Your bags are packed. Your passport is ready. Your itinerary is saved to your phone.

But before you head out of Moncton, there is one more thing worth checking off your travel list: your travel health plan.

Whether you’re flying somewhere warm, visiting family overseas, heading out on a safari, travelling for work or finally taking that long-awaited international holiday, your destination can come with health considerations that are easy to overlook.

That’s where Virtual Travel Clinic comes in.

Instead of driving to a traditional travel clinic and spending time in a waiting room, New Brunswick travellers can meet virtually with a trained Travel Medicine Professional from the comfort of home. Your destination, itinerary, medical history and vaccination history can be reviewed to create a personalized travel health plan.

And when prescriptions or vaccines are recommended, your travel medicine can be coordinated through a local pharmacy.

Travel health planning, without the travel to the travel clinic.

A Travel Clinic in Moncton That Comes to You

Travel preparation already involves enough running around.

Flights. Hotels. Packing. Currency. Travel insurance. Making sure someone remembers to water the plants.

Your travel health appointment doesn’t need to add another trip across town.

With Virtual Travel Clinic, the consultation happens online. Appointments are available seven days a week, including morning and evening options, so you can find a time that fits around work, school, family and everything else on your calendar.

Your virtual travel health journey

Virtual Travel Clinic is proudly Canadian-owned and operates across Canada, making it possible to access travel health advice without needing to visit a physical travel clinic.

Travel Vaccines: What Do You Actually Need?

One of the most common travel questions is:

“What vaccines do I need?”

Unfortunately, there isn’t a single answer that applies to every traveller.

Your vaccine recommendations depend on several factors, including:

• Where you’re travelling
• Which cities or regions you’ll visit
• How long you’ll be away
• Your planned activities
• Your accommodation
• Your age
• Your medical history
• Your previous vaccination history

For example, someone spending a week at an all-inclusive resort may have different travel health considerations from someone backpacking through rural Southeast Asia.

That’s why personalized travel advice matters.

A Travel Medicine Professional can assess your individual situation and determine which vaccines and medications may be recommended or required for your trip.

Travel vaccines may include protection against:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Typhoid
• Yellow Fever
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Rabies
• Meningococcal disease
• Polio
• Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis
• Measles, mumps and rubella
• Influenza
• Cholera and ETEC

The appropriate vaccines depend on your personal circumstances and destination. Virtual Travel Clinic’s comprehensive consultations are designed to provide destination-specific advice and prescriptions for travel vaccines and medications where appropriate.

Travel Prescriptions

Vaccines are only one piece of the travel health puzzle.

Depending on where you’re headed, you may also want to discuss medications that can help prevent or manage certain travel-related illnesses.

Virtual Travel Clinic offers specialized consultations for concerns including:

Malaria

Travelling to an area where malaria is present?

A malaria consultation can help assess your destination-specific risk and whether preventive medication may be appropriate.

Traveller’s Diarrhea

Traveller’s diarrhea is one of the most common illnesses people experience abroad.

A specialized consultation can provide advice and prescriptions where appropriate to help you prepare for gastrointestinal illness while travelling.

Yellow Fever

Some countries require proof of Yellow Fever vaccination for entry, while vaccination is recommended for travellers visiting other areas where the disease occurs.

Virtual Travel Clinic offers specialized Yellow Fever consultations, including an exemption certificate where applicable.

Altitude Sickness

Heading somewhere high?

An altitude sickness consultation can help travellers understand the risk of Acute Mountain Sickness and discuss prevention strategies where appropriate.

Resort Travel

Even an all-inclusive holiday can come with travel health considerations.

Virtual Travel Clinic offers a specialized Resorts consultation for travellers staying at all-inclusive resorts and hotels.

Travelling From Moncton? Your Destination Changes Everything

Not every international trip requires the same preparation.

Your travel health plan should reflect what you are actually going to do once you arrive.

Visiting friends and relatives?

If you’re travelling overseas to see family, your trip may look very different from a typical tourist holiday.

You may stay in local homes, spend more time in communities outside major tourist areas or stay for longer periods.

Those factors can affect your travel health recommendations.

Going on a tropical holiday?

