When traveling out of the country there are a few things you need to do before your travels. Here are a few links to prepare before your travels into another country

1. Passports –  This is a must since you need a passport in order to enter a country  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html/get/get_4855.html
2.  Customs – Before entering a country, it would wise to check customs to find out if there are certain policies you have to abide before entering or exiting a country. Or even to check if you are allowed to enter or if there are travel risks.  https://www.cbp.gov/
3. Embassy – It is good to know where the embassy is located when visiting a country. https://www.usembassy.gov/ 

Sometimes there maybe political or natural dangers entering a country that you are visiting. Checking for warnings about a destination you are about visit are very helpful.

• U.S. Department of State – Travel.State.Gov
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel

• Domestic Flight Delay Information
• Flight Delay Information – Alaska & Hawaii

• United States and International Weather Conditions
• National Oceanographic Data Center – Coastal Water Temperature Guide
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

• Official U.S. Time
• Time and Date
• Greenwich Mean Time
• Atomic Clock

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• World Health Organization

• Transportation Security Administration

It helps to know the exchange of currency when you travel to another country. You can actually get more value for your money before you trip when you pay attention the current exchange. This way before you trip, when you go to a local bank or a currency exchange site that you are getting the most of you currency when you exchange it. Here are some currency exchange sites that you can go to.

https://www.travelex.com/currency-converters

https://www1.oanda.com/currency/converter/

https://www.calculator.net/currency-calculator.html