Essential Travel Risk Management Tips

July 11, 2024

Travelling for business and alone can be daunting, here are some advisories that can help.

For business travellers, staying safe and prepared is key, ensure your safety and peace of mind with these essential travel risk management tips:

✔️ Research: Stay updated by checking
Foreign Travel Advice or your home nations travel advice, check-out local news and research the culture & customs of the country visiting.

✔️ Risk Assess: Mitigate risk by using a pre-travel risk assessment tool like
Foresight

✔️ Insurance: Get comprehensive travel and health coverage - ensure you are aware of any exclusions.

✔️ Documents: Copy your passport, visa, insurance, and business papers, in both hard and electronic forms.

✔️ Health: Get vaccinated and carry a first-aid kit, an excellent resource is
travelhealthpro.org.uk (this is a Gov site)

✔️ Secure belongings: Use anti-theft bags & avoid carrying large sums of cash, especially around known hotspots, public transportation hubs and transport.

✔️ Emergency numbers: Save local emergency contacts in your phone, such as; local Embassy, your Insurance provider and Peregrine Risk Management 24/7.

✔️ Stay connected: Use a travel tracking platform like
Overwatch so your team can keep track of your movements, inform your office and family of your itinerary.

✔️ Transport safety: Choose reputable services, and where possible transportation services should be appropriately screened.

✔️ Trust instincts: Stay alert, avoid unsafe situations and maintain situational awareness.

Get a free consultation and a demo of
Foresight and Overwatch, email enquiries@peregrine-rm.com or call +44 (0) 1568 607 000

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