Travel Tips
Before Leaving
- Leave an itinerary, including contact numbers, with family, friends and coworkers
- Make three copies of all important documents you are taking (driver’s license, passport, credit cards, traveler’s checks)
- Leave one copy at home, keep one in your briefcase or purse, and one in your luggage
- Ensure someone checks on your residence while you're gone, checking mail, removing newspapers, caring for animals, etc
- Remember to leave and arrival early
At the Airport
- Stay in secure populated parts of the airport
- Avoid ATMs or terminals not in use
- Be aware of your surroundings and look alert, don't get distracted
In the Security Line:
- Don’t let anyone cut in front of you in line
- Retrieve belongings as soon as you get through security
- Remember: Always keep your belongings on/with you.
Upon Arrival
At the Hotel:- Ask the receptionist to write your room number down instead of saying it aloud
- Request a duplicate key to the room
- If you feel uncomfortable with a person in an elevator get off at another floor
- Don’t tell people it’s your first time to the city
- Have a map and know where you are and how to get back to your hotel
