Business Travel Safety Tips for Travelers

If you travel for business, you know many elements come together to form a successful trip. While ensuring you have everything ready for your big meeting or presentation is important, you want to focus on business travel safety as well. We put together this brief list of business travel safety tips to help you protect yourself while you build your career.

International Travel

Curating a safe international business trip requires organized planning and self-education. Even packing entails safety awareness. Safe packing for an international trip includes the following steps:

• Pack all electronics in your carry-on luggage. Without insurance, you may struggle to receive reimbursement for stolen or damaged items.
• Pack medications in your handbag or carry-on. It is always a good idea to bring some basic, over-the-counter medications for emergencies.
• Pack clothing that suits your destination. For example, you may want to pack more conservatively for some cultures.

Learn about the customs of the country you plan to visit. If you are there on business, you want to impress your international colleagues and ensure you do not say or do anything considered offensive in their culture.

You also want to assess any safety risk factors in your destination. Rocketrip offers real-time government travel alerts powered by Sherpa, empowering travelers to monitor for risks at their destination when using our platform to book.

Where To Keep Your Valuables

Depending on where you are, there are things you can do to keep your valuables safe. For example:

• When you arrive at the hotel, ask for a room with a safe to store money, jewelry, and electronics you do not intend to keep on you.
• Avoid storing your money in one place. Keep cash in the hotel safe, a credit card in your wallet, and another card in your luggage.
• As you move around your location, keep valuables hidden and close to the front of your body, especially if you plan to use public transportation.
• Place a travel lock on your suitcase.

In most cases, keeping your valuables on you at all times is not the safest plan, but if you must travel with them, talk to the hotel concierge about the safest transportation methods and routes.

Secure Important Documents

Remember to pack your most important documents in luggage that you keep with you during flights. These documents include:

• Your passport and driver’s license
• Your entry authorization documents, such as a visa for international travel
• Any competitive research information pertaining to your line of work
• Any contracts and memos related to your travel

Once you arrive at your hotel, place these important documents in the hotel safe, and only carry them when necessary.

Communication Plans

Travel communication plans can vary, depending on a variety of factors. Are you traveling internationally? Will your cell phone service work at your destination? Will you have Wi-Fi access where you are going? Talk to your company contact about a communication plan. You may have access to a free phone plan through your employer.For more business travel safety tips, and to learn how you can save money and get the most from your business trips, get started with Rocketrip today.