The Safe Traveler: A Field Guide to Staying Safe Anywhere in the World

By William Hawkins

Most travel goes perfectly. This is about the small number of decisions that decide the rest.
The serious trouble travelers run into is remarkably predictable. It happens in the first twenty-four hours, after dark, in a vehicle, or around alcohol. Handle those four situations deliberately and you have addressed most of the real risk - and you can relax about everything else.
Written by a corporate security director responsible for travel risk across four continents, this is a practical field guide, not a list of things to be frightened of. It assumes you are going, and sets out to make sure you come back with nothing worse than the photographs.
Inside:
- Reading a destination honestly - and the insurance exclusions that void real claims
- Airports, borders and the hour when you are most visibly a stranger
- Taxis, rideshare and express kidnapping - the rules that actually work
- Choosing the hotel, choosing the room, and counting the doors to the fire exit
- Street awareness, distraction theft, drink spiking and crowd crush
- Devices abroad, border searches and public networks
- Solo travel, traveling as a woman, families with children, older travelers, business trips
- Adventure operators, altitude, water, ferries and small aircraft
- Robbery, arrest, illness, evacuation and kidnap - what to do and who to call, in order
- Coming home: the health and financial checks nobody makes
Plus field reference cards, a country preparation worksheet, packing checklists, a pre-departure drill and an incident record.
Go anywhere. Just decide a few things first.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJNZ2562
• ISBN13: 9798173875273
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"