It’ s advisable to make travel preparations early if you want to have a nice time during your trip in a foreign country. First, you should apply for a passport and visa. It is easier for you to finish the formalities for applications if you’ re going to have a package tour organized by some travel service. Otherwise you’ ll do it all by yourself. Usually you need to drop by the bank and get some traveler’ s checks, which are a lot safer than paper money. You should try to get ahead of time some maps of or brochures about the places you’ re going to visit, which will help you to know more and understand more during your tour abroad. While traveling abroad, you may be exposed to diseases that aren’ t prevalent in their home countries. To prevent serious illness, vaccinations are often required before you will be permitted to enter the host country. You should research these requirements long before the departure date and make an appointment with the doctor to receive the appropriate vaccinations. One of the most important considerations for any tourist planning to travel abroad is the destination country’ s culture. Long before the scheduled departure, you should conduct extensive research on the destination country, its people and its customs. You are advised to get familiar with the local language, holidays, customary greetings, appropriate dress code etc.