You’ve packed the camera, sun tan lotion and the condoms but did you remember some common sense?

Travelling abroad is an exciting experience but with so many things to see and do, the basics like health and safety are often taken for granted.

Roughly 17 million Britons go abroad in summer and about one in four of them fall ill. The most common problems are sunburn, diarrhoea, mosquito bites, accidents and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).