
Your Post-Pandemic Family Travel Plan: How to Stay Safe during your Trip
“No Covid-19 vaccine guarantees to be 100 percent effective in preventing any person from contracting the Covid-19 disease. Thus, if you are planning a family trip after getting vaccinated, it is still your responsibility to keep you and your family safe while traveling.”
Although domestic and foreign travel is increasing, travel advisories continue to recommend that travelers only travel in emergencies.
This may be due to the fact that many countries that suffered from the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic blamed incoming visitors.
But if you’re making a family travel plan now since the Covid-19 vaccine is available, here’s what you need to know to stay safe (as you can!).
Follow this guide for tips on how to stay safe from getting sick during your post-pandemic travel.
Reasons to take precautions after getting vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine

Surviving the Covid-19 era was certainly tough for almost everyone.
As more people receive the Covid-19 vaccines, why they should avoid returning to their normal lives?
Perhaps this is the question that most people have in mind.
A simple answer to this is that no Covid-19 vaccine is guaranteed to make its user 100% immune from catching the disease in the future. You probably won’t get as sick but there is still a possibility that you can catch COVID after vaccination. This is important to understand if you live with someone who can’t get vaccinated or has a health condition that makes them more susceptible.
Also, people need to understand the key difference between a vaccine and medicine.
A vaccine is just one of the many preventative measures recommended to stay safe. Medicines are for curing infected people.
Therefore, since there’s no medicine to cure Covid-19 disease, all preventative measures including getting the Covid-19 vaccine shots remain important. Even when you are traveling!
Tips on How to stay safe from getting sick during a post-pandemic family trip

Staying and keeping you and your family safe from getting sick during a post-Covid-19 family trip should be an utmost priority.
Once you consider it a priority, it won’t be difficult to follow the guidelines to avoid getting sick.
Remember that staying safe is not just for you, but also represents how you feel about the well-being of others.
Know yourself and the people you plan to travel with
Do not travel and/or do not travel with someone, if you or the other person –
- Suffered from sickness or mild Covid-19 symptoms, especially taking into account the last 14 days before traveling;
- Is currently sick; or
- Has a history of contracting seasonal diseases because of a weakened immune system.
Know your destination
- Check the most recent updates on the number of daily Covid-19 cases being reported in your planned destination; and
- You also need to check the history of your destination to see if it had previously been declared a Covid-19 contamination zone.
Stay in quarantine before traveling, if necessary
It would be good to quarantine yourself just a few days before traveling in some cases. For example, if you live with someone who has a higher chance of contracting the Covid-19 disease. This includes children (under the age of 12), sick persons, and/or older people.
Get vaccinated
Aside from getting the mandatory Covid-19 vaccine, you might also have to get other vaccines. These include the seasonal flu vaccine and MMR or measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. Check your travel destination for more information.
Dealing with mandatory quarantining policies
If the destination you are traveling to requires all travelers to quarantine for a few days upon arrival, make sure your family travel plan has a provision for some extra days.
This will also help in case a local emergency lockdown situation is declared during your travel trip.
Don’t forget to carry enough supplies to last for the duration of the mandatory quarantine. This includes any medications that you take on a regular basis.
Follow all of the mandatory Covid-19 precautions
This includes –
- Washing hands regularly;
- Using antibacterial or disinfectant agents;
- Using a face mask;
- Avoiding public gatherings;
- Maintaining a social distance;
- Avoiding unnecessary physical contact, etc.
What to do if you get sick while on your post-Covid-19 family trip?
In case you do get sick or develop Covid-19 symptoms during your post-Covid-19 family travel, consider doing the following.
- Do not panic. Have faith in getting well soon. Remember that being mentally strong is as important as being physically strong;
- Isolate (quarantine) yourself from the rest of your family immediately;
- Seek medical consultation Get yourself tested to confirm the presence of Covid-19 and determine its severity;
- Promptly and responsibly, inform the local and all relevant authorities that require information regarding this issue. This might include where you are staying, the airline you traveled, travel agent, your country’s travel and health ministry, etc.
Conclusion

Good health is a blessing. So make sure that while traveling with your family in the post-pandemic period, it may require extra steps to try to take care of your health. In any case of exposure to a health risk, you should know how to handle it without panicking.
Loving Life — The Reboot!
Dominique
This article provides general information and discussion about health and related subjects. The information and other content provided in this article, or in any linked materials, are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having.



12 Comments
John
Covid is about to explode here in the UK. Our government has lifted all restrictions, removed legal face masks and social distancing and we are getting 50,000 cases per day! We certainly won’t be going to too many places just yet other than our back garden! Stay safe
MELANIE EDJOURIAN
These are all great tips. It is important to be cautious when travelling. I take my hand gel and mask everywhere.
Fransic verso
Great tips for safe travel. Definitely need to check if they had any contact with anyone that has it.
Maysz
I decide to get vaccinated for my travel purposes hoping this pandemic will end for back to our normal lives great tips!
Ivan M. Jose
I’m a CoVID-19 survivor and I’ve been fully vaccinated. Nevertheless, I’m not keeping my guard down and would continue to at least wear a medical-grade face mask.
Clarice
These are great tips and yes we all badly need these reminders. I agree with you that it is important to get vaccinated if we already have the chance.
Khushboo
We are planning a trip next month and this post is really very helpful for us to plan our trip.
Prajaktasfoodlab
These are some great tips and very helpful for someone traveling during pandemic. I am planning a trip in couple of months so this will be very helpful.
Marielle Galmo
This is timely and relevant. I’m fully vaccinated but I still practice safety measures to protect myself and others.
Jasmine Martin
These are some great tips for staying safe when you’re traveling post pandemic. I feel like a lot of people forget that we are still in the middle of a pandemic right now to be honest so these tips are perfect.
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