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Your First Trip Abroad: Passports, Visas, Money and Staying Safe

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A practical, South African guide to planning and making your first trip abroad safely, from the first idea to coming home. Twelve chapters follow a young Mthatha teacher who takes a teaching job overseas, renews a worn passport, spots a fake visa fee and checks her school and recruiter before she signs; a George couple flying to the United Kingdom to meet their first grandchild, who count the real cost, fix a ticket in the wrong surname, apply for visitor visas, avoid a fake flight website and insure an existing condition; and a retired Athlone woman on a pilgrimage with her community, who plans backwards from a fixed date, gets her certificates and is helped through heat exhaustion by her insurer, with advice from a retired senior cabin crew member: planning, the purpose, the season and what a trip really costs; your passport, the six-month rule, blank pages and names that must match; visas, official sources, biometrics, supporting documents and visa scams; comparing and booking flights and a place to stay, and fake booking websites; money abroad, exchange rates, cards and cash, and always paying in the local currency; travel insurance, exclusions and pre-existing conditions; the travel clinic, yellow fever certificates, medicines and long flights; packing, the liquids rule and batteries; airports, check-in, connections, immigration and lost bags; tourist scams, theft, local laws, roaming and what the embassy can and cannot do; working and studying abroad, fake job offers and human trafficking warning signs; and customs, the duty-free allowance and illness after you come home. Rules in general terms, dated, with every one ending in check the official source. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, and a travel file: a trip idea and budget, a passport check, a visa checklist, a booking checklist, a money plan, an insurance comparison, a health plan, a packing list, an airport day plan, a safety and emergency card, a job or study offer checklist, a coming-home checklist, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. No airlines, booking sites, travel agents, banks, insurers or recruiters are named or recommended. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a travel file, teaching visas, insurance, health and the law in general terms, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Planning Your First Trip
  2. Chapter 2: Your Passport
  3. Chapter 3: Visas
  4. Chapter 4: Booking Flights and a Place to Stay
  5. Chapter 5: Money Abroad
  6. Chapter 6: Travel Insurance
  7. Chapter 7: Health and Travel
  8. Chapter 8: Packing and Luggage
  9. Chapter 9: Airports and Flying
  10. Chapter 10: Staying Safe Abroad
  11. Chapter 11: Working and Studying Abroad
  12. Chapter 12: Coming Home
  13. Appendix

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