Want to do something really special for Halloween this year? Now that popular reality shows follow “paranormal investigators” around, ghost-hunting is all the rage, but do you really want to spend your Halloween shivering in an abandoned building in the hopes that something will materialize? Expedite your passport to stay in a haunted luxury hotel instead! Expedite passport
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Winter is traditionally low season in Iceland, but the "Inspired by Iceland" campaign aims to fix that. To entice more tourists to visit Iceland during the cold winter months, the campaign encourages Icelanders to open up their homes to tourists eager to have locals show them around the country. It has received support from no less a public figure than Iceland's prime minister, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who posted a video on the Inspired by Iceland website encouraging others to take part.…
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At first, it seemed like an inspirational Hallmark story, the type of thing that restores your faith in humanity. A British couple, Jeremy and Sally Weaving, lost a bag at the airport containing valuables like money, a digital camera and Mr. Weaving's passport. They despaired of finding it again, only to wake up one morning to see a package on their doorstep containing the missing bag. In an interview with the Daily Echo, Mrs. Weaving described how delighted they were…
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After you apply for your new passport, all that's left is the waiting. If you requested regular service, that's about six weeks of checking the mail obsessively for an envelope from the State Department. Passports are sent back via regular mail with a tracking number, but you don't have to sign for it. So, if you're not home when it's delivered, there's usually not a problem...unless, of course, someone goes through your mailbox. That's what Snehlata Oberoi of San Francisco…
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At the moment, you only need a passport if you're leaving the country. But in this age of increased security, will you ever need a passport to board a domestic flight? Eventually, yes. There is a possibility that you could need a passport to board a domestic flight if you live in some states. That's because in 2005, the government passed the REAL ID Act, which created new standards that states were required to apply to their driver's license and…
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Lost passports are a perennial hazard for the teams of contestants on "The Amazing Race," now in its tenth year of production. This time around, a passport mishap almost ended one team's race before it could even begin. Kaylani Paliotta and her teammate Lisa Tilley stopped at a gas station en route to Los Angeles International Airport. Unfortunately, Kaylani's passport didn't make it out of the gas station. The film crew, who saw the dropped passport, were unable to intervene-…
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Germany's Oktoberfest is going on even as we speak- millions of people from all over the world gathering together to celebrate their love for a cold, frosty brew. Sounds great, doesn't it? If you feel like you're in your element in the midst of a large crowd of very drunk people, sure. However, as Matador Travel's Karyn Johnson discovered, the reality of Oktoberfest is often far less glamorous and far more vomit-filled than the hype. She says: "This is great…
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Passport stamps always have sentimental value, but when it comes to aesthetics, they often come up short. But not always. Some countries have passport stamps that are like miniature works of art. Here are six of the most interesting and unique passport stamps from around the world: Alaska Okay, it's not a country, but when you re-enter the US from Alaska, you might find your passport adorned with anything from a moose (Poker Creek Customs) to an old-style locomotive engine…
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As long as you treat it right, your new passport is built to last for around ten years. However, the more you travel, the more wear and tear it will show - and the greater the chance of accidental damage. A damaged passport is most definitely an inconvenience. If the damage is at all severe, the document will have to be replaced before you attempt to leave the country again. Plus, if your passport is damaged, you automatically forfeit the…
