Pre-travel Preparation
Personal Safety and Security Abroad
Pre-travel planning is crucial for maximizing your time abroad and reducing your chances of unwanted encounters. Check out this presentation on health and personal safety guidance and insurance and export control requirements before you depart!
UW-Madison Resources
- UW-Madison ISSD International Traveler Checklist
- UW-Madison ISSD Tips for International Travelers
- Pre-Travel Safety and Security Planning
- Export Control Considerations for International Travel
- International Travel Insurance - CISI
- Considerations for Non-Credit University-Affiliated Travel Groups
- Hotel Safety Guidance
- Airbnb (and Similar Applications) Guidance
- Rideshare Applications
- Considerations for LGBTQ+ Travelers Abroad
- Passport Application
Cyber and Data Security Abroad
Your mobile phone and other devices contain valuable personal information. Practicing the steps in this presentation may help you keep your devices and data safe while abroad.
Financial Security Abroad
Traveling internationally can increase the risk that scammers and thieves will jeopardize your financial security. The tips in this presentation may help keep unwanted hands out of your wallet while you travel abroad!
Undue Influence and Transnational Repression
This module addresses two risk areas associated with UW-Madison’s globalized community – one typically encountered abroad and the other in the United States.
