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TRAVEL SAFETY TIPS

This site contains over 130 pages worth of travel safety tips that can be useful to any traveler. You will find tips involving luggage theft, avoiding pickpockets, laptop theft, and hotel burglary.


Airlines

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What Questions can I ask a pilot?
What you cannot carry on-board an airplane?
FAA's site of hazardous materials that cannot be carried on aircraft
Rules of the Air
Need To Contact An Airline-Consumer Affairs
Airline Passenger Rights Where to Complain
Airline Homepage Links
How to Survive An Airplane Crash
How to prepare for an airplane emergency 
Airline seat map,  Is your seat next to the lavatory or the exit row? 

Want to know the distance between a row of seats on your airplane?

Airport Codes - Know which code should be on your luggage tag) 
Airline Movie Listings, See what movie will be on your flight
Airplane seat configuration - Is your seat in an emergency exit row? 
Will I be able to check in for my flight without identification?
Understanding your airplane boarding pass
First time traveler tips

In flight comfort tips for travelers

Airline Ticket Contract Information
Understating Airline Ticket jargon.

Useful Travel Industry 800 phone list (air, hotel, car rental)

Lost Airline Ticket, What to do, what the airline won't

Lost luggage, what the airlines will and won't do for you
Avoiding airport screening stations scams and thefts

Airport 
Maps

Where is my gate at the airport? How far is gate S-76 for D-22?
Terminally Hip Airport and Airport Transportation Maps
Airport Codes
  Know which code should be on your luggage tag) 
Airport Information for the top 50 Domestic Airports


Children
and
Travel



Child Safety In The Air
Top 10 Safety Tips for Traveling With Children
Using Child Restraints on Aircraft

Traveling with a Child Seat 

Traveling with Children Lavatory Adventures

General cabin safety information at the Cabin Safety Home Page
Important information for children flying alone
Minors traveling alone overseas, Mexico, info for parents about notarization
Details count when children are traveling alone



Cruise
Ship Safety



Driving


Cruise ship safety and security information
Security keeps ships safe

How to avoid violence in your vehicle while driving
How to Avoid Carjacking
What to do if you are being followed
Driver Safety tips while traveling

Etiquette

Table manners while traveling (good to know before a cruise)

Flight 
Tracker
I would like my kids to be able to track my flight.  
Email Flight Notification

Hotel 


Hotel Safety
Hotel Fire Safety Tips
Hotel Credit Card Scam used by criminals to rip off guests

Watch out for those miscellaneous hotel fees
Home
Security

The 10 Best Ways You Can Hide Your Valuables
Hiding Valuables Discreetly
Avoiding Home Burglaries While Traveling

International 
Driving

International Traffic Signs
International Driving Customs.  Which side of the road? 
Renting Cars with credit cards, are you covered?
International Drivers License
How to Avoid Carjacking
Protecting license plate and registration tags from theft.
Identity Theft How to avoid an identity crisis (great article)
Preventing identity theft

International 
Holidays

International Holidays
Holiday Information
World Bank Holidays

International 
Travel

 

U.S. Dept of State Travel Warnings
Background Notes for specific countries, U.S. Govt.
Canadian Govt. Travel Warnings 
U.S. Embassies and Consulates Abroad, list, Dept of State
U.S. Embassy and Consulate Web sites Worldwide
Listing of all Embassies Worldwide
What will a consulate do for me during a crisis?
What can a consular office help me with while overseas generally?
An Overview of Security Awareness Overseas for business travelers
Guidelines for Protecting U.S. Business Information Overseas
U.S. Business Traveler- Security Guidelines
Hotel Safety for Business Travelers
Surveillance of the Business Traveler
Hostage Survival and Hijacking Survival Guidelines
Kidnapping Survival Guidelines
Foreign Entry Requirements
The Dangers of Traveling in Mexico
Passport Services and Information
World Travel Guide
What are the rules about what I can bring back to the U.S. from  overseas?
Culturally Correct Clothing Advice
Packing fragile items to be shipped back home
Guide to bargaining and Shopping overseas without being ripped off 

Language
Learn useful foreign words and expressions from around the world
How do you say "Taxi" in German?, along with 72 other countries

Laptops 
and
 Modems

What you need to hook up your computer modem anywhere in the world
How can I find a Cyber Cafe when I travel overseas?
Developing a company security program for laptop computer theft
for laptop computer theft
Laptop Theft, know before you go
Road News for the laptop traveler
Laptop Service By Airline

