Dealing with emergencies on your travels
 Founder of gapyear.com Tom Griffiths writes...
Things can go wrong on your travels, anything from losing your passport to having all your valuables stolen. The best way to deal with them is to anticipate them and prepare properly.
Before you go, make sure you have...
Read up on your destination so you know what to expect. Click here >> for guidebooks.
Checked out the current safety situation in that country on the FCO's website. Click here >> for the FCO.
Bought security products: a moneybelt is essential. Click here >> for security products.
Considered taking a travel preparation course. Click here >> for courses.
Visited a doctor well in advance to get the necessary jabs, medications etc
Scanned your passport, tickets and travel insurance documents into a computer and emailed them to yourself so you can print them off if needed.
Given copies of the above to someone back home, as well as details of how they can contact you in an emergency
Filled in the emergency contact details in the back of your passport
Make a record of the following; carry a copy with you, email one to yourself and give one to someone back home...
Your travel insurance emergency phone number
The contact details of the British Embassy in the country you're visiting. Click here >> for the FCO's website which has these details.
Emergency contact telephone numbers of people back home
Click here >> for advice on dealing with an emergency while travelling...
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