Avoid These 3 Dangerous Travel Habits

Risky Travel Habits You Need to Stop Now

There are many bad travel habits many of us have, but these 3 travel habits can be dangerous and you need to be aware of them now.

Sleeping During Landing and Taking Off

Air pressure on the plane changes due to rapid altitude change during landing and takeoff. Sudden altitude change affects air pressure in the body and ear, and your body needs time to stabilize the pressure. When you are sleeping, your body and ear are slow to adjust, which can cause damage to the eardrum and many other complications can occur.

Best practise is to stay awake and not sleep while landing and takeoff to keep your body alert.

Not Turning on Airplane Mode

During takeoff, if you don’t turn on airplane mode, your phone signal gets stronger, bouncing off high-rise buildings and the phone works harder to catch a signal due to rapid altitude change. This can clog your flight’s communication channels with the ground, which can be risky when pilots can’t communicate.

At any point, when you are on plane, you don’t want to interfere with the plane’s communication. The safest practise is to keep airplane mode on for the duration of your flight.

Emergency Medical Travel Insurance

Travel insurance is cheap, compared what you would pay if you are stranded in a hospital in a foreign country or if you need a medical air-lift to your country from a foreign country. 

Don’t be one of those thinking nothing will go wrong with you. If you don’t want to pay for insurance, get a premium travel credit card  also gives you free lounge access, along with travel insurance.

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