Take Out Health insurance:
If you’re going on a trip the last thing you want
to think about is getting ill or injured. However, accident happen all over the
world and if you’re not suitably covered you can end up making a stressful
situation ten times worse. So before you leave ensure you have adequate travel
insurance that only safeguards you against the obvious but also means you are
covered if you cause an accident.
Cross more than two time zone and your body clock will take a beating. This will affect your brain, adrenal glands, kidneys and digestive system. Not to mention your mood and sleep patterns. To avoid being a trip zombie put a bit of forethought into your pre-trip days at home.
Before you leave :
If you’re going on a trip the last thing you want
to think about is getting ill or injured. However, accident happen all over the
world and if you’re not suitably covered you can end up making a stressful
situation ten times worse. So before you leave ensure you have adequate travel
insurance that only safeguards you against the obvious but also means you are
covered if you cause an accident.
Combat
Jet Lag by Preparing Yourself :
Cross more than two time zone and your body clock will take a beating. This will affect your brain, adrenal glands, kidneys and digestive system. Not to mention your mood and sleep patterns. To avoid being a trip zombie put a bit of forethought into your pre-trip days at home.
Before you leave :
- Don’t mess with your sleep
patterns. You may feel you can live it up because you’re going
away, but less than seven or eight hours’ sleep a night mixed with jet lag
will play double havoc with your body clock.
- Try to select flight arrival
times that minimize sleep deprivation. Aim to arrive late afternoon/early evening
so you can go to bed around 11 p.m. local time. This will help your body
to readjust faster.
- Don’t get drunk the night before you leave. The effects of jet lag are similar to a hangover – dehydration, sleep problems, digestive grumblings, and headaches. Mixing the two will ruin the first few days of your trip and make you a travel companion from hell.
Pack a
First-aid Kit :
Over-the-counter
medications cannot always be replicated abroad. Also certain types of
medication have different brand names in different countries so wise up on your
medical needs before you go by ensuring you have details for everything both
you and your travel companions need.
Be sure
to :
- Get to grips with the
medication’s proper name (read the packet) and if you have a preference
for a certain type of tablet (dissolvable, capsule, etc.) take it with you
as different countries have different forms of medication available.
- Make a note of your
medication and ask your doctor to write down the non-brand name for you.
- Pack a first-aid kit.
Essentials include: plasters, anti-septic cream, water sterilization
tablets, oral rehydration tablets, calamine lotion and aspirin.
- It might be
worth packing the first-aid kit in your hand luggage so that it is easily
accessible.
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