General Travel Information

Should you need information about countries you are planning to visit, please consult the Department of State's Consular Affairs Bureau web page at: http://travel.state.gov/ This web page contains the Consular Affairs Bureau's general information releases, all travel warnings, consular information sheets, public announcements, and consular affairs travel publications.

Some relevant travel links to the Consular Affairs bureau homepage have been listed below.

• Travel Warnings
• Tips for Traveling Abroad
• Publications On Travel
• For information on Children's Issues
• Registering your trip with the Department of State
  

For more information on vaccinations and other health precautions, such as safe food and water precautions and insect bite protection, may be obtained from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747) or through their website at:  http://www.cdc.gov/

For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad, consult the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) at: http://www.who.int/en/

You may also subscribe to an Internet service that provides State Department travel information free of charge.  To do this, send an email message to:
travel-advisories-REQUEST@stolaf.edu  and write, "subscribe" in the subject line of your email message.