THINGS YOU NEED TO DO WHEN TRAVELING TO PARIS

If you are currently in Paris, don’t be panic, let’s stay calm and update your current situation for your relatives. To protect yourself, please follow our instructions below:

So what you should do to keep yourself safe if you are in Paris at this time? Here are the essential tips for those who are traveling to Paris now or your relatives are living there. Please consult and share with your friends or your relatives in order to avoid confusion and alert when you are in the context of France at this time.

1. Find a safe place after the terror broke out, the people in Paris offered temporary accommodation for visitors who has got stuck in the city now. They use words: the hashtag stream #Porteouverte (doors have already opened) on the Internet so that people could know that there is a safe place to come. The local hotels also offer shelters and support you to come to your destination safely. You should also use Google Maps to find the shortest distance to move.

2. Check your companions’ location and you need to confirm the location of those who travel with you Paris. If a member of the family or a member in a group got lost, first confirm with the hotel and then notify to the embassy or consulate.

3. You should keep a large amount of cash in hand if you do not want to get into a crisis while you don’t have local currency. If you see an ATM, draw minimum several hundred dollars, euros in anticipation of use when traveling to Paris.

4. Inform to your relatives even when things are going on. You should immediately notify to your family or friends about your situation. During panic situation, your relatives can not contact with you and they will be worried about your security. You can use the different ways of communication such as telephone, email, facebook….

5. Follow @ TravelGov on social network and search key word: TravelGov on the social network to follow, you will get the information and the latest guidelines constantly updated.

6. Stay away from crowds in the context of terrorism, it’d better not use the public transport at the rush hours. Instead, you can use taxi when traveling at that time. You should stay away from crowds and congested areas. People might lose their control if they think something is going to happen, so there could be a stampede or a certain dangerous situations.

7. Strengthen vigilance. For those who are in holiday is usually very comfortable, losing vigilance with incidents around. You need to pay more attention to what will happen such as: strange packages, people with suspicious behavior ... and notify to local authorities about that. Enhancing vigilance will make your Paris trip is not interrupted by these events.