{"id":1497,"date":"2011-01-02T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2019-09-16T20:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T20:44:55","slug":"get-your-passport-renewal-now-to-see-iceland-cheap-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/get-your-passport-renewal-now-to-see-iceland-cheap-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Passport Renewal Now To See Iceland Cheap This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, we listed Iceland as one of the Top 5 Reasons to Get a Passport in 2011<\/a>. Now, Frommer’s <\/a>has uncovered an excellent, affordable travel deal that will take you there for $499 per person (plus tax, unfortunately.)<\/p>\n

The deal includes airfare to Reykjavik and back from Boston, New York, or Seattle. It also includes a two-night stay at the Icelandair Hotel Loftleidir with breakfast served daily and a trip to soak in the healing warm waters of Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. If you don’t mind paying a little more, you also have the option of staying in the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica instead.<\/p>\n

Also, if two nights isn’t enough, you can add on up to 5 additional nights for an extra fee of $59 if you’re staying at the Hotel Loftleidir and an extra $89 if you’re staying at the Hilton (per couple, singles pay a little bit more person, unfortunately).<\/p>\n

From Icelandair’s website<\/a>, here’s a little interesting tidbit about the Blue Lagoon: “Blue Lagoon’s guests actually bathe between two continents as the Euro – Asian and American tectonic plates meet at the Blue Lagoon.”<\/p>\n

The deal is only good from January 6th to March 27th, 2011, and you’ll need your passport to take advantage of it. Check your passport’s expiration date, as you’ll need to apply for a passport renewal ASAP if it’s no longer valid. Show up at the airport with an expired passport and not only will you not be allowed on the plane, you also might very well lose the money you put on the trip: per Icelandair’s website, “A $400 change fee per person applies to changes made up to 30 days before departure. Bookings cannot be changed 29 days or less prior to departure.”<\/p>\n

Yikes! Normally, passport renewals take approximately 6 weeks to process, but if you need yours faster you do have options. Ordering expedited service through the Department of State should get your passport processed in 3 weeks or longer. If you’re leaving in 2 weeks or less, you can make an appointment at a Regional Passport Agency office or use a private passport expediting company like RushMyPassport. We personally deliver your application to the Department of State for processing times as low as 24 hours!<\/p>\n

Apply for your passport renewal<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, we listed Iceland as one of the Top 5 Reasons to Get a Passport in 2011. Now, Frommer’s has uncovered an excellent, affordable travel deal that will take you there for $499 per person, as long as you have your passport renewal in time to take advantage! passport renewal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[186,112],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-iceland","tag-last-minute-travel-deals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t