Expedited Passports

Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to work from anywhere? Imagine being able to travel the world, constantly, without leaving your paycheck behind! That may sound like an impossible dream for someone who’s not independently wealthy, but it’s not. If the thought of traveling the world as a “digital nomad” entices you, Christine Gilbert at Almost Fearless can show you how to make it happen. She describes several options for making your job portable, including becoming a consultant, freelancing, working remotely, and starting your own business. Of course, becoming a digital nomad isn’t all fun and games….as this post points out, you do still have to work, and wrestling with unreliable foreign internet connections can be time-consuming and frustrating. Working on a tropical island is still work, but at least the scenery is an improvement over the view from a cubicle! (more…)

At midnight tonight, a new year will begin. New Year’s Eve means parties, champagne and of course, New Year’s resolutions. According to USA.gov, “taking a trip” is one of the 10 most popular New Year’s resolutions. It’s also a New Year’s resolution you can actually enjoy keeping-unlike, say, resolving to cut out sweets.

If you’d like to travel overseas, 2009 is a great time to do so. In fact, travel experts such as Genevieve Shaw Brown from Travelocity have proclaimed it “The Year of the Deal,” with the current recession driving the cost of international travel down.

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Even if you aren’t planning on traveling overseas, some experts recommend that you get a passport or a passport card for your children.  Why should you be concerned about getting a US passport for your children if you aren’t traveling out of the country?  According to County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi of Union County, New Jersey, getting a US passport for your children can actually protect them in case of abduction.

Child abduction is every parent’s worst nightmare.  When filing a missing persons report for a child, having a passport or passcard on hand makes it easy to provide authorities with the information they need to find your child, including date of birth, where they were born, their nationality and a photograph. Passports are also the strongest available form of identification for kids who are too young for other types of state-issued IDs like driver’s licenses.

Getting a US passport for your child requires that you submit the appropriate forms and documentation. This checklist will show you what to include with your child’s passport application. If you need to get a US passport for your child quickly, the easiest way is to use a private passport expediting company like RushMyPassport.com. Expediting companies make getting a US passport quicker and easier. Your child’s application will be handled by trained passport specialists, and you’ll be sure to have his or her passport ready when you need it!