Checking on travel safety
My son is headed to Tanzania. Should we be concerned?
We get that type of question often, and we always refer readers to the State Department, which keeps a list of travel advisories and warnings by country. At the site (which you can reach by clicking on “State Department,” in the previous sentence), you can view a description of every country and find a tab for travel advisories and the more severe travel warnings.




Kerri Westenberg has globe-trotted for National Geographic and other magazines. Now she zips around the region, on the lookout for travel news you can use.
Elizabeth Larsen lived in Salzburg, Austria, and has traveled throughout Europe and the Americas. She can say "diaper," "bottle" and "crib" in four languages.
Troy Melhus has heli-skied on glaciers, dived alongside Monk seals and raced for 24 hours on a mountain bike. All this, and he rarely spends more than $500 on a trip.