A new program from the Department of Homeland security could allow you to zip through passport services lines when you return home from overseas. The program, called Global Entry, allows passengers to pay $100 to get through customs a little bit faster.
Here’s how it works, according to this report from the Dallas Morning News:
When you apply for a new passport, should you get a passport book or passport card? One family learned the difference the hard way. Sherry Housley and her daughter Whitney had planned to to take a mother/daughter vacation by the ocean in Cozumel, Mexico.
Read ArticleHere’s a great reason to splurge on an express passport-American Airlines is offering free flights for a companion when you purchase a vacation package to the island of Barbados. What better way to celebrate the end of summer than hanging out on Barbados’ famous beaches with someone special?
Read ArticleWere you planning to visit the Monarch butterfly breeding grounds in Michoacan, Mexico? According to the US State Department, you’d be better off waiting until next year. Mexico is continuing to experience problems with drug cartel violence in that region, according the AP.
Read ArticleAre you a movie buff? The 66th Venice International Film Festival is coming to Venice, Italy next month. The festival starts on the 2nd of September and runs through September the 12th.
Read ArticleIf you need a 24 hour passport in Minnesota, you’re in luck-you now have a Regional Passport Agency where you can apply for one. According to this press release from the of Department of State, the Minneapolis Regional Passport Agency was officially inaugurated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier today with a visit from United States Senator Amy Klobuchar, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F.
Read ArticleDid you know that the first US passports were actually printed by Ben Franklin? According to this book review of “The Passport: The History Of Man’s Most Travelled Document,” the first US passports were made especially for the United States legation in Paris, France around 1777.
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