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Renewing your passport is expensive, but now that there's a hefty new $82 fee for adding pages, it's almost a better deal to just go ahead and apply for a US passport renewal. Plus, there are limits to how many pages you can get added to your passport before you have to get a new one. If you'd prefer to put off the day of reckoning for as long as possible, here's a tip courtesy of Gadling's Grant Martin: "One…
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Is your passport about to expire? Are you wondering if you should bother with the US passport renewal process, or just let it go for a while? The New York Times has a review of some new Caribbean resorts that just might motivate you to get down to the post office with your renewal application! All of the resorts the Times reviews focus on immersing travelers in local culture and local experiences. My favorite resort out of the 5 mentioned…
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When you run out of pages in your passport, you have to get more pages added or you won't be allowed to travel. Usually, adding pages is no big deal-in fact, until just this summer, the government didn't even charge for it. However, tech entrepreneur Sanjeev Midha had a passport so large, he had to get an early US passport renewal instead. According to AOL.com, Midha's passport had enough pages that it could almost qualify as a small novel: a…
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In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the following post is written mostly in Pirate. Arrr! September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but just 'cause it's in the past, that doesn't mean that your buccaneering days are over 'til next year. Hoist yer sails and make your way down to the Cayman Islands, which come November 11th through the 21st will be filled with the dirtiest scalawags this side of Tortuga! In other words, it's…
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Are you over Napa Valley? If you'd like to go on a wine tour somewhere new and different, why not give the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia a try? As the New York Times reported, this wine-producing valley has grown up in the past couple of decades. Once the home of the type of cheap wine that college students tend to consume in quantity, the Okanagan Valley now produces a variety of wines capable of pleasing more mature palates. One…
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It's already May, and that means it's time to start shopping around for summer travel deals. Here's how to end up with an incredible, affordable summer vacation in 3 easy steps: Step 1- Apply for your US passport renewal Some of the best travel deals this summer will take you out of the country. Since you now need your passport even for most trips to our neighbors in Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean, it makes sense to go ahead and…
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Question: When is a valid passport not a valid passport? As the Washington Post warns travelers in this article, even if your passport is valid, you may not be able to travel with it. That's because some countries require that your passport be valid for a certain number of months into the future, even if you plan to return to the US before your expiration date. For example, the Washington Post describes the unfortunate situation that happened to Indiana grad…