TravelHealth

Woke up today with a really bad sore throat and a mild fever, and of course my flight home is tomorrow. It’s not serious enough for the ER, but definitely not great timing. Since I’m just visiting, I don’t have any French registration or a local phone number. I’m mainly trying...

On my first international trip and I was told before leaving the US that I should definitely wear compression socks for a long flight. I wore them on the way to Turkey and honestly they were a pain to put on and made me feel really warm the whole flight. Now I am debating...

I’m based in the US but will be traveling around Southeast Asia for a few months. I was looking at travel vaccines like typhoid and the prices in the US are wild. I was quoted close to $1k for everything. I noticed Japan seems way cheaper for a lot of these vaccines and was...

If you’re already planning multiple cruises in a year, an annual travel insurance policy is usually the better move. It’s simpler, often cheaper than buying three separate cruise line policies, and the coverage is more consistent across all trips. Cruise line insurance is...

I’ve got a bad dog allergy that triggers asthma attacks, swelling, and rashes. Every time I fly, I check with the gate to see if there are dogs nearby, and usually end up having to move seats often giving up a paid or status upgrade. I’ve tried noting my allergy on my Alaska...

I’m a few hundred points short of Gold and was thinking of paying for a checked bag on my next flight even though I don’t plan to use it. Would I still earn status points for the bag fee, or does it only count if it’s actually used? Seems like an easy way to top off if it works.

I was super careful the whole trip in Bali cooked food only, bottled water, no ice, sanitizer, the works. Thought I dodged it… then at 1 a.m. on departure day I started vomiting and, yeah, the other thing. Did a 13-hour flight home like that. Needed an IV after landing and took...