Top 5 Tips to Stay Healthy While Traveling.

Top 5 Tips to Stay Healthy While Traveling.
Its flu season and according to reports that it will continue for a while. But you can’t stop to worry about that, you have a vacation planned. So, I thought it was a good time to speak about staying healthy when you travel. Not only protecting from the flu but other dangers as well.

1. Pack your medications. Being away from home, you want to make sure you have what you need when it comes to medication. Not only the obvious, your prescriptions, but the over the counter items as well. This would include:

*  First Aide Kit. You can get a travel size at any big box pharmacy.
*  Cold medications including cough drops and such.
*  Pain relievers. Whether it be ibuphrophen, Tylenol or whatever you normally take.
*  Allergy medication can be useful especially during the spring.
*  Stomach medication. This could include Pepto or some form of it and antacids.
 
The reason it’s important to take these with you is because of the limited availability or high prices of the items on the cruise or at your hotel or resort. Believe me, it’s a lot cheaper to get it at home. They even make travel sizes of the items.

1. Sunscreen. Having sunscreen is vital no matter where you are traveling. When we are on vacation, we are more likely to be outside exposed to the sun then we would at home.

 

1. Water Shoes. Water shoes will protect your feet when in the ocean, a lake or river. Most beaches are sandy but there are times where you are dealing with a lot of rocks and those shoes will be a skin saver.  Places like Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica require them.

 

1. Walking When on vacation we often over indulge. present company included. Because when we are on vacation, we sometimes are more sedentary than we would be at home. So, take a walk after you eat, use the stairs on the cruise ship if your fitness will allow and keep up an exercise routine if possible. Taking these actions will help in how you feel through out your vacation. I tell you, a stroll late at night in the sea air out on deck during a cruise is some of the best medicine in the world.

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1. Wash your hands. This is something you should do at home but when you are on vacation its very important and because of vacation brain we forget.  Most of the time, not just on cruise ships but at hotels and airports, we are surrounded by lots of people. We touch the same railings, doors and seats as others then we touch our mouth or eyes.

 
When to wash

• Prior to getting on and when you get off the a plane.
• When you are cruising, when you arrive back on board from a cruise port.
• When you get back to your hotel room or cruise cabin
• Prior to and after eating
• Of course after using the bathroom.

Its kind of cool, Carnival Cruise Line has installed hand washing stations on their ships in certain areas. Vista even has an automatic hand washer. Pretty cool.
 
These are just a few of the tips and of course are not intended to be medical advice.
 
If you need help with your travel planning, don’t hesitate to give me a call at (904) 534-4318 or email [email protected]