Take it or leave it. Given long enough time to prove your love for each other is a key to gain a more intimate and healthy relationship.
While you think you're brave enough to meet this wonderful person or you think you know a lot about the person on the other end but meeting for real is undeniably strange thus, it is much wiser to consider caution beforehand especially if you have to meet with him/her in a different country or else you're gonna be stuck in a foreign land.
All in all it is very crucial to develop your relationship through online messaging, while exchanging phone calls and seeing each other through live video sharing.