Tips

Have a Safe Trip

Register your travel to contact you in an emergency

Plan your trip:  know before you go!
* Get a consular information program
* Obtain country specific information, travel warnings and travel alerts
* Find what you cannot take to other countries
* Taking a pet overseas
* Places to receive mail
* Health:  you need to know in advance of travel
Vaccination, infectious diseases, pandemic influenza, foot & mouth disease, chemical/biological/nuclear incidents
Insurance, medicare & medicaid, medical evacuation
Bringing medications or filling prescriptions abroad
Doctors and hospitals

You should have required travel documents and other important documentation

* Passport
* Entry requirements of foreign countries
* Work authorization, residence permits

What to take with you on the trip, and what to leave behind

* Find what valuables you can take with you
* Leave copies of documents and itinerary with relatives
* Plan for the unexpected

Emergencies:  consular assistance and crises abroad

* Assistance from your consuls
* Find how to contact the embassy or the state department in an emergency
* You should know what to do if you are a victim of crime
* Passport fraud
* Scams
* Arrests abroad
* Death of a Citizen abroad
* Terrorism
* Hijacking/hostage situations
* How to get your passport replaced

Travel Insurance - is a fair deal to cover all the problems associated with long distance travelers. Such a policy would cover most of the traveling hassles e.g. calling off a trip, stolen or misplaced luggage etc.