Luggage

What can I carry in my luggage that is unsafe and illegal?
What airline looses the most luggage, or has the most late flights?
Airline Carry On Bag Rules
Baggage Information for the top 10 domestic carriers
Airlines Avoid Liability for Valuable Items in your Luggage
Man steals 500 suitcases worth over 1 million dollars at airport.
Lost luggage, what the airlines will and won't do for you
Travel Insurance for your luggage, what property is not covered and when
.  
Luggage theft video from Dateline

Mall Safety Mall Safety Tips for the holiday season 
Maps

MapQuest
MapBlast

Expedia Maps

Rand McNally

National Geographic

Yahoo Maps

Maps of the World - University of Texas 

U.S. National Scenic Byways Maps

Motorcycle Travel Maps of Back Roads 

Measurements

Measurement Converter

Money
&
Credit
Cards
A guide to security belt & pouches for protecting your money and credit cards
How much should I take?  What is the best credit card exchange rate
Credit card tips while traveling abroad
Shopping Overseas with Credit Cards, making sure you don't get ripped off.
Identity Theft, Don't be a victim
Identity Thieves Steal More Than Money
All it takes is one slip (of paper) for an identity thief to strike
ATM Safety and Security Tips
ATM-Debit Card Fraud information-  You need to understand the difference
Hotel Credit Card Scam used by criminals to rip off guests

Changing money abroad -How to avoid being ripped off overseas

Visa-Plus ATM Locator
MasterCard ATM Locator
Universal Currency Converter
Currency Converter

Currency Converter

Currency Converter
Salary Calculator
Money Matters
Packing
List
Packing List
Photography
Issues

Important issues to consider when taking photographs / video abroad 
Rental Car
Tips
Rental car Company screening of drivers records, what you need to know
Car rental tips for foreign countries
International Traffic Signs
International Driving Customs.  Which side of the road? 
Renting Cars with credit cards, are you covered?
International Drivers License
How to Avoid Carjacking
Protecting license plate and registration tags from theft.
Security

 

YOUR TRIP ABROAD, a complete listing of international travel information provided by the U.S. Government.
A SAFE TRIP ABROAD, a extensive publication U.S. Government
Travel Tips for Older Americans
Tips for Americans Residing Abroad
Travel Warnings, a listing of U.S. Dept of State warnings for countries
How To Protect Yourself From Armed Robbery
What To Do When You Are A Crime Victim
A guide to security belts & pouches for protecting your money and credit cards
Travelers can be easy pickings for savvy criminals

The Dangers of Traveling in Mexico
Identity Theft, Don't be a Victim
ATM Safety and Security Tips
Avoiding Travel Scams, Luggage Theft and Pickpockets
Carjacking Tips
Third world travel safety tips
Stalking, What to do and how to avoid

Subways

How to avoid subway crime
Train and Rail system schedules from US and many countries
Subway system in Tokyo
Subways, Worldwide

Taxi
Scams

Avoiding Taxi Scams
Avoid Being Taken For A Ride By Asian Taxis

Telephone
Scams

Telephone Area Code "809" Scam
Phone Card Fraud

Tipping

How much should I tip the ship steward?
How much should I tip overseas?

Travel 
and 
Health

I need information about health concerns for Asia?
Any other health organizations I can look into?
Medical Information for Americans Traveling Abroad
Traveling When Pregnant
Rare Condition Strikes
Fliers Economy Class Syndrome’ Can Be Fatal
Travel
Information
One of the best sites for every topic of travel.  Over 300 links and pages.  If you are looking for any travel related topic this is the place - Johnny Jet
Travel 
Insurance

Travel Insurance: Should I get it? What will it really do for me?
Travel Insurance, Understanding "Pre-Existing Conditions" other strange clauses
Travel Insurance for your belongings, what property is not covered and when.  
Travel 
Scams

Travel Scams
How To Avoid Being Ripped-Off While Shopping Overseas
Con Artists

World 
Electric 
Guide

World Electric Guide

Women
and
Safety

Travel Safety Tips for Women 
How to avoid date rape drugs and what to look out for Rape Prevention
Rape Prevention Tips
Women Safety Tips From A Woman Cop
"Her Own Way" - Advice for the women traveler
How to Avoid Carjacking
Business Women Abroad
The Pregnant Traveler
Women and Safe Driving Winter Tips
Women Safe Driving Tips (great site)

For further information consider our book "Traveler Beware, An Undercover Cop's Guide To Avoiding Pickpockets, Luggage Theft, and Travel Scams" ISBN No. 0967130204, which can be ordered from our products page. You may also visit our web site which contains over 130 pages of travel safety information.


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