TRAVEL SAFELY

HOW TO TRAVEL SAFELY

1.How do you travel safely abroad?

I recommend the tips below;

Go through your destination’s local news

Check with the WHO or center for diseases to confirm the local news and specific travel notices of your destination. Perhaps the regulations changed or they have special requirements for access after the pandemic hit.

Buy travel and medical assistance

Purchase an emergency travel assistance and familiarize with the destination’s circumstances that can affect your wellness, including the available hospitals, pollution, or altitude.

2.What shots should you get to travel safely abroad?

They include;

  • Poliomyelitis
  • Rabies
  • Hepatitis A and B
  • And currently one should consider Covid 19

What OTC medications should you pack before traveling abroad?

Consider the below;

  • Pain killers, such as aspirin or ibuprofen
  • Antihistamines for allergies
  • Altitude illnesses if traveling to high altitude areas
  • Antinausea

3.Should you contact your doctor before traveling abroad?

Definitely, yes. Traveling requires a few shots for approval to leave your country. It also helps know the next step if you are traveling while sick and any pre-existing conditions will get addressed for more safety in your destination.

4.Should you wear a mask while you’re on your flight?

Of course, yes. I highly recommend that since the Covid virus cases are still rising. It also protects against contracting virus-carrying particles in air.

5.How do you protect yourself against blood clots on longer flights?

If you have a history of blood clots, it is best to consult your doctor before traveling. They may give anticoagulation drugs. Furthermore, avoid sitting for longer. Why not walk here and there to increase your blood circulation and keeping it flowing throughout? Do stretches and mobility exercises.

6.What kind of insurance covers international travel?

Medevac

Offers emergency evacuation to your home or the closest hospital.

Travel accident

This helps frequent travelers at international level. It mainly deals with dismemberment and accidental death plus term life insurance gains as the member travels on their annual coverage duration or insurance trip.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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