Business Travel Health and Safety Tips You Should Follow

Business travellers should know it’s important to follow certain health and safety guidelines, within the context of this new world we live in.


Here are several tips to keep you safe within the context of health, as well as how to avoid potentially dangerous situations that could compromise your physical safety.

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5 health and safety tips for business travel today1. Prepare ahead of time
Your preparation for your trip should begin well in advance of the actual trip date. There are numerous aspects that you’ll want to get squared away to ensure your health and safety are protected.
For starters, make sure you have the proper documentation before travelling anywhere—especially abroad. You’ll also need to look into vaccine and/or Covid test requirements for different destinations. All documentation should be properly organized and stored so that you never find yourself in a situation where you’re without the required forms of proof.

2. Choose the right accommodations
One of the biggest factors in your health and safety on any trip is where you stay. Accommodations are critically important. Here are some health and safety tips for business travel accommodations:
  • Check the location of the hotel to make sure it’s situated in a safe part of town with a low crime rate. Ideally, it should be in a safe, yet high-traffic area. Avoid secluded parts of town where you might stick out as a target.
  • Secondly, ask about the hotel’s Covid protocols and health precautions to make sure you feel comfortable with the methods they use. Some hotels have eased up and no longer implement stringent policies, while others continue to be diligent.

3. Implement travel hygiene best practices
Travel hygiene has always been important. But it’s obviously more important today than it’s ever been. To stay safe and lower your risk of contracting a virus or illness when travelling for business, you should practice travel hygiene best practices like:
  • Wear a mask when indoors or in large groups of people.
  • Use hand sanitizer to clean your hands in between touching items.
  • Wash hands frequently using antibacterial soap and warm water.
  • Maintain your distance from others.
  • Create a “travel bubble” by limiting the number of people you spend time with.

There’s no foolproof way to stay healthy, but following these simple tips will significantly reduce your risk. Additionally, we recommend eating a healthful and nutritious diet, staying hydrated, and getting at least seven hours of sleep per night. All of these proactive steps will give your immune system the strength it needs to fight off disease.

4. Protect your tech
It’s not just physical threats and viruses that you have to worry about. You also need to be mindful of technology. Protecting your tech while travelling for work is vital to the integrity of your personal data and that of your company.

As a general rule of thumb, you should always use a virtual private network (VPN) when travelling and accessing the internet via public Wi-Fi. Because while these public connections might have some basic security features built in, they’re fairly easy for a cybercriminal to manipulate. A VPN masks your IP address and helps you maintain a low profile.

5. Keep others in the know
Whenever you take a business trip, make sure multiple people always know your itinerary, especially if you’re travelling alone. It’s also a good idea to have a couple of daily check-ins to keep people abreast of where you are and any changes made to the itinerary.

If you want to make things even safer, you can have the hotel that you’re staying at conduct a simple courtesy check-in at a designated time each evening. For example, you can have the front desk call at 10 p.m. each night to make sure you’ve made it back to your room. In the rare chance that something does happen to you, this will alert the appropriate individuals much sooner.

Staying safe is good for business, too
Health and safety often take a backseat to business goals and profitability. However, it’s time that we come to appreciate both. There are ways to have a successful business trip and remain healthy and safe—it all comes down to developing an intentional plan and following these health and safety tips for business travel in today's new world.

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Article sourced from https://www.allbusiness.com/

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