Jan 26th, 2012 at 11:00AM: For the hip, worldly, and discerning traveler, there's a new guide on the block: The Purple Passport, which just added New York to its roster of web-based city guides.
The Purple Passport offers handpicked hotel, restaurant, spa, nightlife, shopping, and activity recommendations from its team of travel tastemakers, with an easy interface that allows users to add items to personal "passports" ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Purple Passport launches chic urban guide for New York City
Jan 26th, 2012 at 11:00AM: For the hip, worldly, and discerning traveler, there's a new guide on the block: The Purple Passport, which just added New York to its roster of web-based city guides.
The Purple Passport offers handpicked hotel, restaurant, spa, nightlife, shopping, and activity recommendations from its team of travel tastemakers, with an easy interface that allows users to add items to personal "passports" ...Collect virtual passport stamps with VisaStamper
Dec 13th, 2011 at 11:30AM: It's a favorite ritual for many travelers to leaf through their passport (often while waiting in an immigration line), reminiscing on each stamp and the destination it represents. When a passport is lost or expired, losing all those hard-earned stamps can be tragic. VisaStamper is a new website that creates a virtual passport, with photo-realistic stamps for each place you visit. The site ...Knocked up abroad: applying for a baby's passport
Oct 24th, 2011 at 9:00AM: As my new baby girl was born in a foreign country, getting a passport was a necessity for her to even return home to America. Though Vera was born in Turkey, she's an American citizen by virtue of her parents' citizenship and entitled to a US passport. For Americans born outside the country, the US consulate issues a Report of Birth Abroad that acts as an official birth certificate and proof of US ...Tomorrow is Passport Day in the USA
Sep 16th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Tomorrow the U.S. Department of State will hold its third annual Passport Day, giving Americans an opportunity to apply for their first passport, or renew their current one. To commemorate the event, all regional passport agencies, along with most application acceptance facilities, including post offices, will be open and no appointments will be necessary.
These agencies are rarely open on a ...Visa-free travel by the numbers
Aug 15th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Visa-free travel is easy travel. Procuring visas takes time, energy, and money, and is beyond debate a pain for frequent travelers. The erection of visa barriers responds to a number of factors, though it can be said without too many qualifications that the citizens of rich countries tend to have a much easier time accessing the world visa-free than do the citizens of poor countries.
The ...Passport Day is coming! Do you have one?
Mar 30th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Saturday April 9th is Passport Day. U.S. Passport agencies and participating passport acceptance facilities will be open to serve you. Savvy travelers know a passport is required for entrance in to the United States. No big news there. What some travelers don't know though is how easy it can be to get a passport and the benefits of having one.
Right now is a great time for to apply for a ...Single visa to boost ease of travel within Asia?
Mar 21st, 2011 at 12:30PM: If plans by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are approved, tourists visiting its ten member nations will be able to travel freely between countries on a single visa.
In 2009, 65 million foreign tourists visited Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei -- and required a different visa (and visa fee) for each country ...Five ways to get more European stamps in your passport
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia.
Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that European passport stamps have become harder and harder to get. The expansion of the Schengen zone has reduced the number of times tourists are compelled to show their passports to immigration officials. For most Americans on multi-country European itineraries, a passport will be stamped just twice: upon arrival and upon departure. ...Ten passport photos that look like mug shots
Jan 28th, 2011 at 10:30AM: No one really knows how to take the best passport photos. To smile, or not to smile? It's a question we all ask ourselves, but usually not until we're half a second from that snap of the camera which will define our official "look" for the next ten years. The result? We tend to look confused, undecided, and in some cases, mildly criminal.
Click through the gallery below for ten passport photos ...Galley Gossip: Gifts for flight attendants (and travelers)
Dec 16th, 2010 at 9:00AM: A stun gun, Xanax, travel massager that glows in the dark, ten foot pole for not touching things with, these are just a few of the things my flight attendant friends want for Christmas. What, not your gift-giving style? Okay so perhaps one of these will do....
