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Travel Tips

Below you will find references to some useful travel information and tips that have proved valuable to our past clients. We hope they are useful to you as well.

If you have any questions about medically preparing your trip, we recommend that you contact us and book an appointment to see one of our travel counselors. Although the infomation here is useful, it is general in nature. Our travel counselors can provide you up-to-date information more specific to your plans.

Some documentation here is provided by DoctorTravel.ca, some is provided by external parties. We do our best to keep these links up-to-date, if you find any are broken we would appreciate it if you would let our webmaster know so that steps can be taken to rectify the error. We thank you in advance.

Before You Go

• Government of Canada, Consular Affairs Bureau - Registration of Canadians Abroad

  Register yourself with this government provided service in case there is a need to contact you to offer urgent advice during a natural disaster, civil unrest, or a family emergency at home.

• Government of Canada, Consular Affairs Bureau - Emergency Information
  Provides contact information for Canadians abroad in case of an emergency while travelling.  

• Help Getting a Travel Visa

• Government of Canada, Consular Affairs Bureau - Country Specific Travel Reports

• World Facts from the United States Central Intelligence Agency

• Culturally Sensitive Clothing Advice

• Advice for the pregnant traveller

  Destination Specific Advice

• Yellow Fever and Malaria Information
   
• Nepal Travel - High Altitude
   
• African Safaris
   
• Advice for Hajj Pilgrims
   
• High Altitude Medical Advice
   
• Malaria Prevention
   

Medical-Condition Specific Advice

• The Disabled Traveler 
    
• The Diabetic Traveler  
   
• Directory of Dialysis Centers    
   

While You're Travelling

• World Time Zones

    Sometimes when you're travelling it's hard enough to know what time it is where you are, let alone back home! Use the handy site to convert from one time zone to another.

• Traveler's Thrombosis
   
• Jet Lag 
      
• Personal Safety
   
• Culture Shock
   
• Responsible Travel Tips
   

When You Get Home

• Deferral Period for Blood Donation
   

Other Health Information Sites

• Public Health Agency of Canada - Information for Travel Medicine Professionals
   
• Health Canada
   
• World Health Organization
   
• United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   
• International Society of Travel Medicine
   
• World Health Organization - International Travel Health
   
• Travel Medicine Resource Website
        
  

  Other Useful Links

• Mapquest Maps
   
• Weather
   
• World Atlas
   
• International Adoption