How would you respond if you were checking into your hotel on an international vacation and your friend yelled, “Hey, what room are you in?”

Steve Almasy has written an article on safe travel which includes 15 safety tips for travelers.

It has a US flavor but adapt it to your situation.

Link: Steve Almasy, These Tips Could Save Your Life, CNN Travel, 27 May 2009.

Dr Geoff Pound

Image: Travel Tip #2: “Never accept transportation from a person who first approaches you at the airport, grabs your bags and says they have a car waiting…”