Travelling safe

Forgot your passport? Did you remeber to sign that travel insurance? This section contains articles that will make you feel safer while travelling in Spain and during your Canary Island vacation.

• Protect yourself against pickpockets

  Wherever you travel today, you can be at the mercy of pickpockets. They can always be found wherever tourists congregate. Actually anywhere there’s large group of people, there are most probably pickpockets. Often they will work in groups of two or three, catching you completely off guard....

• How to obtain a spanish NIE number

  NIE Number (Numero Identificación Extranjeros) and CIF numbers NIE - roughly translated means Number Identification of Foreigner. The Spanish authorities issue these numbers to identify foreigners. You will need an NIE number for anything that requires payment to the Hacienda (Spanish Tax...

• How to be safe while travelling single

  If you want to meet new people, find a mate, increase your awareness, experience personal growth, lower your blood pressure or just relax. TRAVEL! You can try an all-inclusive resort that will give you the safety of communal living, yet flexible enough to provide you with a detail experience of...

• Different types of travel insurance

  It is really fun going on a holiday trip. You will be so busy strolling around, doing what you do not usually do, like skiing, windsurfing and other activities worth spending your holiday with. Outdoor trip is really fun and entertaining. You are enjoying snow boarding but suddenly you broke your...

• Proper travel preparation for paranoids

  As fun as international travel may be there are always obstacles and hidden dangers. Some of them may hit the unsuspecting tourist by total surprise and can get you in alot of trouble when you are out of your familiar environment. But most can be avoided with the proper preparation. Passport &...

• Stay healthy when you travel

  The concept of budget adventure travel includes a lot of wonderful experiences, but one adventure you definitely do not want to have when you travel is getting sick. Not only are you far from your family doctor or your mother’s trusty chicken soup recipe; the very fact that you are in a...

• Guidelines for safe traveling

  It’s important to be prepared for any eventuality when you are heading out of town. You can never tell what kind of situation you might have to face. So, be prepared to handle situations like disease, crime, or loss. If you’re traveling out of the country, you want to check to see if...

• The Spanish health care system

  Health care in Spain is of a very high standard with good local health centres or Centros de Salud and here on the Costa del Sol we have an excellent central hospital,the "Costa del Sol", at Marbella. In addition to which there are of course many other hospitals both private and public...