Travel Health & Insurance

Five important health and safety travel tips, including the importance of getting vaccinated, and knowing emergency numbers.

I am currently in the middle of a three and a half month trip through some pretty rustic countries, and there have been things in my toiletry and medical kit …

In a Woman’s Guide to Using Squat Toilets, Brooke lays out everything female travelers need to know about peeing abroad.

For a man, packing birth control for long-term travel is easy. Pop a handful of condoms in your medical kit and one in your wallet, and you’re good to go. …

Contracting malaria remains one of the biggest travel fears of globetrotting backpackers. A little over four years ago, before leaving on my trip around the world, I researched malaria prevention …

Tips to ease the misery and to restore your humanity as quickly as possible.

An app called Travel Health is based on the book “Travelling Well” by Dr. Deborah Mills, a travel medicine specialist in Australia.

For such an exotic, far-flung trip to central Africa, there isn’t a whole lot I need to do in terms of preparing for my Rwandan adventure. After backpacking for 15 …

No traveler can leave their home country without travel health insurance; being injured abroad is an event that no traveler wants to face.  Facing a severe injury abroad without the …

The farther afield you venture, the more vaccinations you will need.

Learn how to prevent bed bugs while traveling, including what to look out for in hostels. Find out what to do if you get bitten.

A firsthand account of what it’s like to get attacked by bed bugs while traveling. In this case, the author was in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

If you’re heading to Asia, you will soon find the opportunities for affordable, quality massages and spa treatments are endless.

IMG denied my application for their Global Medical Insurance plan because of my recent knee condition and treatment. I have a much better understanding of why so many people are …

Tips for choosing a malaria medication for extended travel.

I feel like a million bucks. After two weeks of solid worrying about how my knee pain may be accompanying and/or limiting me on my trip around the world, I …

I made a third lunchtime trip to my local travel clinic in as many months on Wednesday. I’ve got their whole routine down and found myself feeling more and more …

Alliteration aside, I’ve been encountering knee pain as I’ve tried to increase my cardiovascular fitness the past few months. It seems as though the atrophy of my quadriceps and tightness …

I picked up my second Hepatitis B shot ($80) and an adult Polio booster ($50) during a lunch break this week.  A $15 office fee was tacked on to the …

I was sitting in the waiting room of SmarTravel International Health Services yesterday during my lunch break when a bit of trepidation came over me. The prospect of needles jabbing …