Looking for Spring Break safety tips? Here you will find information to keep you, your friends, or family members safe that may be traveling abroad this Spring Break.

Partying Abroad

Going to Cancun for Spring Break? If so, then I can almost guarantee that nightclubs will be on your itinerary. If so, be careful not to over indulge in alcohol. Oh please, right? No seriously, you have to be careful. Unfortunately, many intoxicated foreigners abroad become victims of sexual assaults and robberies after a night on the town.

Also, a trip to the hospital after alcohol poisoning could break your bank. Why? Because you health insurance probably not cover you in a foreign country. So this means that the hospital will require the money upfront. This is why having travel insurance is important before you travel abroad.

Remember that drinking and driving don't mix, regardless of the country you are visiting. Taxis are cheap abroad so be sure to use them. However, be careful because public transportation in a foreign country may not be as safe as it is in your home country.

Be sure to keep a close eye on your drink while in bars. If not someone may be able to slip drugs like scopolamine into your drink, rendering you unconscious or unable to defend yourself.

After a long not of drinking some spring breakers tend to have run-ins with the police. Understand that getting arrested in a foreign country isn't fun (neither is getting arrested at home). However, foreign jails are hideous, disgusting, and dangerous. The rights you may have in your home country don't exist abroad. If you are arrested and placed in jail in places like Mexico, for example, you may just sit there longer than you both expect or want to. Also, try demanding a phone call from jail from a Mexican cop and see how far you get.

In the unfortunate event that you are arrested you should attempt to make contact with your home country's embassy or consulate. Here's a spring break safety tip: don't demand to contact your embassy. Instead, kill em' with kindness and ask or beg, if you have to, to have your government representative in the country contacted. So, I suggest searching the web right now for the embassy or consulate in the country you intend to visit this Spring Break, write the telephone number down, and be sure to keep it with you while abroad.

Hotel Security

Hotel security is extremely important when choosing a place to stay during Spring Break. Another Spring Break safety tip: don't pick the cheapest hotel. Usually, these are unsafe and have very little or no security. Be sure to choose a room between the 3rd and 5th floors. These rooms are high enough to keep out burglars and low enough to make the room accessible to foreign fire departments, which usually aren't equipped with high reaching ladders. Become familiar with fire exits and escapes in the event there is a fire. Lastly, be sure to secure your room both when you leave and when you are inside.

Female Spring Breakers

Women travelers should be even more careful than their male counterparts while traveling abroad for Spring Break. Many criminals see women as easier targets. Also, women are vulnerable to sexual assault in foreign countries. Many victims fail to report the incidents to police either because of embarrassment, fearing become victimized twice by the police and criminal justice system, feel that their behavior contributed to the crime, or think that nothing will happen to the perpetrator. You should immediately report any incidents both to the local police and to your embassy or consulate.

These are just a few Spring Break safety tips that you should be aware of if you plan to travel to a foreign country this year.

In closing, I hope you have a blast this Spring Break. Enjoy yourself but please be careful and I wish you safe travels.

Alton D. is a law enforcement officer with 10 years of experience. He has traveled to over 25 countries around the world to include such places as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan. He has a website which provides travel safety information for tourists and expats abroad http://www.travel-security-and-safety.com.