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Do Mexican nationals have to go through immigration and customs in Mexico?

5/15/2018 12:42:20 PM If you are arriving by air, it’s like any other country. You present your papers, assure them that you are who you say you are, and that you are not carrying contraband or items in excess of allowable amounts for tax-free entry, if not you pay tax. Same thing if you are […]

Can I rent a car at the airport without a flight in Lisbon?

10/12/2018 9:15:38 AM Yes. I travel through Lisbon airport regularly. The car rental desks are in the terminal and you can easily just show up and hire a car. It is typically more expensive than renting elsewhere in Lisbon (as mentioned by others). Expect to queue, it is often very busy and all the companies […]

How can I help Japanese speakers using my hard-to-pronounce name?

5/16/2018 10:00:35 PM Would it be considered inappropriate in Japan to suggest to a staff member / relative stranger to use my first name if they struggle with my surname? No, this will not cause any offence. Foreigners are weird anyway, remember. Are there likely to be any complications (legal or otherwise) if I use […]

How would the airline carrier compensate if the change in flight schedule breaks my entire itinerary?

10/9/2018 7:39:31 PM Assuming you paid ‘Air Italy’ just once, the good news is that your contract with ‘Air Italy’ is to get you from Delhi to Rome and back again. If they cancelled the DEL-MXP legs, they should be offering you an alternative. They have NO responsibility for the Ryanair flights or the Indigo […]

In Germany, can you take a non-stop train if you have tickets for individual stations on a train that stops?

5/13/2018 11:39:54 AM Regional public transport is in Germany administrated by often smaller, local transport authorities (Verkehrsverbund) and there is no country wide tariff or ticketing system. It can be confusing enough for native Germans when visiting an unfamiliar place to understand which ticket to get for a specific ride. The general rule is, that […]

Do you have to depart from the country where the Schengen Visa was applied from?

9/26/2018 5:08:03 PM Note that the way most airports are organized, the officer doesn’t even know where you came from as passengers that came by different planes all get mixed up. The passports don’t necessarily show that information either because most countries don’t stamp passports of their citizens, some (e. g. US) don’t stamp on […]

Selected wrong travel document type during Wizzair online check-in by mistake. Is this a problem?

5/14/2018 8:57:23 AM I have read that you are likely to spend ages on hold and since these calls are billed at something like 2 euros per minute […] You’ll be glad to hear that neither of these are necessarily true. Firstly, I have called WizzAir thrice (twice in the past month) for customer service […]

How do you drive from Asia to Europe?

9/6/2018 9:59:26 AM Hanky Panky summarises it beautifully. In more detail, you’re probably going to want to go Thailand-Myanmar-Bangladesh-India-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey-Europe, and you’re going to want a reasonably hardy (read: 4WD, etc.) vehicle to do it. My Mum and Dad did India-UK overland some years ago, and it remains do-able as far as I know. The trickiest […]

Identifying Train/carriage/seats on Austrian Rail

5/11/2018 7:10:09 AM Yes, 076 is a seat number. I would look around for a carriage number on your ticket too. There will not be a ticket on the seat. 403 is the sleeper carriage number (actually it’s a “couchette”). It’s labelled on the outside, and there will be several staff around to help when […]

Can I live in Berlin comfortably for one month with 1,000 euros if housing is free?

8/22/2018 11:50:21 AM Yes, easily. When I started my company a few years ago, I was living on this exact budget in Hamburg, which is quite similar to Berlin in living costs. As I was living in my own appartment, I had minimal housing costs (electricity, water, etc.). I also didn’t own a car at […]

Getting identity photos in the UK

7/27/2018 9:04:53 PM I personally like Jessops passport photo service despite the high price, especially when trying to get non-standard photos for countries outside the UK. They have various background colours (white, gray, beige, etc) and make sure all the measurements are correct to satisfy whatever crazy requirements need to be met. Most of the […]

Where in Beijing can I get a Yellow Fever vaccine and certificate?

11/30/2018 1:30:13 AM Thank you so much for the link to their site and the information. Google translated the site, i put the pinion name in Didi (Jin’ao International Building) and it was effortless. Everything in the clinic is in both English and Chinese as are some of the staff. They are very comfortable with […]

Difference between Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof and Flughafen Regionalbahnhof? Which station should I go to for Frankfurt Terminal 1?

7/25/2018 11:27:38 PM Both will work and are not that far apart. The best answer depends a bit on how your train ticket is booked. If you don’t need to change at Frankfurt main station, by all means go directly to Fernbahnhof. There are actually a few ICE trains that go from Brussel Midi (and […]

German credit card in the US

German credit card in the US

7/5/2018 3:12:48 PM Regular US Visitor here… Credit cards should be no issue. They usually work world wide. Your bank card could cause issues though. Make sure it is working with a VALID network. My Bank (Comdirect) changed their bank card a few years ago and removed the international support for the US (they removed […]

Does any website offer price alerts for open jaw (multi-city) flights?

4/24/2018 8:13:50 PM No, such a website doesn’t exist as of 2018. What do two fingers up mean on roads in California? Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

Dual citizen entered the EU with an American passport. What to do?

6/27/2018 2:54:07 PM The only possible problem is that the “paper trail” on your US passport looks incomplete. Somebody who looks at your US passport might conclude that you did overstay (which would be wrong — your freedom of movement as an EU citizen is independent of how you entered or left). When you apply […]

What do two fingers up mean on roads in California?

2/18/2021 4:27:04 PM As a Californian, I disagree with the previous answer. I think two fingers is is pretty clearly a friendly "hello" wave (it might be accompanied by the word "peace"). In this case, he was likely either saying: "Yo! Sorry I’m passing you on the right!" or, if he’s being passive-aggressive: "I’m not […]

Is it possible to visit the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnel?

4/9/2018 9:59:48 AM Not generally. There have been special exceptions, such as cyclists for promotional purposes, Top Gear Magazine driving it in an electric car, and behind the scenes tours for journalists. If your train happens to be involved in a fire or breakdown (more details on this incident), you could find yourself there, as […]

How does the new Ryanair luggage policy work?

10/26/2018 12:26:54 PM From the 1st of November Ryanair policy will change: The main thing changing is that you can no longer travel with 2 bags for free to the airplane. Details are given next You have 3 bags: 1 big bag, 1 medium bag, 1 small bag You will need to buy a checked-in […]

Do Californians need a REAL ID by October 2018 or 2020?

Do Californians need a REAL ID by October 2018 or 2020?

1/10/2019 6:48:17 PM Given the very recent extension by DHS to CA DMV, replace below October 10, 2018 with April 1, 2019 The “short answer” above is generally correct, but with one caveat: Once the current set of extensions expire on October 10, 2018 (October 18 is a typo), all “extension” states will move into […]

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