Security Security for business and leisure travellers.
Travel document
Make sure your passport are valid and you have a valid visa if required.
Bring copies of your passport, visa tickets, credit cards, and drivers licence and travel insurance and leave a copy at home with friends or your work.
Your family should know your travel plans and if appropriate your work and you should agree on regular contact and provide points of contacts where you can be contacted.
Make a list of the most important addresses with phone numbers and email addresses.
Bring extra passport sized photos which may be need for a new passport or for visa applications.
Health
Make sure you have the recommended vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis if appropriate for instance by checking www.traveldoctor.eu.
Bring any drugs in the original package to avoid problems explaining the content of anonymous looking pills in the customs. If a prescription drug, bring the prescription.
Bring extra glasses and contact lenses
Cash and valuables
Do not change more than necessary.
Bring more than one credit card and make sure that the credit card is commonly accepted in the country of destination.
Keep the cash divided in several pockets.
Have an extra purse with small cash in case of a robbery. The purse should be so small that you have it with you all the time.
Leave unnecessary valuables at home.
Clothes and luggage
Be discrete in dressing and choice of luggage.
Remove company logo and signs from the luggage.
Mark the luggage with your name both outside and inside.
The address on the outside should not be readable from a distance.
Do not keep personal information in the luggage.
Laptop, mobile phone and other equipment containing information should be kept in the hand luggage.
The suitcase should be strong and locked.
Travel light if possible.
Hotel
Lock the door if possible so it can only be opened from within the room.
Do not open the door if you do not expect visitors.
If the hotel staffs calls unexpectedly, call the reception.
Before going to sleep acquaint yourself with the emergency exit routes.
