Dealing with sudden violence while traveling
Travelers facing sudden civil unrest, violence, or being stranded and locked down during a trip abroad due to unexpected military or cartel conflicts.
What people tried
3 itemsEvery workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Sheltering in place inside hotels or apartmentsDid this help you?
- 2Relying on family or friends for updates when communication is disruptedDid this help you?
- 3Accepting flight diversionsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I have a friend who is vacationing there right now and just posted about how she can't leave yet.”source ↗
“I’m locked in a barricaded hotel in Guadalajara. The fear of getting on a plane or to an airport is not worth a cheap flight.”source ↗
“Yea my dad was on his way there to see my sister, diverted to Alabama. Travel insurance then doesn’t cover war/terrorism which I assume they’ll say this is.”source ↗
Where this came up
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