Category "international-travel"

Photocopied spiral bound books in carry-on or checked luggage?

Can I carry spiral bound books in checked baggage? I'm traveling to do a training course abroad and I want to take photocopied textbooks that I need for the cou

Emirates damage claim reply with Montreal Convention 1999 excuse

My family flew from Mumbai to Houston with Emirates. When they arrived in Houston, 2 bags missed 2 wheels out of 4, and I was not able to pull them and had to l

How should a backpacker fill out home address field in immigration/custom cards

Arrival cards, Immigration cards, Custom declaration cards at airports often have a field that asks for home address/country of residence, etc... What if a bac

Uber/Lyft for foreign tourists?

I'll be visiting the US (specifically Los Angeles) in the very near future, and will need to travel from the airport to my hotel. To save money compared to a tr

Why are they not asking me about my passport number for my booking? [closed]

Is it OK when they are not asking my passport number for the travel? I ask because I bought my ticket and a few days later I realized they di

What are the steps to claim/recheck baggage on international layover via non-partner connecting airline?

Suppose you have an international layover at an airport that connects to a different non-partner airline from your arrival flight airline. My understanding is t

Which European countries require an Airside Transit visa (Chinese citizen)?

I booked a return flight to the Republic of Ireland that has a layover in London Heathrow. I just learned that I need to get a standard visa for the UK just for

Connecting time at JFK from terminal 5 to terminal 4

Arriving from MCO/Orlando on Jet Blue at 8:40AM Thursday October 26, 2017. Connecting to Emirates Airline in route to BKK/Bankok departing at 11:20AM same day.

How can a US citizen living abroad In Honduras return to the USA? [closed]

Thanks for taking time answering this. I'm quite confused with what my options are. I was born in the United States (new Orleans, Louisiana)

UK Visa Recommended Leave

Is there any recommended day to leave the UK before your visa expires? Should you leave 5 or 10 days before the visa expires?

Does the UK require your passport to be valid for a certain period of time at application stage?

I've been granted a UK visa 3 times. My current visa expires on 29 December. I am planning to apply for a new 6-months visitor visa in January 2018. However, my

PEK-ORD-YYZ - Re-check Luggage in Chicago?

Baggage checked from Beijing to Toronto (via Chicago) on United. Will I need to collect luggage in Chicago and re-check for final leg from Chicago to Toronto?

How do I go about traveling with extracted DNA?

I am traveling from Fairbanks, Alaska to Vienna, Austria in six weeks and need to bring 10 very small (~50 ul) samples of extracted arctic ground squirrel DNA w

South Korea travel visa - When do I leave?

If you are a US citizen and travel to South Korea under the 90 day visa-free policy, when do you have to leave? Is it the 90th day or the 89th day?

Do I need to provide passport details when booking to travel via ferry or train from England to Netherlands?

Are you required to provide passport details when booking on shuttle train or ferry to the Netherlands?

Refused boarding to New Zealand because I couldn't demonstrate I'm an NZ citizen. What are my options?

I bought tickets through a travel agent in New Zealand for my daughter, who is citizen of New Zealand as well as Russian, and myself. We travelled to Russia us

What is the use of a blue UN Laissez-Passer?

The United Nations and some other, related international organisations such as the IAEA, issue their employees with blue Laissez-Passer travel documents which,

Electronic items to take from US to India

I am buying some electronic items in the US to give them as gifts to friends and family in India. I wanted to ask if tablets, cameras, laptops bought in the US

Can I go outside Toronto airport with transit visa for a few hours? [duplicate]

I am an Indian citizen studying in US on F1 Visa. I have a 6-7 hour layover in Toronto International Airport on my flight from Chicago -> T

Are wire/belt cutter allowed to bring on-bag to plane?(not in luggage)

I found some pocket tools that contains some sharp part for cutting seat belt I think, as TSA said no sharp thing are allowed on-bag but the belt cutter isn't s