13/03/2024
Ever felt like travel might be risky? Discover why it's safer than you think! These intriguing insights are featured in our newsletter. Get the full scoop every Saturday at 6 PM EST. Sign up now for our newsletter for exclusive access! https://www.wheelandanchor.ca/lp/join-our-community/?fbclid=IwAR2YueYLTMSFo-XY15
This week, Wheel and Anchor is unveiling the full 3 reasons right here on Facebook! Tune in every Wednesday for a sneak peek, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
Three reasons travel is safe:
1. Possibility vs probability
It is possible that when you walk out your front door later on today, you will be hit by a stray bullet. But it is not probable. Once we realize that we already live our lives based on the probability that crossing the street will not result in getting hit by a car, that our next-door neighbours are not serial killers, though both these things are eminently possible, it shouldn’t be a big leap to apply the same thinking to things outside our comfort zones, like travel to new places.
2. Data is never without context
Jamaica regularly ranks near the top of global murder rates, as does Honduras. But if you look at how many tourists are hurt or killed, years go by without a single instance (you cannot always say the same for Canada and the US). Crime and violence are not general (once again, with the exception of failed states; and even there, parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo – a very large country – are quite safe), and visitors are almost never a part of that context.
3. At Wheel & Anchor, your safety is paramount
I or one of my team visit almost every place we set up trips to, often several times, before the first Wheel & Anchor community member sets foot on foreign soil. If I have the slightest sense that any place is not safe, I simply never put it on the itinerary. And once in-country, our hosts and guides and other service providers are all on the lookout for our travellers safety, so you can focus on getting everything out of the trip you want to.
-Wheel and Anchor
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