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Make sure you and your family are gas safe while on holiday

If you are going on holiday or staying away from home in a rented holiday home or hotel, you may be at risk from poorly maintained, badly installed or faulty gas appliances.

Travel journalist Simon Calder recommends following Gas Safe Register's advice to stay safe on holiday. You can download the top tips to holiday safety to view gas safety advice and enjoy a gas safe holiday.

Carbon monoxide risks

When you are on holiday, at home or abroad, you could be at risk of deadly carbon monoxide poisoning from poorly maintained gas appliances in the property. Make sure you know how to keep safe while on holiday.

You don’t know how often the gas appliances have been checked or serviced by the owners.

Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous gas, with no colour, taste or smell. It can kill quickly and without warning. Even low levels can cause long lasting health problems.

How to avoid danger

To be safe, Gas Safe Register recommends that you take a battery operated audible carbon monoxide alarm on holiday. Put it in your room to detect any carbon monoxide in the property and it should alert you to danger.

Do you know the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning? Knowing what signs to look out for could protect your family and save your life.

You can buy carbon monoxide alarms in most DIY retailers for around £20 or from your energy supplier. Remember to remove the batteries before airport check-in to make sure the alarm doesn’t go off during your flight.

When you return from holiday, you can use the same alarm to alert you to harmful levels of carbon monoxide in your own home.

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