Travelling abroad is so exciting. Exploring a new country, a new culture, new meals, is one the most enjoyable life’s experience. However while it can be fun and adventurous, it can also carry risks and quickly turn into a nightmare if you are not fully prepared. That is why to avoid any problems travelers should make safety their first concern. Here are 6 travel Safety Tips when you check in your hotel, to ensure that you come back home safe and happy.
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Provide contact person phone number
One of the first safety tips when you check in your hotel is to leave with the receptionist the contact of a person that can be reached in case of emergency. Not necessarily a name but a phone number. The person should be in a position to be easily reached just in case something happens. The same should be done to your contact person. Make sure that he/she has the contact and name of the hotel you are staying in.
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Scan your important documents and secure your phone
Make sure that you have copies of all your important documents (e.g passport, ID…) in both soft and hard copies. Then send the soft copies to yourself by email. Additionally, all your phone contacts and important data in your laptop should be copied and stored in your email address. Then write down the most important contacts in a note book that you can easily access in case of an emergency or need. This provides enough and reliable back-up in case of anything.
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Keep your passport and credit card in separate places
Your passport and credit cards should always be kept in separate places. This is because you are at more risk when both are lost. When either of them gets lost, the other can be of great importance when it comes to retrieve your personal and accounts information.
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Check hotel emergency escape routes
Another vital safety tips when travelling abroad. Once you check in, make sure that you go through all the Hotel Emergency Escape routes within the shortest time possible. Familiarizing yourself with these routes have proven to be of great help to many travelers in case of fires, terrorist attacks and other related emergency cases.
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Confirm visitors with hotel reception before letting in
For security purposes, you should not allow in any strangers of whatsoever caliber into your hotel room. (e.g cleaners, waitresses, plumbers…). Many situations are those that many bad people have got access into your room through the innocent perception that they are hotel staffs. Before letting anybody in, make sure that you call the receptionist and confirm that he/she has knowledge of the person you are about to usher in your room.
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Do not show off too much your lack of local knowledge
Many people have fallen victims of mistreatments and taken advantage of because they have portrayed their lack of local knowledge. It is advisable while travelling abroad, you make prior research of the culture and places. Also having a contact of a person in authority if possible, can be very helpful.
Do you have any other safety tips for travelers in mind? Please let us know your thought in the comment section.
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