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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