Safety Tips for International Travel from Zarc.com:
- Select the largest aircraft available, as they are more difficult to seize and control.
- Avoid traveling first class. This area is frequently used as a hijacker command post.
- Take direct flights to your destination; it reduces your exposure odds to terrorist activity.
- Use your name and business address on luggage tags, but avoid company identification.
- Avoid aisle seats; they make you more vulnerable to the attacks of a hijacker.
- Travel light and lock your luggage. Avoid expensive or conspicuous luggage.
- Take only essential identification with you (i.e., passport, drivers license). Carry business cards in your luggage versus on your person. Keep your passport with you at all times.
- Don’t carry a large amount of cash, sensitive or classified information.
- Avoid large crowds at airports and move as quickly as possible to an area beyond the first security check point.
- Maintain a low profile.
- Avoid business suits; dress casually.
- In a high risk country, make sure the U.S. Embassy has your itinerary.
- Know how to ask for U.S. Embassy personnel, the police, or a doctor in the language of the country you are visiting.
- Know how to use local pay telephones.
- Always have some foreign currency available upon your arrival.
- Be aware of your surroundings and a possible means of exit at all times.
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