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Can I recover cost for being denied entry in a country. Flight, Hotel or even transfer money
Me and my family, my wife my son aged 11 and daughter aged 9 travelled via Germany from UK to Tunisia for a 8 night holiday. We all hold UK passport therefore no visa is required. Hotel and transfer and return flight had been booked. On arriving at…
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Environmental impact of ferries
When I travel, I try to limit my environmental impact. I don't want to refrain from travelling completely, but when I do travel, I tend to favour ground-level transportation over air-transportation, if distances are not too large (e.g., if traveling…
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Can I re-enter the USA after a 1-day overstay 3 years ago?
I visited the USA with an ESTA Visa Waiver 3 years ago and I left the country one day late; instead of 90 days I left on the 91st day, because the flight was bought like this. I do not have any stamp in my passport showing when I left the country.…
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Do road signs showing a country and a city as destinations really exist?
I was watching the movie "The Day of the Jackal (1973)", where Jackal was driving on a road, past this road sign.
It shows one country(Italie) & one city(Paris) on the road sign. I never saw a country name on a road sign.
Do road signs showing one…
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Does anything stop identical twins from traveling on each other's passports?
Assuming two identical twins want to swap their passports (e.g. to travel using the other guy's visa or to make visa runs easier) - would there be anything to stop them?
Some visas do record the applicant's fingerprints but would you really be…
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Strange landing interview at LGW for an EEA national
So the following conversation took place at Gatwick Airport in April 2015, around 10:30PM, as I was entering the UK on a Swedish ID card. I was dressed in jeans and a plain red t-shirt (it was warm outside), had a laptop bag for hand luggage and was…
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Where, specifically, was the statue of King George III in Manhattan? Can I visit there today?
A famous image from the history of the US Revolutionary War is the pulling down of the statue of King George III in Manhattan.
Source: www.teachushistory.org
It seems pretty clear that the statue was in Bowling Green Park, but it isn't clear where…
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Early breakfast availability in Japan?
I'm planning a trip to Japan in a couple months.
Here in Korea, shops and restaurants often don't open until late morning--even most coffee shops aren't open for breakfast. The main exceptions are places like convenience stores and McDonald's. As…
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Overstayed in the Philippines for years: How to go back to the US without paying a big fine?
I'm a U.S. Citizen and I have been overstaying in the Philippines for 5 years. I want to go back to U.S what's the penalty?
I don't have enough money to pay a big fine, is there a way to avoid that?
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Is it customary to tip in Guam?
I just came back from a recent trip in Guam and, as a French person that is not used to this habit, I didn't tip in taxi, restaurant,...
Is it customary to tip in Guam?
Sure, it is a (non-incorporated) territory of the US, but I felt that the…
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Getting a foreign prescription for a prescription drug filled in the US
My wife takes a prescription medication that cannot be stopped. Her supply is running out while in the US and we've tried faxing her foreign doctor's prescription to Walmart but they wouldn't accept it. What options do we have for getting a…
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Buying Paris metro tickets from Eurostar before/during the journey?
Whenever a Eurostar gets into Brussels, and especially when one gets into Paris, there is always a mad scramble for the metro ticket machines, and if you weren't in the first coach then a very long queue...
A couple of years ago I did manage to buy…
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Going to New Delhi for a conference. Where to drink/get water?
I've just read Drinking tap water in India, which has some mixed messages (in different answers) regarding tap water safety in different locations and conditions in India.
Now, I'm traveling to a conference to be held in the Gurgaon area, near the…
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Getting from New York JFK airport to Manhattan, without the sneaky airtrain exit fee?
The last time I flew into JFK, I took the "free" AirTrain from the terminal out to the subway. I was rather surprised and annoyed, on getting to the subway transfer, to discover that it wasn't free after all. Between terminals is free, but to…
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Laws requiring identification at hotel check-in
I know that in many non-US countries they require identification to check into hotels. However, in the United States I am not aware of any laws that require this. Do they exist?
The reason I ask is that I have attempted to anonymously check into…
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