10 more tips to Indians traveling abroad
While you are still holding visa, passports and the air tickets and abiding by every rule in the book on what to carry and what not to carry in plane and on airports and have already hired a translator out of enthusiasm much remains to be done and listed below,
1) Always make three copies of your passport, visa permit and air ticket keep them at three different places in your bags in your clothes and in your small traveling bag, keep the originals with you, this is helpful in case you are pick pocket on the air port or the airline looses your bag.
2) If possible by any means it is better to check the authenticity of your agent as frauds with tourists generally originate from their agents only. If the traveling agent is taking too long to deliver your tickets even after advance payments ask for a refund if there is a problem consider taking help from the local police.
3) Indian embassy will be your mother and father in the remote land in any case where you feel you are troubled the embassy is the only place where you can get the correct guidance and aid.
4) In case of a missing passport always in form the Indian embassy. They will take all the necessary action that is required.
5) Your passport is your identity, guard it with your life never let it out of sight or give it to some unknown new friend you have made during the course of vacation. There are thousands of cases of stolen identity registered all around the world.
6) Always cross check whether you have the return tickets with you or your agent has made such an arrangement for you vacation should not become one way ticket for you and ultimately be shamelessly deported from that country.
7) Cross check and remember the expiry date of visa, either you can apply to renew it if you do wish to stay a little longer or come back from your adventure as planned.
8) Remember it is not your country, so handle any awkward situation with patience and a smile, do not attempt to quarrel with a local or a goon; you may fid your self in a tight spot.
9) Make your budget and move according to it, often shortage of money in the end takes all the air away from your vacation, spend the money wisely and intelligently you have to work out every thing within the money you bought with your self check your credit card limits overseas. Remember money your best friend while visiting a foreign land.
10) Chart out a back up plan with questions pertaining to “what if…..?.” this will help you sort out most of the hidden constraints which are not evident at present.
