An apparatus, including a monitoring device including a database which stores travel itinerary or a travel schedule information of an individual, a global positioning device; and an RFID tag; an RFID reader; and a computer. The computer generates a first message containing information regarding a date and a time when the RFID tag was detected or read and information regarding an address of the venue or information regarding a position or location of the vehicle. The computer transmits the first message to a user communication device, the monitoring device, or a central processing computer. The personal monitoring device determines that the individual is not following the travel itinerary or travel schedule, or that the individual has deviated from the travel itinerary or travel schedule. The monitoring device generates a second message containing information regarding a location of the individual and transmits the second message to the user communication device.