You’re on your way home from a great overseas trip. You’re at airport security and doing what pretty much everyone else does, either consciously or subconsciously – checking your pockets …
International Travel
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We all know that we should make good life choices. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. For example, if you have a DUI on your record, there are a bunch of …
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When my passport was getting close to expiring, I started gathering everything I’d need to renew it. I have to tell you – I really, really hate getting my passport …
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Travel
The Countries You Can Visit With Less Than 6 Months On Your Passport
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe general rule when traveling internationally is that you need at least 6 months of validity on your passport to be allowed to enter a country. Some countries allow you …
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Tips and Tricks
The 18 Countries Where It’s Against the Law to Wear Camouflage
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegBecause of the way our federal laws are set up, we’re allowed to wear almost whatever we’d like, whenever we’d like (yep, even a U.S. flag). Of course, some people …
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If you like to travel, you invariably learn all sorts of words and phrases having to do with traveling. Gate lice. Snowbirds. Pink eye flights. In the beginning, they were …
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Funny Stuff
Watching Non-Americans Experience Thanksgiving for the First Time Is Pure Joy
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThere’s nothing odder than trying to celebrate what you consider to be a national holiday in a place where they don’t. Well, unless you’re a visitor to a place celebrating …
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Funny Stuff
What Non-Americans Swear Every U.S. Home Has — And… They’re Not Wrong
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegOne of my guilty pleasures when traveling is walking around grocery stores and, even better, supermarkets. It doesn’t matter if it’s an H.E.B. in New Braunfels, TX, a Lawson’s in …
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Travel
Tourists Keep Messing This Up: The Real Rule About Carrying Your Passport
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAfter all that planning and waiting, you’re finally on that trip of your dreams, far away from your home country. You keep your passport handy during your travels because you’ll …
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Tips and Tricks
The Surprisingly Small Things That Can Get Your Global Entry Yanked
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegNot long ago there were reports that since 2024, there has been an influx of travelers who had had their Global Entry revoked. From visaverge.com: According to internal tallies shared …