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Rent a rental car while your driving license is suspended in your home country?

3/24/2014 10:23:26 PM Are you after the physical answer, or the legal one? Presuming he still physically has his license, and it has an expiry date beyond when he will be renting the car, then he will most likely be able to physically rent a car. If he is pulled over by the police, then […]

Assistance with luggage at Canberra airport for a woman travelling with children

2/12/2020 11:09:48 AM This answer was thought up before the age of the children was added to the available information, it will be easier with children a bit older than the one and three year old ones of the OP. While someone to help with the children will be appreciated, it is not needed. (And […]

What is the emergency phone number in different countries?

8/20/2019 10:28:48 PM If you have an iPhone, I believe you can make an emergency call from the lock screen without needing to know a number. Some other phones may also have a similar feature, though I wasn’t able to find one on my Android phone. 7 hour layover in LHR – enough time to […]

Documents to show a Chinese citizen hasn't been in China during nCoV

2/7/2020 9:58:12 AM It is famously hard to prove a negative, and China is not going to issue an official statement stating that you haven’t been there, so you’ll need to work with what you have. In general, from what I’ve seen, the vast majority of immigration checks on where you’ve been rely almost entirely […]

7 hour layover in LHR – enough time to visit London for a couple of hours?

4/30/2012 1:19:43 PM You’ve just about enough time to get into London for a couple of hours. However, it will be easier, as you’re a tourist, to catch the Piccadilly line tube from Heathrow itself. That means no waiting for trains (the express is real quick but you will have to wait for it and […]

Does Kakao debit card work in the US and Canada?

2/4/2020 9:36:13 PM I can add a few experiences from the US. One employee had to ask a supervisor if they accepted my credit card that lacks embossed name and number (despite a VISA logo on the front side). Does the card have a PIN? If so some employees don’t know how to handle it […]

US to Asia via Europe with infants

5/30/2013 6:22:33 AM I travel all the time and am ex cabin crew, and my little one is a seasoned traveller at only 9 months . It’s not as hard as you think…. The best seats for you would probably be ABC or HJK seats as you have booked 3 seats. This means no one […]

Is it possible to rent a car in one US state and drop it off in another?

3/30/2012 3:09:31 PM It depends on the states. Many of the UK based agents such as www.netflights.co.uk www.carhire3000.co.uk www.auto-europe.co.uk offer fee free one-way drop offs between Arizona, California and Nevada. Using one of these agencies will also give you price that includes full insurance – much cheaper than you’ll get booking through a US company. […]

Is it my fault if I miss a United Airlines flight because they're short on staff and cannot check me in for 2 hours?

2/2/2020 10:58:56 PM TL, DR: Yes, it is (your fault). If you check your booking (or the airlines website), it will typically state the advance time you need to be at the airport. Whenever I checked, it said 3 hours for international flight, and 2 hours for national flights (but your airline might differ, check […]

Is the voltage 220-240 V at 50 Hz *everywhere* in Europe?

Is the voltage 220-240 V at 50 Hz *everywhere* in Europe?

3/29/2012 9:22:10 AM No exceptions. Wikipedia has a colourful map of mains voltage systems used around the world. Paranoid about missing my return flight home from Rome. What to do? Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

Paranoid about missing my return flight home from Rome. What to do?

7/20/2016 10:43:17 AM You don’t need to stay up all night, just go to bed early the previous day (and your whole family too). If you allow yourself for 10 or even 12 hours of sleep, you will certainly wake-up easily, probably even before the alarm clock. Also wake-up at 03:30 in the morning the […]

What is a "fiche" and do I need one for Mauritania?

2/1/2023 8:20:07 AM It is not obligatory but helpful to carry fiches in Mauritania. A fiche is a piece of paper that does not follow any specific format and provides mostly passport and visa information. When traveling overland in Mauritania or the Western Sahara one encounters many police checkpoints where such a paper can minimize […]

Can solo travelers go to a mixed gender onsen?

Can solo travelers go to a mixed gender onsen?

3/31/2012 12:47:25 PM It turned out that while there were separate areas for men and women for the indoor spas, outdoors, there was only a mixed section, and a section for women only. So being in the mixed section was not so much permitted as mandatory! There is a slang term for males who only […]

Dual citizen traveling to Canada and US

1/12/2020 10:33:26 PM Your passport cannot be taken from you because you were born in Iran. You cannot be deprived of US citizenship because you were born in Iran. As a US citizen, you cannot be refused entry to the US. None of that changes because you hold another citizenship in addition to the US […]

Is gold an acceptable means of currency exchange?

1/30/2012 10:23:13 PM I am not aware of any country where gold is an acceptable currency. Banks typically don’t buy gold from strangers. They require that you have a checking account with them. Jewellery stores, pawn shops and thelike will probably take your gold for cash, but it’s a gamble: They’ll guess the value and […]

Do exit immigration officers care if you’re heading to a country you are obviously not allowed to visit?

12/29/2019 4:28:23 AM Immigration of a country would not know all other countries rules, for potentially everyone from any other country – a huge complexity, and ever changing. They do not care. For flying: If you cannot travel to a specific country with your passport/visa/documentation (without getting a visa/waiver/etc. first), the airline is responsible to […]

Is MSG prevelent in Malaysian food?

3/10/2013 12:49:49 AM It’s not rude to ask about MSG in the food in Malaysia and a majority of vendors and waiters you encounter will speak English well enough to tell you. Don’t miss out on the street food in Malaysia as it some of the best in the world! Vaccinations and medicines for Peru […]

Visting the UK with my own car

12/20/2019 8:23:27 AM Disclaimer: I have never visited the UK but being an avid reader of the https://www.theguardian.com/uk/money page, I do like to warn you about some possible issues that can arise especially to a tourist/foreigner in urban areas of England. My answer mainly deals with issues like Parking/Congestion charges. As per my understanding a […]

Vaccinations and medicines for Peru and Ecuador

10/23/2015 8:27:54 AM I have no idea and try to wrap my head around it. My internal operating system is wired in a way that word "may" means "whatever". However the word "may" is constantly abused ("calls may be recorded", "you may be liable to fine") that at some point I treat "may" as "must" […]

What exactly is a 電気風呂 (denki furo)?

12/10/2019 4:47:25 AM The 電気風呂 passes a mild electric current so when you sit between the electrodes, you feel a slight tingly feeling. It’s usually one of the many different types of individual bath options (including jet baths) that a super bathhouse (スーパー銭湯) might have. They warn people with weak hearts or pacemakers shouldn’t use […]

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