{"id":2490,"date":"2018-01-17T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:57:23","slug":"international-travel-advisory-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2018\/international-travel-advisory-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"International Travel Advisory for Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chill in the air is good motivation to make warmer travel plans for 2018.\u00a0 \u201cBefore you book plans for spring break or summer vacation, make sure your destination is safe,\u201d reminds Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s top independent travel insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n

Last week, the U.S. State Department<\/a>, launched a new Travel Advisory system. \u201cImprovements will provide U.S. citizens with clear, timely and reliable safety and security information worldwide. Under the new system, every country will have a Travel Advisory, providing levels of advice ranging from 1 to 4.\u201d<\/p>\n

Level 1, Exercise normal precaution\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 2, Exercise increased precaution<\/p>\n

Level 3, Reconsider travel<\/p>\n

Level 4, Do not travel<\/p>\n

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Warning regarding Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with the new system, the department alerted Americans, \u201cdo not travel,\u201d to five states in Mexico. Those include, Tamaulipas, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan and Sinaloa. According to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, violence has increased across Mexico over the last several years. In 2017, Mexico recorded more homicides than in any years since the government began releasing data in 1997. Certain areas have seen more bloodshed than others. Most of the violence is drug cartel related and visitors are often targets. Homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is rampant in these states.<\/p>\n

Overall, Mexico\u2019s most popular tourist areas were given a Level 2 rating (exercise increased precaution). However, The State Department advises U.S. citizens that it has limited ability to provide emergency services in much of Mexico.<\/p>\n

Travel insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n

So how do you know if travel insurance<\/a> is necessary for your trip? \u201cTake into consideration if your booking a year in advance, traveling abroad, going on a honeymoon or other important trip, or if the trip is costly,\u201d says Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent travel insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n

Travel insurance<\/a> covers: trip cancellation, medical expenses, emergency evacuation as well as lost or stolen items.<\/p>\n

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A chill in the air is good motivation to make warmer travel plans for 2018.\u00a0 \u201cBefore you book plans for spring break or summer vacation, make sure your destination is safe,\u201d reminds Dustyn Shroff, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida\u2019s top independent travel insurance agency. Last week, the U.S. State Department, launched a new Travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":2496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1,13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel-insurance","8":"category-floridainsurance","9":"category-healthcare-insurance","10":"category-homeowners-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13825,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions\/13825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}