Latest Travel Questions

• Canada visitor visa denied 25/04/2024
  My friend, who is a PR of Canada, wants to bring her parents to Canada for some months, so that her parents can see her new baby and spend some time with her. They are retirees and don't have much income other than pension. They have a good house at home and are comfortable in […]
• Can I enter the US with a Canadian passport, without my green card? 25/04/2024
  I am flying from Canada to the US and I left my green card in the US. All I have with me is my Canadian passport. Will they let me into the US and onto my flight? If not what should I do?
• Are gate-checked bags screened for items not allowed in the hold? 24/04/2024
  Hand luggage and hold luggage are both screened. With regard to dangerous goods different rules apply to both. At the gate, if the hold is full and passengers are permitted to put their hand luggage down in the hold, are these bags rescreened for lighters, lithium batteries or powerbanks? These are allowed to be carried […]
• With my resident permit of Italy do I need a visa to travel to Montenegro? 24/04/2024
  With my resident permit of Italy do I need a visa to travel to Montenegro?
• Recommended Activities for 2-3 days in Glencoe, Scotland? [closed] 24/04/2024
  Last year, I took a tour of Scotland with one of those touring operators, which covered most of the Highlands in a day. The one place that I liked the most was Glencoe, and consequently I am planning to stay 2-3 days in Glencoe and enjoy hiking and other activities in the nearby areas. My […]
• Mutual Funds Statement for Netherlands Schengen Visa Application 24/04/2024
  I'm applying for a Schengen visitor visa for the Netherlands from India. I'll be visiting my sister, and I'll be paying for all the expenses. Over the last 2 years, I invested about 80% of my salary into mutual funds (through Coin from Zerodha). For this reason, my bank account balance is very low compared […]
• Can debit cards with the Maestro logo be used in ATMs in Taiwan? 24/04/2024
  Debit cards with the Maestro logo work very well in Japan, they can be used at every ATM in a 7/11. Actually, I found (on YT) that most ATMs in Taiwan come along with a Cirrus label. Cirrus seems to be the network that Mastercard is operating, therefore they should actually work with Maestro cards, […]
• Will India E-Visa Mistake in Family Detail Cause Rejection? 24/04/2024
  I have applied for an India e-visa and I was about to pay when I noticed that I made a mistake in the Family Detail section, specifically where my mother was born. Can this cause the application to be rejected? I should have written Mumbai but wrote Delhi. Please suggest if I should create a […]
• Why do American airports require shoe removal while some European ones don't? 24/04/2024
  There are some airports in Europe like Amsterdam's Schiphol where you don't need to remove your shoes to clear security. If there is a bomb in the shoes of a passenger coming in a flight from Europe to America, then is obvious to say that all efforts made in America will be useless. It would […]
• How should a dual citizen answer the nationality questions on the ESTA application form? 23/04/2024
  I'm currently applying for my ESTA and have run into some issues regarding these two questions: Are you now a citizen or national of any other country? Have you ever been a citizen or national of any other country? I have dual citizenship (country A is the only I have a passport from, it's also […]
• Booking hotel relative to local or home timezone 23/04/2024
  I am new to the whole time and calendar change situation. I would like to travel to Fiji. If I left the 31st of May, and the flights state I will not arrive into Fiji until June 2nd, I would book my hotel/resort starting June 2nd, correct? Not starting from May 31st?
• Schengen visa for parents 23/04/2024
  I am applying for the Schengen visa for my parents. The problem is that my father's surname in his passport does not match the father's name I have in my passport. Could this cause any trouble with his visa application ?
• Using an Irish passport in the EU but my wife only has a UK passport 22/04/2024
  I have just received my Irish passport. My wife has a UK passport. If I stay in an EU country for 90 days then leave and return straight away, can my wife also do this? Do I need documentation of any sort?
• Defective third-party booking - what action to take? 21/04/2024
  I booked a ticket through eDreams who usually gives me a fictitious email address to use. For the first time ever, that email address didn't match with what Ryanair has for the booking. As eDreams washed their hands, merely telling me to check in at the airport (I told them there's a hefty fee, but […]
• New passport but documents have old passport number 21/04/2024
  So, I am applying for a China business visa from Pakistan and it requires police verification and COVID-19 certificates. My records have an old passport number and I am now using a new passport with a new number. Will it create any issues while applying for a visa?
• Is transatlantic or transpacific freighter travel still possible? 11/01/2024
  Before 2020, a small number of companies would offer a small number of passenger seats on freighters, including on transatlantic and transpacific routes. Have any returned post-pandemic or are they all permanently defunct? As of 2024: freightercruises.com notes that the only large-pre-covid provider has decided to permanently cease passenger services, langsamreisen.de notes that passenger transport […]
• Ghana visa - Yellow Fever requirements 11/09/2023
  Looking at the Tourist Visa requirements for Ghana (for a UK Citizen) it states that the Yellow Fever vaccination must be within the last 10 years. My Yellow Fever vaccination was in 2012 and my certificate gives an expiry date of 2022. I know that Yellow Fever vaccinations now last for the life of the […]
• Collected passport from Tunisia as I had applied for a UK visitor visa; there was no visa in it and no refusal letter. Who can I contact? 01/08/2023
  I applied to visit the UK from Tunisia to visit family. I received an email informing me that a decision had been made and to collect my travel documents. When I went to collect my passport today, there was no visa issued and no refusal letter. Other people either had a visa or a refusal […]
• If an airline erroneously refuses to check in a passenger on the grounds of incomplete paperwork (eg visa), is the passenger entitled to compensation? 14/04/2020
  If an airline erroneously refuses to check in a passenger on the grounds of missing/incomplete paperwork (e.g., visa-related such as related in this post) whereas the passenger actually had all the proper paperwork, is the passenger entitled to compensation?
• How can I get confirmation of verbal notification of Schengen visa cancellation? 24/05/2019
  I have a Schengen Visa issued by the Embassy of Norway valid from July 2018 to July 2019. I applied for and received another visa from July 2019 (the second day after the previous visa's expiry date) until July 2020. In a telephone conversation with an employee at the embassy, I was told (verbally) that […]