While cheap travel options, including cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, and cheap vacation packages are all great reasons to travel no one wants to get sick while away from home.
The following are steps you can take while flying to minimize your exposure to germs:
Do not use an airline blanket unless it comes in a sealed bag which suggests that it has been cleaned. Instead pack your own travel pillow and small blanket or shawl.
Open your planes bathroom door with a clean tissue. While bathrooms are cleaned regularly the same may not be true of the handle which opens the bathroom door.
Tray tables and arm rests are often not cleaned between flights. Sanitize your tray table and arm rests with disinfectant wipes brought from home.
Norovirus spreads quickly whenever there are many people in a small area, such as hotels and cruise ships. Using disinfectant wipes to pat down a remote control, light switches and door knobs, where germs often reside, is recommended.
If traveling to a foreign destination where sanitary standards may be questionable, diners should buy food that is prepared in front of them. Stomach ailments are the most common complaints of people traveling abroad.
When trying to select street food stalls choose ones that are popular with the locals. Busy vendors have a fast turnover of food which means you are less likely to be served something that has been kept too long or has spoiled.
Travel with hand sanitizer and use it frequently. Wipe silverware with hand sanitizer before use since sometimes silverware is washed in unclean water.
To avoid contracting the flu while traveling get a flu shot a minimum of two weeks before traveling. Be aware that flu seasons vary by locations. Travelers should research flu activity at their destination before departing.
Keep your distance from anyone who is visibly sick. Turn your head away, and if the only way to protect yourself then cover your mouth and nose if someone around you is sneezing or coughing. This is particularly important in tight spaces such as planes, elevators and ground public transportation.
Pack a travel sized health kit that includes tissues, pain or fever medicine, and hand sanitizer to ease symptoms and minimize the spread of illness.
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