RushMyPassport Editorial Team
Passport Editorial represents the combined expertise of RushMyPassport's passport advisors, operations team, and travel documentation specialists. With hands-on experience assisting thousands of U.S. citizens with their passport applications, our team writes and reviews content to ensure accuracy, practical guidance, and up-to-date information — because when your travel is on the line, you need advice from people who do this every day.
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An email scam is making the rounds, and this time, the email isn't coming from a "Nigerian prince." Instead, it's a little bit more clever. The person sending it claims to be someone you know who has lost their passport (and usually the rest of their wallet) overseas. Alternately, they may claim that all of their credit cards have been stolen, and that the hotel they are staying in is holding their passport until they get their money. Either way,…
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Have you always fantasized about visiting a tropical Caribbean beach but never thought you'd be able to afford it? What if your plane tickets were only $2? At first glance, joining Spirit Airlines' fare club seems like it just might be the ticket to bring your dream vacation within reach. Membership costs $39.95 per year, but it allows you to access sales that aren't available to non-members. For example, right now club members can fly from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to…
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As national security measures become ever more strict, even Americans who have lived here all of their lives sometimes have a hard time getting a new passport. This is especially true of older Americans, born in a time when record-keeping was not as strict. For example, June Cloud was born 61 years ago at home in Kilgore, Texas, and the doctor who delivered her did not submit the necessary paperwork for her to be issued a birth certificate. According to…
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Geese migrate south in the fall, and now you can, too. According to Jaunted, Virgin America is scheduled to start flights south of the border in the fall, to Cancun and Cab0 San Lucas. The new route was announced at an anniversary party commemorating the launch of Virgin America's first international destination, Toronto, last year. If you'd like to be one of the first to fly Virgin's new Mexican routes, you'd better get your passport application in now. Flights are…
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*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35. On July 13th, the price to get a new passport will go up significantly, as will the cost for a passport renewal. One county DMV office in New York is helping residents beat the price increases by making it easier to apply before they go into effect. Erie County, New York, which sits right along the US/Canadian…
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It's July 4th, and while most Americans are setting off fireworks,drinking beer and gorging themselves on hamburgers, hot dogs and potato chips, in France a very different scene is unfolding. The Tour de France began today in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This grueling race will not end until July 23rd in Bordeaux, France. During this time, according to Wikipedia, the riders will climb "the equivalent of three Everests." Yikes! Is it worth it to travel to France to watch the Tour…
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Fans of the "Godfather" series of books and movies now have a new reason to get a passport: Naples has repossessed the properties of mafia leaders and is turning them into retreats for tourists, according to the New York Times. For example, a 17th-century farmhouse owned by Bernardo Brusca, former capo of one of Sicily's more notorious crime families, is now a luxurious bed and breakfast. In the Times article, Emiliano Rocchi, the head chef of the bed and breakfast,…
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*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35. Are you considering getting a passport? You'll save a significant amount of money of money if you get your application in before July 13. That's the day that the US Department of State's proposed passport fee increases will go into effect. The new fee structure will increase fees for getting a passport and for passport renewals, as…
