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Get a Fast Passport to Attend the Salzburg Festival
By Passport Editorial

Here's a gentle reminder for all classical music and drama buffs: the annual Salzburg Festival is coming up next week! The Salzburg Festival is held every summer in Salzburg, Germany, the birthplace of Mozart. The festival has been held annually since 1920, with a break during World War II due to the Nazi occupation. It was founded by poet and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal, composer Richard Strauss, scenic designer Alfred Roller, conductor Franz Schalk and director Max Reinhardt. It's still…

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Get a Passport Renewal to Visit the Newest World Heritage Sites
By Passport Editorial

UNESCO's World Heritage List is like a treasure map for adventurous travelers. Each dot represents either an important piece of human history, an amazing natural landscape, or both. This year, 25 new sites have been added so far. Just in case you need a reason to apply for your passport renewal, here's a rundown of some of the most interesting: Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe: For centuries, the powerful Kushite empire ruled from the island of Meroe. At…

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Submit Your Passport Application: Contest to Travel Japan, Free!
By Passport Editorial

It's an unfortunate fact that bad news gets the most airtime. Because of this, when something bad happens in another country, TV news often leaves you with a skewed perspective of the place, turning regional problems into national ones. For example, watching news coverage of the drug violence in Mexico, you could be forgiven for thinking that the entire country is going up in flames. But in reality, the violence is in most cases restricted to specific regions. The same…

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The Best “Secret” Places To Take Your US Passport
By Passport Editorial

You've been to Mexico. You've been to Canada. You have pictures of yourself standing in London with Big Ben in the background and holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. What now? If you want to add some unique stamps to your US passport, consider these 5 undiscovered destinations. While not technically secret, these countries are off the radar for most US travelers but definitely worth visiting. The Maldives: This remote chain of islands in the Indian Ocean…

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The Great Passport Switcheroo
By Passport Editorial

A passport mix-up at Seattle's Sea-Tac airport left a teenage girl searching for an emergency passport on Thursday, according to MSNBC.com. The teenager, Katie Cardinal, was traveling with a group that included her cousin, her grandmother and a family friend. Katie, her cousin and her grandmother stepped up to the ticket counter together and handed over their passports at the same time. What happened next was like something out of "The Twilight Zone."  According to Rosalie, the grandmother: ""We gave…

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Lost Passport Grounds Travel Blogger
By Passport Editorial

For more than 5 years, popular travel blogger Nomadic Matt has traveled the world almost nonstop. Unfortunately, passport mishaps can happen to anyone, even the most seasoned travel veterans. Earlier this month, disaster struck Nomadic Matt in the form of a lost passport. Within minutes of exiting a plane, he realized he'd left his passport behind. Unfortunately, a few minutes was all it took for the lost passport to vanish forever. Matt calls this "the worst thing that has happened…

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New York Representatives Try to Reduce Passport Application Costs
By Passport Editorial

*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35.   Getting a passport has never been more essential for anyone who wants to travel outside of the US. Laws that became effective over the past few years have made passports necessary where they weren't before, including many trips to Mexico and Canada. Unfortunately, passport application fees have also never been more expensive. Last July, passport prices increased…

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