lt depends on if you feel there needed or not. I personally had them . I also took a course of malaria tablets and was glad I did as my legs and ankles got bit quite alot, although I never saw any mossies I still have little faint scars now from whatever it was. Our doctor recommended that we had jabs as we were taking children and they tend to pick up alot more bugs, so its better to be safe than sorry and they were free of charge