Traveling makes a person to know about people living far flung places and also about the culture and backgrounds. It expands your area by meeting great people to travel or hang out.Before you travel you should take care of the following aspects:
Passport: You must have a passport and identity proof so that you will not be caught by the authorities for illegal invasion. For the renewal of your passport you should consult your embassy, confirm how many days it will take for the renewal of the passport.
Other Requirements: You should have VISA so that the entry in that country will not be banned for you. You should see that the VISA should be valid and fulfill the other information like: you should not have any criminal record or any legal ban on your traveling, traveling with children of whom you are not legal guardians and check the other requirements of that country.
Stay Safe and Healthy: Stay safe form foreign terrorism, take travel insurance, eat and drink safely to avoid any sort of problem in your travel. If you are new to that place then make sure that the Guide you choose is legal and will not make any trouble for you. Take care of your luggage and also your money. Insurance is a necessary for senior citizens.
Avoid wearing Jewellery: Avoid wearing expensive jewellery so as to avoid any attraction for thieves or any other criminal activities with you. Try to mix up with the community. Never accept rides form strangers. Ignore remarks made on you. Don’t give details to any stranger. Avoid doing any adventurous act like bungee jumping, jet-skiing etc. and moreover avoid activities like drugs, alcohol or any toxic item with you.
Get Good Guidebook: Get a good and exact guidebook so to plan your journey. Take advice of people who live there to avoid any trouble. Avoid traveling at night or travel in pairs. Obey the rules and regulations of that country.
Check disability Organization: you should check the disability organization if you are disabled. Moreover, check your all requirements to avoid inconvenience. Try to look for a better guidebook. Make sure that you tell about the tour to your insurance company. If any serious problem occurs avoid traveling.
Birth, Marriage and Death: If you are living abroad for long time, you may come across a time to register death or birth, you can do so by registering it with embassy of that country. For Marriage, you should fulfill the legal paper work of that country.
In the end you should be a loyal tourist and not getting indulged in the illegal activities (wild animal poaching, drugs and alcohol and child sex tourism etc).