{"id":818,"date":"2011-03-07T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/5-safety-tips-for-your-spring-break-timeshare-vacation\/"},"modified":"2011-03-07T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T22:12:00","slug":"5-safety-tips-for-your-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/5-safety-tips-for-your-spring-break\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Safety Tips for your Spring Break Timeshare Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s799.photobucket.com\/albums\/yy278\/socialjoann\/Decorated%20images\/?action=view&amp;current=pickpocket.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/pickpocket.jpg?084930e23db0fd337e1b9635c110d248\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a>Heading out for your Spring Break vacation? It&#8217;s a cinch that you&#8217;ve been spending more time in classrooms at school than you have being a world traveler. Therefore, there might be some dangerous aspects of travel to which you&#8217;re not accustomed. No need to stay home, says Kathleen Crislip, writer about student travel on about .com, in her &#8220;Student Safety Overview&#8221; post. Just learn the rules about common sense safety, then go out and have fun on your timeshare rental Spring Break trip.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Crislip says: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;ve grown up in a small town and this is your first big trip, you may not be prepared for the fact that not everyone you meet in a big city has your best interests at heart.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Not being able to speak the local language while traveling, for example to Mexico, could hinder you from getting help.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Street crime takes forms in other countries that you may not have seen at home, even if you live in a large city.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Scam artists and conmen may target you because of your youth, which they might equate with naivet\u00e9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what to do? Crislip offers these suggestions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check U.S. government issued travel warnings and consider not choosing a destination that the State Department is advising Americans to avoid.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Invest in a phrasebook and memorize some possibly helpful phrases before you leave home. For example, if you&#8217;re going to Mexico you might want to learn: &#8220;Socorro!&#8221; (Help), and &#8220;Llama a la policia!&#8221; (Call the police).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Use the same safety precautions you would at home: avoid walking alone on deserted streets after dark, keep your travel cash stashed, and stay alert.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pay attention in taxis and on trains &#8211; you&#8217;re unlikely to get too far from your bags during air travel, but losing them during other transportation is easier than you might think.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Watch the crowd &#8211; Many thieves prefer crowded areas. Stay alert in places like bus stations and during street celebrations, where you&#8217;re likely to be jostled &#8211; thieves use these circumstances to grab for your purse or to pick your pocket.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When planning your Spring Break trip, consider a timeshare rental at a luxury resort &#8211; you&#8217;ll find many that are budget friendly. And many of the resorts have their own on-site nightclubs and entertainment, as well as enough on-site amenities to keep you happily busy through your entire Spring Break vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading out for your Spring Break vacation? It&#8217;s a cinch that you&#8217;ve been spending more time in classrooms at school than you have being a world traveler. Therefore, there might be some dangerous aspects of travel to which you&#8217;re not accustomed. 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