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| Preparing for Student Trip |  Here are some recommendations from specialists on how to get ready for a student trip:
• Familiarize yourself with the laws and customs of the countries you are visiting, particularly those regarding drinking age, drugs and curfews, before you go. You are not protected from foreign country's laws just for the reason that you are just a visitor.
• Let know your trip leaders about any medications you are taking with you. Your medication should be in the original containers and you should take the real prescriptions with you when traveling in a foreign country.
• Give your parents the phone and fax numbers of your hotel, the cell phone numbers of the chaperones and a full route of your trip. If anything changes, e-mail your parents right away with the changes made.
• Pack all valuables, medications, travel documents and passport in your carry-on bag. Infrequently, checked luggage gets lost at airports, so you want to have your significant things on you.
• Do not take all your cash right away. Keep your wallet in a zippered pocket, if possible in your jacket. If you have a need of exchanging money in overseas, just use authorized vendors such as banks.
• Do not be showy. Dress in an old, inexpensive watch and leave all expensive things at home. Do not make yourself a walking object for thieves. Keep away from flaunting your digital camera or MP3 player.
• Keep the card with the hotel's name, address and phone number with you at all times.
• Travel with a friend always and never walk off alone from the group.
• Take care your trip is designed and sponsored by a travel firm of good reputation.
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