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Until when can you (for a fee) change a UK advanced purchase train ticket?

2/22/2016 3:25:38 PM According to National rail Advance ticket terms and conditions, you should be able to change Advance tickets until departure (emphasis mine): Changing the time or date of travel Changes to time or date of travel must be arranged before departure of the first reserved train printed on the ticket, after which the […]

Customs and Immigration procedures for flights to/from Tijuana Airport (airport with terminals in two different countries)

12/31/2016 11:21:14 AM We are US citizens within Mexican permanent residency cards. We must have INM signed and stamped FMM cards to depart Mexico. Upon return we have to show our portion of said form. When we arrived from BJX to TIJ, we easily found the INM office as we entered the baggage claim area. […]

Public pianos in the U.S

12/17/2019 3:31:12 PM I have two answers, since you’ve asked for both free pianos to play and pianos that you that you can pay to play. For free pianos, I’ve found that you can get the most up-to-date information by searching social media (Twitter or Instagram) which often includes location tags about where the pianos […]

If I want to travel to Brazil, can I get by with English?

1/1/2016 12:52:06 AM I am living in Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) and I can tell you from experience that tourist staff will not be able to understand anything beyond the most basic phrases unless this is a specialty of your hotel or resort. You’ll probably be able to get ” Cardapio em ingles” (english […]

Why doesn't Australia have any trains that can go faster than 160 km/h?

11/14/2021 10:48:49 AM 190 km/h is academic for the XPT.It’s original Paxman Valenta engines were downrated from the British HST that the XPT is based on, with the real power car providing even less power as it generated electricity for the passenger cars. All up and XPT consist has about 70-75% of the power of […]

What is an effective means for complaining to an airline and having my complaint properly addressed?

12/23/2015 2:50:25 PM You can also try Airline Complaints, an online forum aimed at rendering complaints against airlines public. They state that they automatically contact the airline as soon as the complaint is lodged: 3) What happens when I post a complaint? It immediately becomes public and we notify the airline directly that your complaint […]

Do beaches / beach resorts in Cebu employ lifeguards?

12/16/2015 3:17:21 AM Most beaches don’t have lifeguards but they have personnel who will watch the beach/pool sometimes. Exclusive resorts/beaches has designated lifeguards. It’s a requirement. But there’s no need to worry if you’ll just abide with the rules & regulation printed on a large signboard near the beach. How long does it take to […]

Is it true that I should delete search history and cookies when booking flights online?

12/17/2015 5:54:33 PM While there doesn’t seem to be hard evidence of airlines offering different prices bases on cookie/IP identification of site visitor, the possibility of this shouldn’t be dismissed either, especially considering visitor tracking methods employed by advertisers on the internet, for example. Using Incognito mode on your browser, preferably coupled with an ad-blocking […]

Can I rent a car in the UK with a new driving license less than one year old?

12/16/2015 2:15:06 AM I’ve had a friend in a similar situation who has had success with Enterprise. This is what their website says in terms of license requirements: Documentation- all drivers must produce all parts of a valid driving license. Non-EU license holders are required to have an international driving permit if the license is […]

Travel from Netherlands, stay within Schengen – but with an expired Italian passport

12/31/2015 1:35:46 PM For later readers… We travelled from Amsterdam Central, on the train, to St. Anton am Alberg in Austria, via Koln in Germany. There were no passport checks along the way, and no ID required apart from my girlfriend had to present the credit card she bought the international train tickets with, on […]

Where is border control carried out for the Eurostar overnight Ski Train?

11/20/2015 12:27:01 AM On the way to France, the Eurostar ski train (both day and night) has three (official) stops, Moûtiers, Aime-la-Plagne and Bourg-St-Maurice. On the return, it has only two stops, Moûtiers and Bourg-St-Maurice. At both of these stations, there is a special platform that can be fenced off from the rest of the […]

Recommended VPN in China

1/29/2017 1:52:32 PM If you’re a bit tech-savvy and willing to invest in a private server (whether a regular shared hosting or a cloud instance), have a look at a great blog post detailing how to evade China’s VPN filter. There are also several open-source projects that can help: Streisand – automatically sets up an […]

Applying for a Schengen visa as a tourist in Romania?

6/1/2016 12:56:12 PM The Italian consulate in Bucharest have an astonishingly awful website which fails to list any useful information. However their consulate in the US has a good website, which lists the following question in their FAQ: My US visa is expired as well as my I-94 and I cannot renew it in the […]

Where exactly is this cross in Hong Kong?

Where exactly is this cross in Hong Kong?

11/18/2015 10:12:38 PM In addition to Mark Mayo’s answer, the cross is located in the mountainside on Needle Hill. It takes 15-20 mins to walk from the Sha Tin Railway Station via the path through Pai Tau Tsuen. There is no direct public transport(note1) there and there are not many signs. The camp is not […]

When can I return to the Schengen area?

1/27/2016 3:49:02 PM Andreia, yes, the officers are commonly not well informed. I’ve already got different informations from different officers in Schengen countries, which contradict each other. But as mentioned, we, Brasilian nationals, are part of the exception for the new rule, so you should be authorised to re-enter on or after Dec/11 having then […]

Travelling in/out France after the attacks of November 2015

12/18/2015 5:29:55 PM Current situation: As of the third week of December, all extra checks seem to have been lifted (not seen any this week between France and Switzerland, heard similar things from people crossing the border to Luxembourg every day) so it appears that the French authorities more-or-less did what they planned to do […]

Is it allowed to bring condoms in airplane?

10/15/2015 10:49:01 AM Yes, and there are great articles online detailing travelling with condoms. They’re not liquids, flammable or on any of the TSA unapproved lists, so you’re totally fine to take them. However, remember they’re meant to be stored at room temperature as they are still medical devices you don’t want to take risks […]

Where can I visit something similar to Kowloon Walled City?

Where can I visit something similar to Kowloon Walled City?

2/18/2017 2:05:34 PM I guess that the place that can better fit in the kind of experience you are looking for are the cage houses in Mong Kok Free yellow fever vaccination in Bogota airport? 11/10/2015 5:39:02 PM What about the Fes Medina (Fes el-Bali) in Morocco? Dense, labyrinthine, mixed residential-commercial, and pedestrian-only, but larger […]

Free yellow fever vaccination in Bogota airport?

Free yellow fever vaccination in Bogota airport?

8/22/2017 9:34:36 PM I got this jab from the airport about 5 years ago, I know they have redeveloped El Dorado but I imagine that this service is still freely available you will just need to find in what part of the airport it is being offered. When I had it you did not need […]

what is the most advanced flight search engine besides Azuon and Matrix?

2/22/2019 6:46:19 AM Kiwi meets both requirements 1 and 2, allowing searching across broad ranges of dates and airports, including open jaw searches. In my experience it gives a pretty good representation of the cheapest options, especially multiple-ticket options. For your example, you can do a single search from “Western Europe+Central Europe” to “Eastern Asia+Southeastern […]

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