The insurance you are offered by your travel agent or tour operator is not necessarily the best or the cheapest. Fitness to fly The air pressure in a plane during flight is lower than you are used to on the ground. You may not be allowed to travel if you seem to be too ill or too breathless when you arrive at the airport. If you are as ill as this, ask yourself if your journey is really necessary in the first place. On route to your destination Don't pack your medication in your suitcase.
Luggage sometimes goes astray.
Share it out between two or more of these places to cut down on the possibility of losing it. If you have tablets or a spray for chest pain, make sure you can get at them easily. Don't miss any doses of your medication, even if you are afraid of any side effects it may produce during travel, such as passing water more often. The effects of missing it when your heart is under the increased stress of travelling will be worse than any of the side effects. Drink plenty of fluids such as water, so you don't de-hydrate.