Avoiding Illness While Traveling Any Season

Traveling is one of the most fun and enriching things you can do in your life. It’s also one of the things you’ll do that puts you at risk for getting sick. It’s not just time changes and lack of sleep that make you feel exhausted and under the weather; travel has a way of exposing you to germs and substances you might otherwise avoid at home. Here are three simple tips to help you avoid getting sick when you travel.

Wash Your Hands

Always wash your hands. Wash them when you get through airport security, when you use the airplane bathroom and anytime in between. Take hand sanitizer with you and use it before you put anything in your mouth, including a stick of gum. You want to kill as many germs as you possibly can prior to getting them near your face and washing and sanitizing with 4 liters industrial hand sanitizer with pump can help.

Wear Socks

If you’re flying, take a pair of socks to wear through airport security. You do not want to walk barefoot through there (really, think about all the people that walk barefoot through there all day long). You can pick up a number of germs that can cause you to feel under the weather, which is not how you want to feel when traveling.

Drink Bottled Water

This is especially important if you are traveling out of the country. Not everywhere in the world has good drinking water (Mexico, anyone?). Some places in the world don’t require the same amount of purification and hygiene in their water supply, which could cause you to become sick. Check bottles to see where they are manufactured and stick to those you recognize and know are safe to drink. You don’t want to get sick because you’re taking the time to hydrate.