Planning guide
Travel vaccination timeline
A week-by-week checklist for scheduling your travel vaccines. Aim to book 6–8 weeks before departure — but we can still help if you're travelling sooner.
Book your travel consultation. Start multi-dose courses: Rabies (3 doses over 21–28 days), Hepatitis B (3 doses), and Japanese Encephalitis (2 doses over 28 days).
Yellow Fever must be given at least 10 days before entering a risk country for the ICVP certificate to be valid. Start Hepatitis A and combined Hepatitis A+B.
Typhoid vaccination (needs 2 weeks for full immunity, lasts ~3 years). Cholera oral vaccine (2 doses, 1 week apart). Second doses of accelerated Rabies/JE schedules.
Meningitis ACWY (mandatory for Hajj/Umrah), Tetanus/Diphtheria/Polio boosters, and Tick-borne Encephalitis if applicable. Collect antimalarial tablets and start them as directed.
How long do travel vaccinations last?
- Yellow Fever: life-long protection (single dose).
- Hepatitis A: up to 25 years after the booster dose.
- Hepatitis B: typically long-term after the full 3-dose course.
- Typhoid: around 3 years.
- Rabies: boosters every 3–5 years for ongoing exposure risk.
- Japanese Encephalitis: ~1–2 years without a booster; longer after one.
- Tetanus / Diphtheria / Polio: booster every 10 years.
Leaving in less than 2 weeks?
Don't skip your travel appointment. Many vaccines still provide meaningful protection close to travel, and accelerated schedules exist for Rabies and Hepatitis B. Antimalarials can usually be started 1–2 days before entering a risk area.
Ready to plan your vaccinations?
Book a personal consultation with our specialist travel pharmacists — often available the same day.