Travel involving more than one country.
Questions relating to legal and other considerations when travel includes leaving your native country. Also add any specific tags such as electricity or visas that your question involves.
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When traveling to a country with a different currency, how should you take your money?
Recently my wife and I traveled to Italy and before we left we got about 85% of our money in travelers checks and the other 15% we carried on in cash. When we arrived there, no one would take our travelers checks and many places did not accept…
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Why can't I wash away soapy hands?
If it is more appropriate for Chemistry Stack Exchange, please let me know, although it happens when I am traveling.
I am very thorough when washing my hands (I prefer bars of soap to liquid soap), and I noticed that, in some places I have traveled…
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Is it possible to make a decent income from travelling the world?
My dream is to be able to travel the world and have a new adventure every day. With the internet, every day I'm able to see this beautiful and unique world, but those are only photos. I want to experience those places and cultures.
There are some…
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If, like Edward Snowden, your passport was revoked or cancelled, how could you travel?
As per the news, NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has had his passport revoked by the United States Government.
From the article:
It was not immediately clear how Snowden was able to travel,
However, he was able to fly from Hong Kong to Russia,…
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How much cash can I safely carry into the USA and avoid civil forfeiture?
I'm planning a trip to the USA soon (from Germany). I'd like to know how much cash I can bring in without problems.
Just to clarify, I am not talking about the $10000-or-file-a-form limit. I'm talking about the point where the authorities will…
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Why is international first class much more expensive than international economy class?
I fly domestic first class a lot and it is rarely more than double the cost of an economy ticket. For example, for Thanksgiving my first class ticket is costing about $1200 where the economy tickets cost about $800.
I am looking to book an…
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How to search for a flight when dates and cities are flexible but non-direct flights must not pass through a particular country?
Sometimes when booking a trip you can be very flexible with many factors but any route passing through a certain country cannot be considered.
Say you're going from country A to country B either direct or not, but if not direct must not be via…
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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 using Russian passports but the travel agent never mentioned that she needed an endorsement…
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Are there any binational mass rapid transit systems?
In the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, there have been proposals to extend the Lille metro across the border into Belgium. Although those proposals have been shelved for cost reasons, I wonder: does any binational metropolitan area have a…
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Which countries can punish you for doing drugs elsewhere?
I am a Russian citizen living in the Netherlands, my travel plans for this year include many EU countries, many trips to Russia as well as UK, US and Japan. At the moment, I have never done drugs, but I have been to coffeeshops with others.…
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Is there any advantage to checking in for a flight before going to the airport?
Assume seat selection has already been done, the flight is an international one so the airline may want to see documents, and the passenger is going to check a suitcase.
Is there any advantage to checking in on-line and printing a boarding pass?
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How to make my credit card "less" secure for travel?
I've been recently booking some travel abroad and had a really difficult time making payments. Pretty much every charge that originated from a different country got rejected the first time around. Sometimes you need 2 factor authorization (2FA),…
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Ordinary Traveller: How to use/access Timatic?
I have read that Timatic is widely used by many Airlines to check what document requirements passengers have to fulfil to board international flights.
The Demo link on Timatic web is broken but I remember having seen it working before but I was not…
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What is the last point where one can throw away fruits if one has indicated "not bringing any fruit" on the US customs form when flying to the US?
What is the last point where one can throw away fruits if one has indicated "not bringing any fruit" on the US customs form (CBP Declaration Form 6059B) when flying to the US?
Question update (2019-11-13): I see some people implying or explicitly…
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I am a citizen of one of the countries listed in the US travel ban. Can I travel outside the US?
I am a citizen of one of the countries on the US travel ban list. I applied and got my passport from my embassy last week and I'm planning on traveling to another country (not my country of origin).
I am currently a US permanent resident and…
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