Before
starting a trip, we hardly consider some important
details with truly real influence on our itinerary,
since these details allow us to have a pleasant
trip or simply spoil our vacations. That is
why we show below some important facts, such
as personal security, assistance plans for
travelers, traveling with children and selecting
a touristic circuit, among others.
We hope our advices
not only make you save money, but also any
trouble.
Traveler's
Documentation
Before
leaving your country, verify the expiration
date of your passport and visas. Take sure
to be vaccined and to bring your tourism
cards according to your destinations.
If traveling with
children, do not forget to find out about
the necessary procedures to leave your country
with a child (notary permissions, etc).
Personal
security
•
Get informed about the areas considered
risked by residents,
and avoid to pass by.
• Do not drive in areas far from principal
avenues, always bring on
a current map of the city.
• Avoid wearing objects that make
evident you are a tourist.
Avoid wearing evident jewelry,
clocks or any valuable.
• Bring over a little money: bring
traveler's check, which are to be replaced
in case of loss or robbery.
• If possible, take sure your hotel
room has a security lock with a chain.
• Take sure the door's and windows'
locks are save.
• Keep your valuables in the hotel
security boxes.
• Hold the label “do not bother”
if out of the hotel.
• Never open your room door to receive
packages or unexpected visits.
Important
Telephone Numbers
Keep
with you the numbers of the following persons:
•
your doctor and local emergency services.
• Your airline
• Medical Assistance Insurance certificate
• Embassy and Consulate of Peru
• Your family at home
• Your office
• Your travel agency
Assistance
Plan
To
avoid spoiling your trip, it is indispensable
to have an assistance insurance, which should
include:
•
24/7/365 attention
• Available 24 hours a day.
• Medical cover against illness and
accidents.
• Luggage location service,
• Sanitary repatriation unlimited.
• Lawyer honorarium
• Cancellations or flight loss expenses
• Assistance in case of documents
loss.
Precautions
•
make a medical check before traveling. Identify
if the countries you will visit
require vaccinations or any other prevention
measure, which ones are required
or suggested to enter the country.
• Pack an additional pair of contact
lens and take a copy of your medical
prescription.
• Bring along a medical identification
in case of diabetes, allergy, being on
medication ore any condition possibly subject
to emergency care.
• Bring your medicines in their original
packages to avoid troubles at duty.
• Avoid eating raw vegetables, skinned
fruits, raw meat, sea fruits, rew
water or ice and non pasteurized milk.
• drink only bottled water and closed
beverages, or boiled water.
• Resist against the temptation of
eating food to street vendors.
• Verify the weight limit permission
at your airline, avoid to pay for luggage
excess.
• In many of the international airports,
the international departure tax must
be paid with local currency only.
• Some taxes are to be paid in the
destination country only.
If
traveling with Children
•
Always dress your children with easily remarkable
clothes when going to crowded places.
• Hold at any part of the child's
clothes a label indicating his/her name,
address, telephone number and the name of
the hotel you are lodged in.
• Have easily available your nearest
medical contact.
• Try to choose a hotel with some
activity programs for children.
• Bring paediatric medicines to relieve
common indispositions such as: aches of
stomach, ears, travel sickness, flu or fever.
• If a long flight travel is made,
always carry the preferred toys of the child.
• Avoid long or difficult journeys,
try to always have resting periods.
Selecting
a touristic program
• Check exactly what is included whether
not in the program they offer.
• Study carefully the sites you will
visit during the itinerary, making the difference
between those visited during a special tour
and those seen just from the bus.
• Identify the optional visits, since
these ones have a separately priced.
• Study the hardness of each day,
since some programs have many activities
for each days.
• Always get informed about the payments
deadlines and reimboursement politic in
case you desist from doing the trip or in
case of dates variations.
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