- Travel basics
- Travel in developing countries
- Culture shock
- Diplomatic missions
- Metric and Imperial equivalents
- Time zones
- Returning home
- Regional coding
- Staycation
- Time management
- Sex segregation
- Omiyage – gift giving
Health and hygiene
[edit]Responsible travel
[edit]Categories of travellers
[edit]- Senior travel
- Travelling alone
- Travelling with children
- Travellers with disabilities
- Travelling with a mental health condition
- LGBT travel
- Naturism (nudism)
- Travelling with pets
- Tips for women travellers
Financial
[edit]Border crossing
[edit]Documents and preparations needed or useful for border crossing:
- Passport
- Visa
- North America: Global Entry, NEXUS
- Europe: Travelling around the Schengen Area
- Traveling with a criminal history
- Travelling with military responsibilities
- Carnet de Passages, required to bring a motor vehicle into some countries
- See cruising on small craft for information on requirements for boats and their crew
Communication
[edit]Communication includes sending and receiving messages.
Equipment
[edit]Equipment and other things that travellers might want to carry with them.
Food
[edit]- Halal food (Islamic dietary laws)
- Kashrut (Jewish dietary laws)
- Travel as a vegetarian
- Travelling during Ramadan
- Travelling on a low-carbohydrate diet
Large scale travel events
[edit]Some countries and regions experience periodic travel events, for religious, family or other reasons. Travelling to these regions at these times will present specific challenges for your plans.
- Hajj - A large pilgrimage to Mecca once a year
- Golden Week holidays in China - periods during the year when a large proportion of China's population goes on holiday at the same time, including Chinese New Year.
- Golden Week in Japan - similar to China, but once a year