Are You Concerned About Staying Safe Overseas?

At the end of this travel safety course, you will have the confidence, strategies, and skills to safely travel the world. The course includes over 3 hours of HD Video, useful checklists and worksheets, supplemental resources, offline practice exercises, and an easily accessible instructor. Learn how to enhance your safety, the safety of your travel companions, and protect your personal property with this comprehensive international travel safety course and Safe Traveler™ Certification program.
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Travel Safety 101 Course Curriculum

Learn the Skills and Mindset for Staying Safe

  • Skills and Mindset

    Learn the skills and mindset needed to stay safe overseas and adapt to a wide variety of environments.

  • Destination Research

    Learn how to properly research a destination, understand government travel warnings, and evaluate risks.

  • Personal Safety and Life Long Skills

    Many skills learned in the course will enhance your safety at home and keep you safe on all your future travels.

  • Interactive Course and Friendly Support

    A highly interactive course made up of HD Video, offline practice exercises, useful checklists, and accessible friendly support staff.

  • Learn the Skills Professionals Use

    Learn skills militaries, law enforcement, and security professionals use including situational awareness, keeping a low profile, operating on a needs to know basis, and risk management.

  • Skills, Tips, and Strategies for Everyone

    The skills, tips, and strategies are easy to learn and can be applied by anyone whether 8 or 80. These are lifelong skills for all travelers and many skills apply to your personal safety at home.

Safe Traveler Certification

A Safe Traveler™ is proficient in the basics of many skills used by security professionals, militaries, and experienced travelers around the world. This Certification empowers you to become a travel safety leader and show your expertise in a variety of safety related skills. In order to complete the Certification you’ll need to complete all lessons, optional knowledge checks, and the optional final certification.
Safe Traveler Certification

Meet Your Travel Safety 101 Instructor

  • David Sofield

    Founder and Instructor

    David Sofield

    David Sofield has visited over 50 countries and lived in 9 different ones over the last decade. He loves sharing his passion for travel, personal safety, first aid, and culture with others so they can safely experience the incredible world around them. His courses have been enjoyed by students from 86 countries and he enjoys learning from students from a wide variety of backgrounds. He developed the first comprehensive online travel safety course and Safe Traveler Certification with Travel Safety 101 for individuals on the market. Traditionally, these types of courses had only been available to companies, governments, and large NGOs. Currently, he works with a variety of clients developing bespoke blended learning solutions to help their groups stay safe in a variety of environments while overseas. When not working with Travel Safety 101’s customers, you’ll find him in the great outdoors hiking, skiing, and scuba diving. He graduated from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Travel Safety 101 FAQ

  • How does the free preview work?

    You have unlimited access to 5 travel safety lessons and there is no expiration. You’ll get great travel safety tips, learn the most important aspect of getting started with travel safety, meet the instructor, and experience our online learning management system. You will not need to enter a credit card, and you can upgrade at any time.

  • Can you tell me a little more about the structure of the course and taking an online course?

    The course player and learning area will work well on the latest versions of all browsers including Safari, Chrome, Microsoft Edge/ IE, Firefox, and Opera. The course experience will work best on any desktops, laptops, and most smartphones. Please, check out a free preview to learn more.

  • What should I do if I have questions?

    You can post them in the course discussion area, directly message your instructor, or send them to the support team. We encourage students to ask questions so they can get the most out of the course and we often use student questions to develop new content.

  • What payment methods do your accept?

    Our SSL secure payment processing powered by Stripe supports Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover.

  • What is the refund policy?

    We offer a 30 days from purchase no questions asked easy 100% refund on all individual travel courses. We always are trying to make the courses better and would love to hear any feedback from you. You can submit a refund request which will be processed in 1-2 business days through the support area.

  • When can I access the course?

    You have unlimited lifetime access to the international travel safety course and all future updates. You can complete the course at anytime convenient for you. There is no time limit for starting or completing the course.