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Travel Vaccines and Travel Medicine: What You Need to Know

Traveling internationally?  Don't bring any exotic diseases home as unwanted souvenirs -- get the right vaccines before you leave! What Travel Vaccines Do You Need? Which vaccines will you need to protect yourself? The answer depends on a number of different factors, including: Which vaccines you've already had. The countries you'll be traveling to. When you plan to travel. The activities you plan to engage in. Additionally, some countries may require a yellow fever vaccine as one of their entry…

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Get a Passport, Get a Job?

Today's job market is tough. One way to make your resume stand out: get a passport, and study abroad.  According to CNN, only 1% of US students study abroad. Employers are increasingly seeking out candidates with this experience. That might be why Harvard Business School sent its entire 2012 class overseas. As reported by CNN, First Lady Michelle Obama recently got in on the act. She encouraged students to study abroad during a recent trip to China: "The benefits of…

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Roomer is the Newest Site for Hotel Deals

Looking for a way to save money on hotel reservations?  Find great deals on hotel rooms using Roomer! What is Roomer? Roomer provides a marketplace for people to resell prepaid, nonrefundable hotel reservations that they can no longer use. Their loss is your gain, as the rooms are typically available for steep discounts. Through Roomer, the person who originally reserved the room gets some of their money back, while you get to stay somewhere nice without spending a lot of…

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Customer Story: Helping Orphans in Vietnam

At RushMyPassport, every customer has a story. We thought this one was especially worth sharing. Recently, we had the opportunity to help Hillary Brown, co-founder of HOW, an organization that helps children, the elderly and the disabled in Vietnam. Helping Orphans Worldwide HOW (Helping Orphans Worldwide) is a small charity, but it operates several remarkable projects, including: A program to help Vietnamese children affected by the rare skin disease Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), which causes the skin to be so fragile…

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How To Get Extra Passport Pages for Free

This information on this page is no longer valid. You cannot add pages to your passport. If you are out of passport pages, you MUST apply for a passport renewal. If your passport is more than 5 years expired or is damaged, you must apply for a new passport. Routine passport processing is 6-8 weeks. You can get your passport in two weeks or less using RushMyPassport's expedited passport services. Call us today to find a price and speed that…

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Puerto Rico Passport Agency Opens

The New Year brings good news for US citizens living in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: no longer will an expedited passport require an expensive and time-consuming trip to the mainland. The San Juan Passport Agency will be open for business on Monday, January 13, 2014. This passport agency will issue emergency passports to people with international travel itineraries departing within the next 14 days (or within the next four weeks if a visa is also required). Previously,…

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Expedited US Passport Services for Winter Travel

What's the best way to get your passport expedited during the busy travel season? The US Department of State's standard passport processing time is four to six weeks. In a recent press release, the State Department said customers using third-party expediting companies "do not receive their passport any faster than those who come directly to the U.S. Department of State and apply at one of our 25 passport agencies located across the United States." Does that mean expediting companies like…

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Best Apps for International Travel

Earlier this summer, we posted a blog on 4 Great Apps for International Travel.  We wanted to add some additional apps to the list to ensure you were up to date on the latest and greatest apps for international travel. Trip Journal -- Trip documenter :  Trip Journal is an award-winning travel app that lets you digitally document your trip on your iOS, Android, Bada or Symbian device. Converse:  Have a conversation with speakers of other languages with Converse, a $4.99 iPad…

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