Before traveling, consider scanning your documents (e.g., passports, traveler’s identity, allergies, vaccination records, plus other important information) and sending them to your primary email address. If you run into a problem, you can have them printed out at a local internet café or hotel business center or they can be viewed on a smart phone.
If the forecast calls for a full travel schedule or a holiday escape, remember to download the email/information into your smart phone as an attachment, so it will be available to you even if network coverage is not.

Two additional resources plus one clever app worth reviewing include: 1) the Smart Traveler app by the U.S. State Department, which can be downloaded for free on iTunes. This iPhone app invites you to see the world with easy access to frequently updated official country information, travel alerts, travel warnings, maps, U.S. embassy locations, and much more; 2) enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) on the U.S. Department of State website, which will help in case of an emergency or if challenges are encountered; 3) bookmark and become familiar with the important sections on the international travel portion of the U.S. Department of State website, which has outlined tips for traveling abroad and current travel warnings, together with travel alerts.

Next Step – consider this: Scan your important travel documents, email them to yourself, and download them on your smart phone.