MasterCard: travel strategies from MasterCard Global Service.Before you leave ... * If you are buying a package or tour, consider purchasing Trip Cancellation Insurance--but first check to see whether it is a benefit of the credit card you carry. * Find out whether the country you are visiting requires that you provide an "International Certificate of Vaccinations" against cholera, yellow fever yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South America. Epidemics have extended into subtropical and temperate regions during warm seasons. , and other infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. before you are allowed to enter. If you carry a major credit card, check to see whether it provides Travel Assistance Services, which furnish this type of information--and more. * Make several copies of your passport, credit cards, itinerary, airline tickets, and other travel documents. Leave one copy with a relative or friend back home and carry one copy with you. * If you carry a credit or debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. , you also may not need to purchase Accidental Death & Dismemberment dismemberment /dis·mem·ber·ment/ (dis-mem´ber-ment) amputation of a limb or a portion of it. dismemberment amputation of a limb or a portion of it. Insurance before you travel. For example, the MasterTravel[TM] benefit on many MasterCard[R] cards provides cardholders, spouses, and children under age 23 with coverage when traveling by land, air, or sea on a licensed common carrier. * Before paying for insurance on a rental vehicle, always check first to see if you are covered by a collision/damage waiver benefit on your credit or debit card. While you are away ... * Whenever possible, pay with a major credit or debit card so that you can cancel payment or get reimbursed if there's a problem, provided you can show documentation. * If you are planning to shop in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , remember that MasterDelivery[TM], an exclusive benefit of your MasterCard[R] card, is the most efficient method of sending merchandise from the USA to Latin American. With MasterDelivery, you are provided with a physical postal address in Miami at which your packages will be signed for and received--and then sent on to your own mailing address in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . You can track your order on line at any time. See the wide range of services and advantages offered through MasterDelivery at www.masterdelivery.com. * It's easy to stay organized when you pay with a credit card in any country where you can't read the language. Immediately write the amount of the transaction, items, date, and place of purchase on your receipt so that you can read it when the statement comes at the end of the month. This makes after-trip bookkeeping much simpler. Many times the ink is so faint, you can't read what it says in any language. * ATMs are a good way to receive money when you are far from home. ATMs that work with the MasterCard/ Maestro/Cirrus network can be used with a debit card (check card) in most countries to withdraw money sent from someone back home. Your debit card has to have a logo corresponding to one of those networks to be used in this way. So, if your funds are running low, all someone back home has to do is deposit or transfer some money into your bank account, and then you can withdraw the funds. There are usually no fees to pay other than the ATM withdrawal fees. * Remember to call MasterCard Global Service[TM], any time--day or night, if your card is lost or stolen, or if you have a question about your travel benefits. In the United States, Bermuda, Canada, the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , St. Kitts Noun 1. St. Kitts - the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis Saint Kitts, St. Christopher, Saint Christopher Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. , St. Martin St. Martin in midwinter, gave his cloak to a freezing beggar. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewer Dictionary] See : Kindness , or the Virgin Islands, call 1-800-307-7309. In addition, you can always call collect (1-636-722-7111) from anywhere in the world. |
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