The General Chat Thread (2023)

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kaneohegirlinaz said:
I let my passport expire many years ago.
Now we need to have Travel ID
What an ordeal!
DH using his "confirmation name" as his middle name, which is NOT on his birth certificate... we had to petition the State of Pennsylvania to change his name first... PITA!
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My passport is expired, too.

I had to get my "Real ID" driver's license a few years ago. That meant getting a birth certificate from New Jersey.

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Our passports were just renewed last year (I think - MrsT takes care of that stuff). We’ve had passports since 1992.

You know how you have to wait a while to get your passport (at least in the US, anyway)? We got ours when I was military - filled the application out one day, picked up passports the next. :dance:

Would you believe one of the most common questions my wife gets about passports is, “Do I need a passport to go to England?” and when she tells them yes, you most certainly do, they always respond with “Really? But they speak English. Are you sure?” :eek:
 
TastyReuben said:
Our passports were just renewed last year (I think - MrsT takes care of that stuff). We’ve had passports since 1992.

You know how you have to wait a while to get your passport (at least in the US, anyway)? We got ours when I was military - filled the application out one day, picked up passports the next. :dance:

Would you believe one of the most common questions my wife gets about passports is, “Do I need a passport to go to England?” and when she tells them yes, you most certainly do, they always respond with “Really? But they speak English. Are you sure?” :eek:
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I got my first passport in 1978, and my first overseas airport experience Reykjavík, Iceland on the way to London Heathrow. We never left the airport in Iceland, so we didn't need our passport. Our flight made an unscheduled stop their for "fuel." Funny how there was this tiny airport, and we were the only airliner, yet they had about five people working in the large gift shop.

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TastyReuben said:
Would you believe one of the most common questions my wife gets about passports is, “Do I need a passport to go to England?” and when she tells them yes, you most certainly do, they always respond with “Really? But they speak English. Are you sure?” :eek:
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That's Incredible!

I've had a passport since I was 16. Before as a military dependent flying out of the country i didn't require one when traveling with my parents. When I was 16 I was going to Columbia to stay with a friend who was a foreign exchange student for the summer and was traveling alone. But one of my sisters came to visit with her children who both had chicken pox (knowing that I'd never had it) and of course I got it and couldn't go.
 
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Passports are probably less relevant in the EU, as we can travel to a bunch of countries using only our ID card.

Brexit made me a bit sad as I love London, there're plenty of cheap low cost flights from Lisbon to London I have a friend who lives there so for me visiting London used to be easy and affordable. Not anymore, doesn't make sense to me to renew my passport only to visit London 3 or 4 days per year.
 
Got my first passport when I was 13, in order to travel to Ramatuelle, South of France. If I´d had the opportunity, I´d have gone all over the world by now.
My mum got her first passport in 1985, so she could visit us in Venezuela, at the age of 57. By that time, I´d already visited more than 15 foreign countries.
 
karadekoolaid said:
I´d already visited more than 15 foreign countries.
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If my memory is correct, we’ve made it to 17 countries so far (excluding the US, of course), and we’ll add three more this Fall.

I have five siblings. Only one has ever been out of the country (military), and only two have ever been on an airplane. Now that those two are retired, they’ll never fly again if they can help it.

My parents have never been out of the country, though they flew once to see me when we lived in Texas, and they hated it. My mom said, “If they can fly it around that fast, I don’t see why they can’t just drive it that fast on the ground!”
 
TastyReuben said:
If my memory is correct, we’ve made it to 17 countries so far (excluding the US, of course), and we’ll add three more this Fall.

I have five siblings. Only one has ever been out of the country (military), and only two have ever been on an airplane. Now that those two are retired, they’ll never fly again if they can help it.

My parents have never been out of the country, though they flew once to see me when we lived in Texas, and they hated it. My mom said, “If they can fly it around that fast, I don’t see why they can’t just drive it that fast on the ground!”
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I just keep making repeat trips to Mexico and Canada, lol. But I did live in Okinawa for 3 years.
 
I've been to Italy several times, as well as Mexico and several of the Caribbean Island countries, as well as the USVI and Puerto Rico.

Craig has been to several European countries, Mexico, New Zealand, and several of the Caribbean island countries to work on mega yachts, as well as vacation to Italy, Mexico, and the Caribbean with me.
 
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