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Lost all my ID documents and money. How to fly home from Spain to Slovakia?

5/23/2018 6:26:58 AM Ahoj! 🙂 You have several options: 1) Get money from your family real quick. This can be done using Western Union, you get the money they send you immediatelly. 2) Get to Madrid by bus, blablacar or hitchhiking. Several years ago I was hitchiking in Spain with my ex-gf and it was […]

Covid-19 virus day by day chart?

Covid-19 virus day by day chart?

3/14/2020 10:04:09 PM Computer science students build coronavirus tracking website TrackCorona – Live Map: https://www.trackcorona.live/map Why did a gate officer and exit immigration officer try to peel my visa sticker? 3/11/2020 3:16:37 PM I also like this blog post with realtime charts about the corona virus: https://blog.datawrapper.de/coronaviruscharts/#column-chart-Italy https://blog.datawrapper.de/coronaviruscharts/#column-chart-Germany P.S.: I’m not affiliated with this company. […]

How to avoid luggage being lost in transfer?

2/26/2018 9:50:02 PM A direct flight may reduce the likelihood of your luggage not being there when you arrive, but it won’t eliminate it. I’ve taken direct flights only to find out that my luggage was not put on the same plane. The plane had reached capacity before all the luggage could be loaded (at […]

What Brezhnev sites are there in Moscow?

5/19/2017 12:17:14 PM There are no sites dedicated to Brezhnev as far as I know (quick web search doesn’t return anything interesting). There’s “Brezhnev house” with apartment for him, but he never moved in. http://nicolaitroitsky.livejournal.com/4562211.html There’s a house somewhere on Kutuzovsky prospect where he actually resided. There’s a lot of Brezhnevist architecture all over the […]

Do I need to fly with passport when API is required?

2/14/2018 4:08:00 PM As outlined in a related question, airlines never bother checking the details you’ve entered during online check-in. They’re essentially junk as they’ll be written over anyway when they scan your passport or ID card at the gate. So feel free to enter whatever you want into the field, just make sure to […]

Is my children's passport still valid?

5/8/2017 1:37:06 PM So you will be 22 when the passport expires, which means you were 17 when it was issued (5 years) or 12 when it was issued (10 years and unlikely). Your passport is valid until it expires in 2019. However, “valid” and “accepted” are not the same thing. Look at your picture […]

UK citizens traveling to Ireland with a child having no passport, what's the alternative for the ID?

11/23/2021 9:49:15 PM Assuming you don’t have any documents in your possession other than your own photo ID, one option is to fly to North Ireland first and then take the bus/drive to Ireland. Even Ryanair doesn’t require minors to have any documentation on this route and UK citizens are not obligated to carry any […]

Why did a gate officer and exit immigration officer try to peel my visa sticker?

6/4/2022 8:19:23 PM Why did I face ‘enhanced’ passport control at exit? If I had a forged visa, isn’t the point moot if I’m travelling back to my home country? I did have a multiple entry visa, but even if that triggered the extra check at exit, wouldn’t it make more sense to do this […]

What differences are there in choosing "This is for business" option in AirBnB?

5/8/2017 11:40:16 PM Airbnb wants a slice of the billions of dollars spent on corporate travel, and the option filters those that are targeted at the business traveler, as well as offering trip management tools. Business Insider’s Biz Carson in her July 20, 2015, article. With business travel spending projected to rise to $302.7 billion […]

Should a non-EU citizen always carry his/her passport in Germany?

11/7/2017 4:27:39 PM tl;dr In lack of a valid ID, take your passport with you. There are a few misconceptions in other answers or comments (though Tor-Einar Jarnbjo got it basically right). You are required to own a valid ID (or passport and Visa, and other things, it depends) to enter Germany as a foreigner. […]

Is Sweden full of mosquitoes during the summer?

Is Sweden full of mosquitoes during the summer?

8/14/2019 5:33:52 AM I’ve lived at the place in Sweden with the most mosquitos and I’m a certified ecologist. Sweden is a fairly large country. To know if Sweden will be “full of mosquitos” where you will be you need to know why there are mosquitos at some places. You can only find mosquitos near […]

When is the best time to visit the Australian outback?

11/1/2019 3:19:05 AM While there are some very good animal jokes in here, I just want to reiterate that the points about roos and night driving are very much real. While they’re lovely creatures and mostly(!) docile, they’re also pretty stupid when it comes to judging distance and velocity. They seem to like jumping out […]

Is the use of "Kiev" (or other Russian-based spelling) considered offensive in Ukraine?

Is the use of "Kiev" (or other Russian-based spelling) considered offensive in Ukraine?

3/14/2018 11:24:11 AM Kiev predominantly speaks Russian and maintains Russian culture. Ukrainian language (or Surzhyk) is mostly spoken in western and partially central Ukraine. Thus, it might cause some minor dissatisfaction in the respective regions (or among those who moved to Kiev from them), although in Kiev and the rest of Ukraine there is no […]

Indian citizen, married to Australian permanent resident, travelling from Australia to New Zealand – visa required?

4/2/2017 4:48:50 PM According to the New Zealand immigration site, yes you will need a separate visa: You do not need a visa to visit New Zealand if you are: A New Zealand or Australian citizen or resident, A UK citizen and/or passport holder (you can stay up to six months), or A citizen of […]

How can I calculate the value of any given airline's miles?

2/26/2023 7:36:01 AM One can use the NerdWallet Points and Miles to Dollars Calculator: NerdWallet values Alaska miles at 1.2 cents apiece. NerdWallet values American miles at 1.5 cents apiece. NerdWallet values Delta miles at 1.5 cents apiece. NerdWallet values Frontier miles at 0.9 cent apiece. NerdWallet values Hawaiian miles at 1 cent apiece. NerdWallet […]

Is there a way to determine which UK rail trips have variable prices, based on advance purchase, vs. those that do not?

3/30/2017 12:18:54 PM Yes, (almost) all rail fares within Great Britain are available on brfares.com. This provides a straightforward tariff of the fares, including divisions by walk up (available at any time), advance purchase, and capacity control. Information on season tickets, rail card discounts, plus bus tickets, and more obscure tickets types (such as Rovers) […]

Why don't American hotels have ceiling lights?

8/19/2017 9:58:26 PM Why not ceiling lights? In the USA most rooms must have a light switch. Builders lobbied an Electrical Code change to allow switching a receptacle instead of an overhead light. This saves the cost of running wire to a ceiling box, drywalling around it, and fitting an overhead light. (Especially when many […]

Going to the Wimbledon tennis championships while in London

6/25/2018 10:35:43 AM The short answer is – you aren’t going to easily be able to get tickets. The All England Lawn Tennis Club Championships are a major national (and international) sporting and cultural event and as such demand is very high. There are two main ways to get tickets, and three less frequently used […]

How honest to be with US immigration about uncertainty about travel plans?

10/5/2019 7:31:41 PM 1. DO NOT SAY YOU ARE "WORKING" You are coming for some meetings, and then some vacation for 6 weeks. That’s all there is to it. Say nothing else. Regarding the fact that you "might" come home earlier – so what? You "might" do anything. Why are there yellow dot stickers on […]

What rights do travellers have when being searched for drugs by Australian customs?

3/27/2017 8:12:33 PM The Customs Act 1901 grants customs officers fairly extensive powers, and refusal to co-operate is generally taken as probable cause to detain for further investigation. Specifically, while you have the right to say no to invasive searches, X-rays etc by a Customs officer, if you do so, you will be detained and […]

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