How Your Mobile Phone Helps Keep You Safe When Traveling
The article addresses safety risks for female business travelers and offers mobile phone tips. These include setting up emergency alerts, connecting to embassies, using translation apps, and researching TripWhistle. It also advises locking devices, updating software, deleting unused apps, setting a PIN, turning off Wi-Fi and location tracking, and enabling Find My Phone and remote wiping. SAP Concur's TripIt app provides safety scores and embassy info.
Impact and considerations
Female business travelers face higher safety risks; mobile features can enhance personal safety, and companies should focus on duty of care.
Key points
- Female business travelers face higher risks like harassment and theft.
- Phones enable quick emergency calls and translation apps.
- Customize device security before travel, like locking and encryption.
- Turn off Wi-Fi and location tracking to reduce risks.
- TripIt app provides safety scores and embassy information.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:33
- Last updated
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：How Your Mobile Phone Helps Keep You Safe When Traveling (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 29 Jun 2022, 19:47