Concerns
A number of travel topics are available related to travel concerns.
Health and hygiene Edit
Responsible travel Edit
Categories of travellers Edit
Financial Edit
Border crossing Edit
Documents and preparations needed or useful for border crossing:
- Passport
- Visa
- North America: Global Entry, NEXUS
- Europe: Travelling around the Schengen Area
- Traveling with a criminal history
- Travelling with military responsibilities
- Carnet de Passages, required to bring a motor vehicle into some countries
- See cruising on small craft for information on requirements for boats and their crew
Communication Edit
Communication includes sending and receiving messages.
Equipment Edit
Equipment and other things that travellers might want to carry with them.
Food Edit
- Halal food (Islamic dietary laws)
- Kashrut (Jewish dietary laws)
- Travel as a vegetarian
- Travelling during Ramadan
- Travelling on a low-carbohydrate diet
Large scale travel events Edit
Some countries and regions experience periodic travel events, for religious, family or other reasons. Travelling to these regions at these times will present specific challenges for your plans.
- Hajj - A large pilgrimage to Mecca once a year
- Golden Week holidays in China - periods during the year when a large proportion of China's population goes on holiday at the same time, including Chinese New Year.
- Golden Week in Japan - similar to China, but once a year