While you don’t need to be fluent or have perfect pronunciation, learning a few key phrases in your destination’s language makes a great first impression and also makes your travels go much smoother. Below is a list of universal phrases worth learning before you leave—but be sure to make adjustments to adapt to your own… Read more »
During the winter, weather conditions like blizzards and ice storms can cause widespread flight delays and even bring your travels to a halt. But weather-related delays can also wreak havoc on your plans because storms can form quickly, stretch for hundreds of miles and move rapidly over large areas of the country. The good news… Read more »
Here at On Call, our travelers know they can call our Global Response Center for emergency assistance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. However, while making an international phone call is pretty easy, there are some specific steps you need to take to help ensure the call goes through without a hitch! The… Read more »
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic and now have vaccines to help fight COVID-19, we know that many organizations still have questions about how international travel will be impacted. To help answer these questions, our team of in-house travel health and security experts created On Call’s COVID-19 Travel Outlook Map as a valuable reference tool…. Read more »
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic and now have vaccines to help fight COVID-19, we know that many organizations still have questions about how international travel will be impacted. To help answer these questions, On Call’s team of experts created our Travel Restart & Location Monitoring Program to help organizations like yours do… Read more »
Have you ever wondered how a medical evacuation works? You can never predict when, where, or even if one of your travelers will get sick or injured overseas—however, in the unfortunate event it happens, knowing how to effectively react is more than half the battle. Our medical evacuation guide for organizations will reveal how this… Read more »
From medical emergencies to security concerns—or any other travel issue big or small—here at On Call, the health and safety of the travelers we serve is our top priority. Read our latest case study for an inside look at how On Call’s Global Assistance Teams work around the clock to fulfill our mission of helping… Read more »
Here at On Call, we routinely find that administrators responsible for travel risk and security find themselves to be under-resourced, lower priority, and in constant fire-fighting mode. Our clients tell us it can sometimes feel impossible to be proactive about risk, let alone respond to incidents in a timely and effective fashion. This has become… Read more »
AMERICAS War on Criminal Networks in Mexico Under immense pressure to cut a soaring murder rate, which is on track to make 2020 Mexico’s deadliest year on record, the Mexican government arrested José Antonio Yépez, known as “El Marro”, on August 2nd. El Marro is the leader of the notorious Santa Rosa de Lima cartel,… Read more »
As the world continues to pick up the pieces from the pandemic, we have been flooded with questions from our clients and travelers around when and how to resume travel. While there is a lot of great information out there about restarting travel, it’s also getting increasingly more difficult to sift through what’s relevant and… Read more »