A beach vacation might feel like the simplest kind of international trip, but travellers can still encounter risks related to food, water, mosquitoes and vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Heading to Africa?

Depending on your destination and itinerary, your consultation may cover malaria prevention, Yellow Fever, mosquito protection, food and water safety and other destination-specific risks.

Travelling through Southeast Asia?

Your itinerary could involve several countries, rural areas, cities or outdoor activities, all of which can influence your recommendations.

Going on a cruise?

Your destinations, shore excursions and time spent onboard can all be considered when creating your travel health plan.

The destination is only part of the story. Your itinerary matters too.

Why Book a Consultation with Virtual Travel Clinic?

Traditional travel clinics can be useful, but they aren’t always convenient.

Virtual Travel Clinic was designed to make travel medicine easier to access for Canadians.

No commute

Your consultation happens virtually, so you can skip the drive to a physical clinic.

No waiting room

Meet with a Travel Medicine Professional online instead of sitting in a clinic waiting room.

Travel-specific expertise

Virtual Travel Clinic’s care team includes Registered Nurses with travel-specific training, and the clinic states that its care follows International Society of Travel Medicine standards. Travel health plans are also reviewed by a certified travel doctor.

Flexible appointments

Appointments are available seven days a week, including mornings and evenings.

Local pharmacy access

After your virtual appointment, prescriptions can be picked up through a pharmacy coordinating your travel medications.

Canadian-owned and operated

Virtual Travel Clinic is Canadian-owned and operated, with services available to travellers across Canada.

When Should You Book a Consultation?

Ideally, start your travel health planning 2 to 4 weeks before departure.

This gives you time to:

• Review your existing vaccinations
• Determine which travel vaccines may be recommended
• Complete multi-dose vaccine schedules where necessary
• Arrange prescription medications
• Ask questions about your destination
• Prepare a travel health kit
• Put mosquito and food safety precautions in place

Virtual Travel Clinic recommends booking 2 to 4 weeks before travel when possible because some vaccines require multiple doses and time to take effect.

Leaving soon?

Don’t panic.

Last-minute travel doesn’t automatically mean there is nothing you can do.

Virtual Travel Clinic states that recommendations can be customized based on the amount of time available before departure.

So if your flight is next week and you suddenly realize your travel health planning has been sitting at the bottom of your to-do list, you’re not necessarily out of options.

What Happens During a Virtual Travel Clinic Consultation?

A travel consultation is more than simply deciding which vaccines to get.

Your Travel Medicine Professional will consider your individual health information alongside your travel plans.

Your appointment may include:

1. Destination assessment

Where are you going?

Which cities or regions?

How long will you stay?

2. Itinerary review

Are you staying at resorts, visiting family, backpacking, camping, working abroad or taking part in outdoor activities?

3. Medical history review

Your health history, current medications and previous vaccinations can help determine which recommendations are appropriate.

4. Vaccine recommendations

Your Travel Medicine Professional can recommend travel vaccines based on your individual risk assessment.

5. Prescription planning

If medically appropriate, prescriptions can be provided for certain travel medications.

6. Practical travel advice

Travel health planning can also cover topics such as food and water safety, mosquito protection and other destination-specific precautions.

The goal isn’t to give every traveller every vaccine or every medication.

It’s to help you understand what makes sense for your trip.

A Simple Travel Health Checklist for Moncton Travellers

Before your suitcase leaves New Brunswick, make sure you’ve thought about:

And yes, checking your passport expiration date is still important too.

What Makes Virtual Travel Clinic Different?

Virtual Travel Clinic has conducted more than 200,000 medical consultations, according to its website, and its team includes travel health professionals with specialized training.

The clinic’s approach combines virtual convenience with travel medicine expertise.

Instead of spending hours travelling to and from an appointment, your travel health preparation can happen from home.

You get:

Expert advice
Personalized travel health recommendations based on your itinerary and medical history.

Convenience
Online appointments from wherever you are in Moncton or elsewhere in Canada.

Prescriptions
Travel vaccines and medications can be prescribed when medically appropriate.

Local pharmacy access
Pick up your travel medicine through a pharmacy coordinating your prescriptions.

Flexible scheduling
Appointments are available seven days a week, including mornings and evenings.

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