More Travel Tips

Bill and I continue to bring you travel tips gleamed from our association with missionaries. Today, International Travel is both exciting and affordable. Travel also makes mission work available to young people as well as adults. Don't forget, being an American citizen brings privileges as well as responsibilities.

There are things we can do to better ensure our travel safety, and the peace of mind for family and friends left behind while we travel. Most critical is to under gird every trip with prayer for travel safety.  Try to make sure you are traveling to a safe country—not always possible if you are mission minded.

Sooo... here are  our two IMPORTANT TRAVEL TIPS FOR THIS WEEK:

The United States Government works to protect us as much as they can when we set foot on foreign soil. I strongly urge everyone traveling outside the US to ask for their protection. Signing up for this service is free and secure but they have to know you are traveling, and like good parents ask, “Where are you going, when will you be home, AND who will you be with?”

1.  Registering with the State Dept is relatively easy. Before you travel check out this website: https://travelregistration.state.gov/

The web site has much valuable information to make your travels easier. It gives guidelines such as what is expected of you—you are a guest in a foreign place—REMEMBER THAT!! It also will tell you what immunizations and shots are required, sometimes appropriate dress, details about money and extremely important VISA information. It also lets you know what you can take with you and what you can bring back. Just because you can purchase an item in a foreign country does not mean that country will let your trinket leave the country or the US will allow it, no matter how beautiful or expensive to enter our country.

Good advice includes:

2.  Check your overseas medical insurance coverage: Ask your medical insurance company if your policy applies overseas, and if it covers emergency expenses such as medical evacuation. If it does not, consider supplemental insurance.

Please, if you are traveling, take the time to do this or contact me—I will do it for you and even be the contact between the US State Dept and your family!! Oh, and please keep our personal South East Asia travel in prayer.

- Love you all, Charliece