Travel Tip Tuesday | Healthy Travel Essentials

How To Stay Healthy With These Small Items When Traveling

We all want to stay healthy when traveling whether by motor-coach, rail, or airplane because there is nothing like a cold or worse to ruin a guided tour, day trip, or overseas tour. There are a couple of small items you can easily pack in your carry-on or purse that just might help keep you healthy! Here are our five top favorites.

Individually Wrapped Sanitizing Wipes

In our blog we have mentioned how germ-infested airplanes can be and that one of the most contaminated areas includes the tray table, airplane screen, and the arms of your seat.  Defend yourself by wiping down these surfaces on airplanes and buses just to be safe. Don’t forget to also wipe down your TV remote in your hotel room. 

Travel Size Saline Nasal Mist

Keeping hydrated on a flight is important, remember to drink lots of water. Often overlooked is your nose!  Another way to keep healthy is to keep your nose hydrated with a saline solution in order to help you fend off germs from someone around you that is coughing.

Micro-fleece Blanket

Airline blankets, if you can even get one aren’t always washed between flights, and motor coaches don’t provide them. If you like to snuggle up bring along a travel-sized blanket that is germ-free, compact and easy to clean. BlueHills on Amazon comes with a hand luggage belt making it perfect for airplane and motor-coach trips.

Travel Size First Aid Kit

It is always wise to travel with one of these because you never know when you will need a bandaid, antibiotic cream, aspirin, sunscreen, bug spray, and other medical necessities. Having these items with you will save you time on your tour from having to stop to shop for them. The 27 piece first aid kit by Coleman offers commonly used first aid items for minor emergencies and is packed in a reusable metal crush-proof tin.

Pill Organizer

If you take a lot of medication daily, it is tricky enough to remember to take your medication at the proper times and when traveling through a few time zones, this can become downright challenging! A pill organizer can be a godsend and won’t take up a lot of space in your carry on. The company, Stuff Seniors Need makes a small seven day travel pill organizer with 28 detachable compartments