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Short-term Travel
Prepare for your trip.
Our Short-term Travel report is best suited for business travelers, tourists, and anyone staying in-country a few weeks or less.
Learn where you're going, so you can be prepared.
Who is this for?
- Tourists and casual visitors who want a clear, current understanding of the local environment—safe areas, areas to avoid, current issues, local norms, and practical considerations—before arriving in-country.
- Travelers on short business trips who need quick, actionable insight on neighborhood conditions around hotels, offices, and meeting locations, as well as current disruptions, protest activity, or safety considerations that could affect itinerary planning.
- Students, study-abroad groups, and research/field teams preparing for brief academic or experiential trips and needing a reliable snapshot of local risks, transit considerations, and situational awareness relevant to their specific destination.
- Travel coordinators or executive assistants arranging short-duration travel for others and wanting a concise, trustworthy assessment of local conditions to ensure safety and smooth movement.
- Individuals attending events—conferences, concerts, major gatherings—who need clarity on crowding, transportation constraints, local behavior, and any emerging developments that might influence plans during their stay.
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Assessment Sections
The following report sections are included in each Traveler (Short-term) report.
Government Advisories
A survey of a variety of government travel advice for your destination.
Government agencies currently surveyed include:
- US Department of State
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Canada Global Affairs
- Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- European Union
- Germany Auswärtiges Amt
- France Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
- Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
~3 pages in length
How This Section is Made
Advisory data from all 10 named agencies is scraped directly from the open website data of the agencies. This is done during report creation so that the data is as fresh as possible.
Region, City, Neighborhood
An analysis of three different geographic scales, with the primary site of interest at the center of each scale map.
These maps are not meant for navigation, but rather to provide context about the risk environment of the area surrounding the primary address at three different scales.
Different kinds of Points of Interest (POIs) are shown on each map, with the understanding that different kinds of sites offer opportunity and may attract attention and risk.
These maps may be useful for understanding the concentration of critical infrastructure, services, and transportation "heat" in the area, as well as that of potential vulnerabilities and risks.
~40 pages in length
How This Section is Made
We gather data on the key sites at each scale then plot them on maps of that scale, along with listing the distance of each site to the primary address of concern.
At each scale, we look at the following types of sites:
Ports: Airports, Seaports
Transit: Subways, Trains
Infrastructure: Power Plants, Water Plants
Services: Police, Fire, Hospitals
Risk: Military Bases, Embassies
Site Analysis
This section looks directly at the specific site you are interested in.
We provide an analysis of the site, assets on the ground, and the immediate area around the site.
We conclude with a description of the site and an analysis of site-specific risk based on past events at the site, in the area, and nationally.
~6 pages in length
How This Section is Made
Images and maps of the site are combined with:
Site Description: An in-depth description of the site and its surroundings.
Site-Related Risk Based on Past Events: An analysis of site-related risk based on events that have happened on or near the site in the past. This includes the neighborhood and regular/expected flows around the site.
Current Issues
What's happening right now? What is everyone on the ground talking about, writing about, and concerned about right now?
Current Issues are derived from the "Developments" of the past two weeks--what was reported on in our country intelligence Daily Briefings over that period. We select only those developments spanning the whole of the last week (or longer) for inclusion.
~5-8 pages in length
How This Section is Made
Data is gathered from our intelligence data and from recent Developments reporting we have done. From among those Developments, we look for the most impactful ones that are currently still ongoing.
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Each section of every report is generated independently using its own data pipelines and analytic methods. For a detailed explanation of how data is gathered, processed, and correlated for each assessment type, please refer to the individual product pages.
For site-focused reports, the analysis is tailored to the exact address or site you specify. For national-level reports, the primary variable is the date on which the assessment is produced, as all analysis reflects the most current one-year window of available data.
While each assessment follows a standardized production methodology for consistency, all underlying data is freshly collected and bounded to the previous 12 months to ensure relevance, trend visibility, and accuracy.
If you require an assessment for a location outside our current coverage, please contact us. We will review your request and advise whether we can produce it.
As a result, the information incorporated into our assessments is refreshed continuously and is as current as feasibly possible.
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We are also available for additional bespoke analysis or tasking upon request.
For site-focused assessments, we need the primary site address or exact site name.
For Executive Protection (EP) Advance reports covering multiple sites (up to five), we require the primary location plus any secondary addresses.
Because precise geolocation is critical to accurate analysis, we may contact you for clarification if any address information appears incomplete or ambiguous.
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