Pre-Travel guide

• Check expiration dates on your passport, credit cards, medical checkup, vitamins etc.
• Are Visas required?
• Is certificate of vaccination / immunization required?
• Examine insurance policies.
• Check weather ahead and pack the right clothes.
• Order foreign currencies & traveler's cheques.
• Increase credit card spending limit if necessary
• If you are wearing glasses or contact lenses, do get a second pair on stand-by in case of emergency.
• Make plans to board your pets, have garden cared for, newspapers and mail pick-up or redirected.
• Contact a reliable neighbor or friend and let them know that you are away. Leave keys, itinerary with him. Get his phone number in case you need to call him.
• Set the timer of your flight to be on at certain time of the day.
• Check your airlines ticket for reconfirmation, special request etc

Protection guide

• Protect your true essentials - passport, air tickets, traveler's cheque, credit cards, keep them in the money-belt.
• When checking into a hotel, give only business address.
• Do not wear or carry expensive watches or jewelry.
• Use peephole to screen visitor before opening hotel room door.
• Never leave valuables in hotel room.
• Never patronize unmarked taxis or enter any taxi carrying unfamiliar passengers. Agree on the price and destination before entering the vehicle if the taxi is not metered.
• Do not accept food or drink from strangers.
• Be particularly alert during potentially dangerous times and places.
• Divide your money and keep it in separate places. Do not flaunt your money.
• Do not entertain strangers asking for small currency changes. Your entire wallet may be snatched away.
• Do not exchange currency with street money changers.
• To reduce risk of petty crime, walk with an umbrella and avoid dark lanes or short cuts that are less patronized.