Category: Travel Safety Tips

Practical travel safety tips to keep you protected on the road, in the air, and abroad. From health precautions and destination hazards to emergency preparedness and travel insurance, learn how to travel smarter and safer.

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Don’t copy your bank cards; we’ve got a much better system 8 January 2012

Don’t copy your bank cards; we’ve got a much better system

When your purse or wallet is stolen on a trip, all of your access to cash...

Know what to do if You Get Sick or Injured while Traveling 2 January 2012

Know what to do if You Get Sick or Injured while Traveling

We've written about how to check the traveler's health reports for your destination in advance of...

4 Debit card risk activities you might be doing 28 December 2011

4 Debit card risk activities you might be doing

It’s important for consumers to be aware of debit card risk, and the differences between debit...

6 Traveler Tips for Safely Transporting Spare Lithium Batteries 22 December 2011

6 Traveler Tips for Safely Transporting Spare Lithium Batteries

Travelers these days are carrying a far greater variety and number of electronic devices – laptops,...

Lost in the Lot? Tips for Finding Your Car while Traveling 19 December 2011

Lost in the Lot? Tips for Finding Your Car while Traveling

If you travel for work, for family, even for fun, you may have experienced that moment...

Your Credit Card Doesn’t Deliver the Travel Protection You Think it Does 11 December 2011

Your Credit Card Doesn’t Deliver the Travel Protection You Think it Does

If you’ve heard that your credit card has travel protection, you may be right (depending on...

Top 12 Hotel Safety Tips Travelers Should Never Ignore 10 November 2011

Top 12 Hotel Safety Tips Travelers Should Never Ignore

How do you stay safe in a hotel? These days, travel is no Sunday picnic. When...

Photograph the Contents of your Luggage 6 November 2011

Photograph the Contents of your Luggage

Whether you’re traveling for business, for family, or for pleasure, your luggage can pass through many...

Safely Navigating a Flood when you Travel 29 October 2011

Safely Navigating a Flood when you Travel

As any traveler knows, you can’t always avoid travel disasters. The recent headlines on flooding in...

4 Reasons and 6 Steps to Travel Light 19 October 2011

4 Reasons and 6 Steps to Travel Light

We've all seen those haggard travelers weighted down by too many bags. They are the ones...