Before Traveling Abroad

It is recommended that you check the following sites for recent country specific situations that affect travelers around the world such as the latest virus, social unrest or political uprisings:

US Department of State Research:

General information about a Safe Trip

Current Travel Warnings

and the World Factbook from the CIA

 

• US Department of State travel advisories
• British Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel page
• Consular Affairs for Canadians Abroad
• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs travel advice
• World Health Organization
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

- Information about the weather to decide your dresses.

- Visa issue information.

- Insurance information

- Valid passport or identity card

- Tickets and reservations

- Insurance documents

- Money, traveler's cheques and credit cards

- Personal medicine or medical prescriptions (If you need special medical threatment bring it with you. Name of drugs varies from country to country.)

- E111 form (for citizens from EU countries)

- Country address given to parents etc.

- Do not forget any special adaptor for your personal computer, electric shaver, cellular-phone etc.