Travel can be exciting for all, especially family travel and vacations. It's easy to get caught up in the thrill of adventure while giving little thought towards travel security and personal safety.

While traveling, both business trips and family vacations, you must keep your guard up. When away from home you are more vulnerable to a wide range of theft and other dangers. Others are going to try and take advantage of you, especially if your guard is down.

There are several things you can do to remain safe and even enjoy of the adventures that come with travel.

 1) First and Foremost - Inform family and friends of your itinerary. Schedule date and times, you will automatically check in and if you miss any of these schedule times, your family or friends are to contact you to verify everything is OK. Additional safety options consider carrying GPS that will track your every movement and always shows your precise location. GPS can be attached to your luggage, vehicles, apparel and more.

2) Personal Safety and Security - consider carrying so form or type of self-defense product. The options are vast that includes; personal alarms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray and more. Any of these options are effective and essentially amounts to what you are most comfortable carrying and using should that day and time arrive your personal safety is at risk and danger!

3) Hotel Room Safety - Till now how much thought have you ever given to your safety and what might have occurred previously in your hotel room! Are you willing to rely on the hotel door being secure once it closed behind you? When you leave your room for meetings, venture to the swimming pool or go out to eat, what may be happening in your hotel room when away? Is somebody spying on you without your knowledge or approval?

Include travel safety as part of your travel itenearary planing.