Paraíba Paradise

Safety Tips

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

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

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

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

Also see:

Travel advice from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Travel and security advice from the U. S. State Department.