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Travel Tip #3: Keep Your Passport Active

While I intended to teach you to renew your passport more than six months before it expires, perhaps the better lesson to be learned from my old and new passport photos is to take care of yourself during your twenties. Either that, or make sure that your hair is strong enough to withstand the ceaseless pull of gravity.

Travel Tip #15: Don’t Panic

Problems that you encounter when traveling often seem more daunting than they actually are. Just because you are out of your element doesn’t mean that you can’t find a solution to most travel conundrums. Unless you were foolish enough to get yourself on an episode of Locked Up Abroad, odds are you can get yourself out of virtually any predicament in which you might find yourself. Keep a level head, take a deep breath and stay calm.

Of course, some advanced planning helps too.

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