Sam's Travel Tips

Here are some tips for international travel from globetrotter and Air Ambulance Card president Sam Jackson. Have some great tips of your own? Share them here.

1. Make a copy of your passport and driver's license. Use a copy machine to reduce the size down to the point that you can fold it and put it in your wallet. Leave a copy of the passport and driver's license with someone at home who could fax it to you in an emergency. If you have access to a scanner, make a PDF file of both and leave with someone who could email it to you. With these copies, an embassy office can quickly issue you a temporary passport; they have all the information they need.

2. Put copies of your itinerary in a zip lock bag and put it in an outer pocket of your bag. If your luggage gets lost, the airline can locate your and send it to meet you.

3. Use bright luggage tags that are hard to rip off. Also consider using luggage straps. These can help prevent a disaster if the zipper on your overstuffed luggage decides to separate! Here is a great luggage tag that I use. They have a place for your itinerary inside the tag. I also use their TSA-Proof MyStrap. These are heavy duty items sure to last.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for more soon.