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ABOVE: The Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwickshire, England has housed a rest home for ex-servicemen since 1571. Several of the 14th-Century buildings are open to the public.

Travel Planner: Insurance europeforvisitors.com
See this Europe for Visitors page for links to companies that offer temporary health-care, medevac, and trip-interruption insurance for travelers.

CDC Travel Information
The U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells you how to stay healthy while traveling. Specific pages cover Western and Eastern Europe.

Highway to Health
Members can search for physicians and dentists around the world; as a non-member, you're restricted to seeing what specialties are listed in each city.

IAMAT
The International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers offers a world directory of participating clinics and physicians in 125 countries.

ISTM
The International Society of Travel Medicine has a directory of travel-medicine providers and clinics.

Travel Health Online
In addition to general information (including State Department bulletins and country profiles), this site has a register of "travel medicine providers" where you can get immunizations or a checkup before you leave home.

Blood Tranfusion Guidelines for International Travelers
These guidelines were originally published by the World Health Organization.

Healthy Flying with Diana Fairechild
How to avoid dehydration, jetlag, "skypoxia," and other hazards of air travel.

Travel Hygiene Products europeforvisitors.com
Whether you're obsessive-compulsive or legitimately worried about germs, you can rely on Magellan's for everything from women's urination funnels to airport-security foot protectors.

European Travel Links - Main Index

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Short-term car leases:
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Do you live outside the EU? Save on car rental with a tax-free Peugeot 'Buy Back' or Renault Eurodrive tourist lease. Minimum driver age is 18, there's no upper age limit, and rates include full insurance.

For details, see our article on Short-Term Car Leasing.