Safety

Discover practical safety strategies for travelling as a woman, including risk awareness, personal security measures and handling challenging situations confidently.

Advice When Travelling as a Mature Woman

Travel might not be for the feint of heart, but it certainly isn’t limited to the young. Senior travel is big business these days and more and more older w...

Advice When Travelling as a Single Mother

Travelling with children is a great way to show kids the world, enrich their education and make family memories that will last a lifetime, but for single mot...

Coping with Sexual Harassment While Travelling

Sexual harassment can happen anywhere, but it can be especially disconcerting when it happens while a woman is travelling. While sexual harassment may always...

Coping with Theft as a Female Traveller

Female travellers are often believed to be easy targets for theft when they are travelling abroad. Jewellery, laptop computers, electronic equipment, cameras...

Physical Assaults Abroad: What to Do

International travel is a great way to broaden your horizons, however travelling abroad brings with it some safety risks. Tourists may be targeted for crimes...

Protecting Personal Information as a Female Traveller

Identity theft is a very real threat these days, and while you are travelling you can be at increased risk because not only are you carrying more pieces of p...

Surviving a Rape or Sexual Assault While Travelling

Rape and sexual assault are terrifying wherever they occur, but sexual violence perpetrated while travelling can be even more traumatic because you are far f...

Tips for Avoiding Pickpockets as a Female Traveller

Tourists are often seen as an easy target for theft and female travellers in particular may be targeted by pickpockets. The next time you travel don’t beco...