| If you have seen the footage of the Boxing Day | | | | get a flight back, and also inform your embassy |
| Tsunami or the hurricanes that have swept | | | | that you are planning to be evacuated. If not |
| through the Gulf of Mexico, you must be aware | | | | more, at least they will be able to give you |
| that when travelling on vacation you need to take | | | | updated information to help you. Do not consider |
| all necessary precautions to ensure that your | | | | staying on to see "how the situation works out", |
| vacation is a safe one. This includes checking | | | | as you could find yourself stuck in the country |
| weather forecasts, getting proper insurance, and | | | | with no way to get out (due to bad weather or |
| staying in good hotels which have proper | | | | bad infrastructure) if you don't move fast. |
| emergency evacuation plans and also making sure | | | | While you can't predict earthquakes, volcanoes, |
| you and your family understands it completely. | | | | landslides, or tsunamis, you can predict hurricanes, |
| To start with, make sure you get a good | | | | snow storms, and tornadoes. You should avoid |
| insurance policy. Talk to your travel agent about | | | | travelling into areas that are known to have bad |
| the policy you should buy, and make sure that it | | | | weather at specific times in the year to avoid any |
| will specifically cover your costs if a natural | | | | pitfalls. You can also look into local history to |
| disaster happens. In case, you have to ask for a | | | | understand potential dangers, for example, if you |
| refund due to bad weather before your holiday | | | | know the area you are visiting has earthquakes, |
| starts, it is a good idea to involve your agent as | | | | make sure you understand the hotel's evacuation |
| he/she will be able to work the system much | | | | plan when you check in, and also teach your |
| better for you. Get the airline, hotel, and even the | | | | family the proper response to a quake. If you are |
| car rental payments reimbursed if you can. | | | | on a beach resort when the earthquake hits, then |
| You should also talk to your travel agent and | | | | head to high ground immediately, regardless of |
| your embassy in the host country about the | | | | what everyone else is doing. If the area has |
| evacuation plans, in case you need one, and | | | | volcanoes, then make sure you check up on how |
| always travel with the relevant numbers which | | | | active they are. |
| would include your embassy's phone number and | | | | It is preparation and understanding the potential |
| the number of your family back home. This is so | | | | problems you could come up with, that will enable |
| you could promptly get in touch with people who | | | | you to get your family and yourself out safely in |
| could help you. | | | | case a natural disaster strike. So, make sure that |
| If you are already on vacation when the natural | | | | before you start planning any vacation, you look |
| disaster happens, then the first thing you need to | | | | into all the potential natural calamities you could |
| do is get on the phone with your travel agent to | | | | come across. |