Visiting Thailand only requires a passport for visits that are 30 days or less. This pertains to U.S. citizens. Citizens from other countries need to check with their country's embassy or consular section and see what the rules are.
For Americans, a current passport and a visa are required if you are planning on [...]
You may apply for your passport by mail if you meet the following requirements:
You can submit your most recent passport.
Your previous passport was issued on or after your 16th birthday and was issued within the past 12 years.
You use the same name as that on your most recent passport or you have had your name [...]
Be flexible in your travel plans in order to get the lowest fare. The best deals may be limited to travel on certain days of the week (often Tuesday through Thursday, or Friday night through Sunday morning) or particular hours of the day (e.g., late-night departures). This applies to each of your flights, not just [...]
When passengers comment on airline service, most airlines do listen. They analyze and keep track of the complaints and compliments they receive and use the information to determine what the public wants and to identify problem areas that need special attention. They also try to resolve individual complaints.
Like other businesses, airlines have a lot of [...]
Gifts you bring back for your personal use must be declared, but you may include them in your personal exemption. This includes gifts people gave you while you were out of the country, such as wedding or birthday presents, and gifts you have brought back for others.
Gifts intended for business, promotional, or other commercial purposes [...]
The theme of modern society seems to be give me convenience or give me death. In the case of booking trips, this convenience will really cost you.
Do Not Use 800 Numbers When Booking Trips
Toll free numbers are touted as a service offered to make our life easier. If I need to call a business, [...]
Speaking Thai will get you lots of smiles and better deals while on your holiday in the Land of Smiles. But, you can get by knowing just a few words.
The traditional greeting in Thailand is Sawasdee (pronounced Sa-wat-dee) and a polite article is added to the end. For women, ka is added. [...]
The Dive In centres specialise in snorkelling, scuba diving education, scuba diving equipment and scuba diving travel. All the dive sites are easily accessible and Tenerife has many diving clubs and centres to arrange scuba diving trips. Featuring in-depth scuba equipment comparative reviews, dive travel destination reports and feature articles on diving environment, [...]
A famous Da Vinci's masterpiece Lady with an ermine is hosted at the Czartoryski Museum. Painted around 1489-1490, its subject is identified with Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Lodovico Sforza, "Ludovico il Moro", Duke of Milan. The painting is one of only four female portraits Leonardo painted (the other three being the Mona Lisa, the [...]
Everyone wants to see the world, but few people have got the money to go everywhere they'd like to. What's the solution? Do it on the cheap! Discount travel is an industry that is rapidly growing: it seems like every few years some entrepreneur comes up with another new way to get to nice places [...]