1. PASSPORT COVER - In this day and age you might not want to advertise your country of origin. Not to mention it's kind of fun dressing ...Conserve passport space by skipping the US entry stamp
Nov 9th, 2010 at 1:00PM: It's been a long hard seven years of traveling together, but this week I determined that my passport is going to die young. With an expiration date in 2014 and extra pages already stapled into the center, my passport has been through a lot with me, numerous trips to doctor for vaccinations, crumpled in my back pocket in public transportation from Malaysia to Indonesia to Dakar to Istanbul, brief ...Inspect your passport carefully - International travel tip
Aug 11th, 2010 at 2:13PM: Before you start planning your next dream vacation, make sure your passport is up to snuff. Check the expiration date carefully. Many countries do not allow you to visit with a passport that expires within six months of your trip.
For example, Brazil requires your passport to be valid for six months after your tip. For Switzerland, it's three months.
Plus each country has its own rules for ...Pack spare passport photos - International travel tip
Aug 6th, 2010 at 4:35PM: When traveling abroad, it is a good idea to have an extra set of passport photos packed among your belongings.
In the event that your passport is lost or stolen, you can save valuable time by immediately taking these photos to the embassy or consulate when you apply for a replacement. Without the photos, you may find yourself frantically searching for a photo lab in a potentially unfamiliar ...Airline passenger stupidity ends with indictment, not bang
Jul 19th, 2010 at 1:30PM: Would you like to be featured on Gadling? It's not as hard as you think. It just takes a little bit of planning ... with a healthy dose of stupidity. In fact, you can get your 15 minutes of fame the way Derek Stansberry did. Here are four steps to take to turn your bad decision into one that everyone will judge you for.
Book a trans-Atlantic flight, maybe to Paris
Slip a note to a flight ...Forgot your passport? Here's a way out!
May 22nd, 2010 at 8:00AM: En route to the Dominican Republic last week, I did something I've never done before: I forgot my passport. I was already out of Manhattan, deep into Queens, and turning back simply wasn't an option. I panicked.
There was no reason for me to forget my passport, something I haven't done in a dozen years of travel as a professional. As I do for every trip, I put my wallet, keys and passport on ...U.S. Passport offices open this Saturday
Mar 24th, 2010 at 4:30PM: Saturday, March 27, has been deemed "Passport Day in the USA" by the U.S. State Department, and offices around the country will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to accept passport applications without an appointment. It's actually the only day of the year that a U.S. Citizen can apply for a routine passport in person at one of the country's 23 passport agencies. Most days, only expedited passport ...Email your docs - International travel tip
Jan 20th, 2010 at 11:29PM: Missing documentation is among the the most challenging issues an international traveler can face. So, take a moment and email yourself the following:
a scanned copy of your passport
a scanned copy of your birth certificate
a detail copy of your itinerary
your airline reservations
your hotel confirmations
While traveling, if you need any of the documents, you just need to get to your ...Passports with Purpose raises $13,000 to build school in Cambodia
Dec 8th, 2009 at 11:30AM: One of the most difficult parts of travel is visiting a less-developed country, seeing a need, and wishing there was something you can do to help fill it. So four travel bloggers from the Seattle area got together and decided to raise some money and put it to use on a particular project. This year, that project is building a school in Cambodia, and they've been joined by over 50 additional travel ...Seven travel-related things to be thankful for
Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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While travel as the act of discovering a new place can be exhilarating and exciting, travel as the act of being in transit can be annoying and exhausting. Long lines, delays, rude people and all the frustrations that go along with moving large amounts of people ...Americans stop going to Canada two years in advance
Jul 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: If you went to Canada this year, you're in a shrinking minority. Visits across our northern border sunk to a 37-year low. Fortunately we have not one but two(!) factors to blame: the ongoing financial crisis and stricter U.S. passport rules. Obviously, unemployment continues its downward spiral, making it increasingly difficult for consumers to open their wallets. And, the tighter border-crossing ...
