A disturbing new poll says 51 percent of air travelers say they’d rather fly while infected than pay a $150 airline change fee.
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Many relieve the difficulties of stress at work and home with periodic vacations, but travel illness and stress can ruin vacations, or any travel. Ned has 15 suggestions to help you travel healthy and stress-free.
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Malaria? I thought we could cure that! Those were my exact sentiments when I toured Viet Nam and Indonesia for the same agency a few years ago. The malarone (anti-malarial) medicine was making me horribly sick so – I stopped taking it. Overconfidence, it might kill you.
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No one wants to be stricken by a nasty gastrointestinal virus on a cruise. So to keep the traveling public informed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inspects ships and publishes the results. A score of 85 or lower is consider a “fail.” Some of the ships on this list are obscure charter operators, but others are familiar to anyone who cruises.
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When it comes to travel, forbidden is in. Cuba, Iran and North Korea — long off-limits to most American visitors — might be added to the “allowed” list under an Obama administration. Other destinations that were considered too dangerous or hostile to Americans are becoming fashionable again as travelers jettison boring “staycations” for something more exotic.
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When you cruise abroad, you might be surprised to discover immunization requirements that are confusing and little-known. Read about one cruising couple’s odyssey in dealing with the myriad of requirements for yellow fever immunizations.
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It’s not just gay heroin addicts from West Africa who get shown the door at the bloodmobile. Tim Leffel says if you travel outside the U.S. regularly, you may want to do some research before you make a special trip to go donate blood.
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