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Air Travel
Airports
Alcohol and Drugs
- A Discussion About Alcohol and Student Exchange - A Discussion with SAFETI Project Director and SAFETI Newsletter Editor Gary Rhodes and Joel Epstein, Director of Special Projects, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention.
Arrest
ATMs
C
CDC
Communication
Consulates and Embassies
- Goabroad.com Embassy Search - Database full of contact information for embassies worldwide, including U.S. embassies in all countries as well as foreign embassies in the U.S. This site also has information on a host of other topics ranging from calling cards to eco-adventures.
- U.S. State Department
Crime
Crisis
- SAFETI Adaptation of Peace Corps Resources - The following resources were adapted from Peace Corps documents about responding to crises, developing an emergency action plan, personal safety and awareness, and risk management.
- U.S. State Department
- Crisis Abroad - What the State Department Does: Answers the question: What can the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs do for Americans caught in a disaster or a crisis abroad?
- Crisis Preparedness - The following information may be helpful to you in preparing for a crisis abroad. While some of the material was designed by other U.S. Government agencies for a crisis
occurring in the United States, the guidance about preparedness may be useful to Americans making plans for similar emergencies abroad.
Culture Shock
Currency
Customs
- U.S. Customs - Information all travelers should know before they enter or leave the U.S.
Cybercafes
- Cybercafe Search Engine - If you need access to the internet, this site can help you find out where the nearest cybercafe is to your study abroad location.
D
Disabilities
Discrimination
Disease
Drugs
E
Embassies and Consulates
- see "Consulates and Embassies"
Emergency
Emergency Action Plan (E.A.P.)
- Developing an Emergency Action Plan - This SAFETI Adaptation of Peace Corps Resources tells how to manage a crisis abroad and how to devise your own plan of action in the event of an emergency.
Entry Requirements
Environmental Health
- CDC Environmental Health - This site gives advice on how to deal with environmental hazards ranging from hurricanes to air pollution.
Evaluation
F
FAA
Financial Issues
- Financial Issues - From the University of the Pacific’s Cross Cultural Training Student Guide, this site gives advice about budgeting, currency exchange, credit cards, and transferring money.
G
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Travelers
- Lesbigay (SIG)
- NAFSA's Association of International Educators, Lesbigay Special Interest Group's site dedicated to lesbians, bisexuals, and gay students traveling abroad.
Guidebooks
Guidelines
H
Harassment
- see "Sexual Harassment and Assault"
Health
Help
Homosexual Travelers
- see "Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Travelers"
I
Immunizations
Insurance
M
Making Your Experience Count
Medical
Minority Students
P
Parents
Passports
Prescriptions
S
Safety
- Inter-Organizational Task Force Guidelines - A task force of study abroad administrators developed a set of guidelines, which include fourteen points of responsibilities for program administrators.
- NAFSA's Section on U.S. Students Abroad (SECUSSA) - Promoting health and safety in study abroad, this group’s site offers some guidelines for responsible study abroad.
- Overseas Citizens Services Tips for Students - Advice to students on how to prepare for a safe experience abroad, and descriptions of services the U.S. Department of State can provide.
- Peace Corps’ Approach To Safety And Security - A SAFETI newsletter article providing information about safety from the perspective of the U.S. Peace Corps.
- Personal Safety Overseas: Safety Tips for Overseas Travel, An Update - This article provides important safe travel safety tips.
- SAFETI Online Newsletter: Personal Safety Overseas - Practical listing of measures to take to help ensure a safe travel experience, includes information on
high jacking and kidnapping.
- SAFETI Resources for Program Administrators: Limiting or Eliminating High-risk Activities - Links to resources covering the dangers and management of high risk activities.
- Safety Concerns - From the University of the Pacific’s Cross Cultural Training Student Guide, this site gives advice about local and national laws, tips for securing valuables, security measures to reduce risk, crime, violence and terrorism and some common sense precautions.
- Sara's Wish - This site provides helpful safety tips on things to remember when traveling abroad.
Sexual Harassment and Assault
STDs
- STDs - Official government website of the Center for Disease Control, contains links to information on AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
T
Travel Guides
- Frommers Budget Travel Online - Publishes a variety of travel books and magazines.
- Kasbah.com - this site claims to be the world’s largest travel guide and shows the not-to-be-missed highlights of major cities around the world.
- Let's Go - Site of the publisher of another one of the most popular student guidebooks on the market today, with links on where to buy.
- Lonely Planet's Guidebooks - Site of the publisher of one of the most popular student guidebooks on the market today, with links on where to buy.
- Rough Guides guidebooks - A travel site covering topics from world music to e-books.
Travel Providers
W
Women Travelers
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