What should you consider when planning long-distance travel?
Exploring a foreign culture, fantastically beautiful beaches, sun and a great climate draws many citizens into the distance. A long-distance journey is a unique experience and a blessing, especially after cold, cloudy and gray days.
Many tour operators lure here with long-distance destinations to the remotest corners of the earth. But be careful, so that the holiday joy does not come to an abrupt end and is spoiled, holidaymakers should spend a little of their holiday anticipation preparing for the trip.
The choice of destination
The preparation of the trip begins with the selection of the travel destination. If you are more in the mood for pure beach fun and you want to indulge in water sports, then you are in good hands on the Caribbean islands, in South America or the Maldives, especially in the winter months. For those who prefer Asian or exotic flair, the Far East offers everything your heart desires.
Here it is advisable to first get an overview and find out about the country-specific conditions, customs and customs. One should not forget how the security situation of the destination to which one wants to travel is classified. The various travel portals on the Internet and also the Foreign Office provide relevant information here.
health care
A subject that travelers all too easily neglect. Especially when you travel to other climate zones and have to travel long distances, your body doesn’t always play along and gets sick. Travelers often fall ill in the holiday country because they cannot tolerate the climate, encounter pathogens there that do not occur in our European regions or simply because they do not tolerate the local food.
That’s why you should consult a travel doctor before you travel. He will inform you about possible health risks and, if necessary, refresh or supplement your vaccination status.
You should also think about the first-aid kit to take with you. Better safe than sorry. That’s why a good sunscreen, skin cream and painkillers belong in every well-stocked first-aid kit, just in case. You should also take precautions on long outward and return flights, on which you are forced to sit for a long time without really allowing yourself freedom of movement, and not do without thrombosis stockings, for example.
Inquire with your health insurance company about the services they offer for any illnesses, medical treatments and also return transport from the holiday destination or whether it is absolutely necessary to supplement them with travel insurance.
Those who are in holiday anticipation easily overlook such important things. Once you are in the holiday country and need medical help there, you are usually faced with major problems if these have not been clarified in advance.
The travel fund
When you go on vacation, you usually think of nothing bad. You carry your entire holiday budget around with you in the form of cash or deposit it in the hotel room without thinking that thieves are also up to mischief here. Once the holiday fund is gone, it becomes difficult.
Travel experts therefore recommend taking a mixture of cash, credit cards and, if necessary, travelers checks with you on vacation. Do not simply deposit your travel funds somewhere in the hotel room, but rent an in-house safe, which is available in most accommodations. Before you travel, find out whether your EC card/credit card is accepted in the country you are traveling to and whether you can use it to withdraw money.
If you observe these basic rules of travel, then nothing stands in the way of a relaxing and dreamlike holiday experience.