to take it out often as there are many thieves around who love to steal cell phones from people.

Keep An Backup Car Gear

When you are driving your own car or rent one for a road trip, then make sure that you have packed an emergency car kit. This emergency kit should include flash lights, battery, first aid kit, blankets, bottled water and canned food, backup battery for phone, a tire gauge and snow shovel.