- When I planned a trip throughout Asia, I did not expect my month to be spent following the news of the growing coronavirus outbreak - including monitoring the number of cases in countries I visited.
- I have closely followed experts' advice on how to avoid getting sick, as well as picked up some lessons of my own on how to avoid ruining a trip with coronavirus fears.
- Here are my 11 tips for traveling internationally during the coronavirus outbreak.
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For the last month, I've been traveling around Asia.
When I planned my trip to South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand, I could not have predicted that it would overlap almost exactly with the coronavirus outbreak.
But, somehow my trip has turned into a lesson on how to travel internationally during a major outbreak.
As I've written more about traveling during the coronavirus outbreak, people I know have started emailing me asking for travel tips. I'm not an expert, so a lot of what I've learned has been from reported articles by other people at Business Insider, such as this one on how to protect yourself while traveling and this on tips for flying.
But, there are also some practical things I have learned about what it's like to travel when everyone is panicking about the coronavirus. I wanted to write down all my tips for not getting the virus while traveling, as well as how to protect your mental health if you decide to take an international trip.
Here are my 11 tips for international travel amidst the coronavirus outbreak.