Table 1 Transport and Accommodation
From: Healthy, safe and responsible: the modern female traveller
| Transport | |
| Avoid night travel; avoid arriving at night | |
| Arrange airport transfer to hotel in advance | |
| Use licensed taxis (know what they look like) | |
| Sit behind the driver | |
| Make ‘phone call’ in taxi to say you arrive shortly | |
| Pay taxi while still in the car | |
| On public transport, sit near women, use ‘pink tuk tuk’, lady taxis | |
| Self-drivers: Park so that you don’t have to back out | |
| Accommodation | |
| Booking | |
| Pay more for safety; avoid ground floors; choose ‘women floors’; avoid dorm beds or camping solo; swags restrict movement in case of an attack | |
| Book without title Miss, Ms., Mrs | |
| Avoid couch surfing with a male host | |
| Arriving | |
| Check in without title | |
| Check phone is working, lockable door, chain at door, peephole | |
| Staying | |
| Use a rubber doorstop if necessary | |
| Keys: best unmarked swipe keys; cover key room number in restaurant; avoid saying room number loud at reception/restaurant | |
| Don’t get into the elevator with a stranger | |
| Leaving | |
| Write down hotel name and address in local language | |
| Leave note in hotel where you go that day (but ensure that no unauthorised person hears in) | |
| Don’t discuss in public where you are staying |