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How to Try to Avoid Mosquito-Borne Illness on Travel. There are no completely effective means of avoiding mosquito-borne illnesses. Even with malaria pills taken diligently, they are not one hundred percent. Unfortunately, they are some of the best options travelers to the...

Five Tips for Safe Travels in Troubled Times:  Concerns about safety have been raised at times in light of unrest and certain terrorist attacks abroad.  However, statistically, the dangers are much greater on US highways. In any case, it is important at home or abroad to have a...

Travel Safety in a Crisis:  Past incidents of bombing and random attacks raise questions about travel during times of unrest. Since my teenaged years, I have found myself at times arriving in foreign cities in the midst of political upheavals, low-grade civil wars and epidemics....

Solo Travel Safety Updated Tips for Women Travelers: Check out these 12 tips for a safer trip. If you are going abroad, don’t let jetlag make you careless! Solo Travel Safety Updated Tips for Women Travelers: Know Before You Go: This week’s Washington Post had one of...

Updated May 15, 2017   Travel safety-7 Tips on How to Avoid Being a Robbery Victim With fears now of terrorism, travelers may overlook the more likely possibility of property crimes and theft. Last year’s (last decade’s?) most publicized robbery for travelers abroad...