Travel Tips: Best International Travel Tips to Save Your Vacation
Travel Tip 1: Stay away from the ice cubes
When it's 98 degrees and 95% humidity（/hju'mɪdəti/ 湿度；湿气n.）, a nice cold drink may be the only thing that keeps you going. But be very careful! Make sure you're not cooling off your bottled water with contaminated（/kən'tæmɪnet/污染v.） ice cubes -- also known as wage （/'sʊɪdʒ/污水n.） cubes. In order to save money, less established restaurants, bars, and street vendors shave/chip off large chunks of ice in the morning from delivery trucks. The problem is that the water they u is often from local rivers or streams, which is nearly always polluted and contaminated. So, if you're paranoid (/'pærənɔɪd/类似妄想狂的a.) like me, you'll drink your water straight from the bottle without ice.
Travel Tip 2: Take photo of all luggage
If you're ever had your luggage lost by an airline (航空公司), you know how challenging it can be to have to explain what your luggage looks like ("Well, it's sort of brownish-redish with checkers I think. Or actually, no, it's more beige with stripes.") Now try explaining this to someone who only speaks Cambodian（［kæm'bəudiən］柬埔寨语）! A quick photo of your luggage speaks volumes（体积）.
Travel Tip 2: Us a small backpack for carry-on (随机行李) and one checked luggage（托运行李）
When it comes to international travel, lighter and smaller is the way to go for bags. While many of the women readers may not agree, a small backpack -- no matter how dorky（过时的） it may look -- is the perfect travel companion. It can hold your iPad or laptop, itinerary, bandages, aspirin, medications, sunblock, bug repellant, phone, books magazines, etc. It should stay with you at all times, so you should never check it in. It provides hand-free u and ultra-fast access.
Travel Tip 3: Be careful what you eat
When you travel overes，the single greatest cau of getting sick is consuming contaminated ([kən'tæmineitid] 受污染的a.) food or water.
Here are some rules of thumb.
1. Eat only cooked food. This means avoiding salads or other raw food.
2. If you eat fruit, make sure it has a hard or thick skin (e.g., bananas, coconut, oranges) instead of thin skin (e.g., apples, plums). Much of the water ud for irrigation contains
wage（/'sʊɪdʒ/污水n.）.
3. You'll be expod to an array of germs and bacteria that you're body may never have experienced before. Add to that a depresd immune system from jet lag, stress, and lack of sleep, and you are ripe for sickness. Bring plenty of hand sanitizer （['sænitaizə] 无水洗手液）and don't be afraid to u it a lot and often.
Travel Tip 4: Create a detailed itinerary（[aɪˈtɪnəˌreri:] 行程表） (aka－also known as, how to get a room upgrade!)
This is probably the most time consuming of the tips, but it can save you in a jam. Create a day-by-day itinerary of your trip. Include all flights, confirmation numbers, hotel stays, address, and phone numbers.
After flying 17 ½ hours to Bangkok（曼谷）, I really wanted to check in to my room. Guess what? They had no record that I had made a rervation! In fewer than 10 conds, I pulled out my detailed itinerary, opened to the correct day, and handed it to them. Ten minutes later they said they finally found my rervation, and becau of the hassle （['hæsl] 麻烦 n.）, they gave me an amazing cottage (['kɔtidʒ]小别墅)right on the beach.
Another itinerary tip, bring veral copies. Put one in each piece of luggage and one in your backpack or pur for quick access.
Travel Tip 5: Get travel health insurance（保险) & medical evacuation protection
So you say you already have medical insurance? Doesn't matter. Most domestic coverag
e won't cover you outside of the country (check your policy to be sure). When you travel overas, you need international travel health insurance. Fortunately, you can buy protection for just a few dollars. I've ud International Medical Group's Patriot（['peitriət] 爱国者） Travel Medical Insurance and found it easy to sign-up and very cost-effective. They also offer affordable travel insurance for extra peace of mind.
Travel Tip 6: Bring antibiotics（[,æntibai'ɔtiks] 抗生素） and other drugs（药）
There is a decent（['di:sənt] 体面的） chance you could get sick from something you eat or drink. Nothing can ruin a nice vacation quicker than getting sick. My doctor strongly recommended I bring antibiotics. He prescribed（[pris'kraib] 开处方v.） one for bacterial problems and one for virus. Depending on where you're traveling and how adventurous your palate.
