Mobile Passport – Updated

Share*** There have been some major updates to this program. See that info below in red. Many of you already use TSA Precheck when traveling domestically to speed the process of boarding aircraft. You can often use at foreign international airports too. Some of you use Global Entry for international travel to speed up the […]

Known Traveler Info Updated

ShareThese days, almost everyone who travels a lot has Pre-Check or Global Entry or some other program that gives you a Known Traveler Number (KTN). Here are a few things to keep in mind.  When you book travel make sure that you put your KTN into your airline’s system to speed your processing during check-in […]

Travel Documents – Global Entry

ShareOne of the things to think about before your trip is the process of coming home and going through Passport Control. You have 3 options when you return to the US. You can wait in the long line with the rest of the people. You can use Mobile Passport to go to a shorter line. […]

Planning a Trip to Africa

ShareWe are planning another trip to Africa for July 2018.  This will be a 12 day photo safari in Kenya and Tanzania to see the great migration in the Masai Mara that we have seen on TV on the National Geographic Channel. The best time is between July and August. If it is a warm […]

Follow-up to Planning for an Emergency

ShareWhen you prepare for a trip, it’s smart to prepare for an emergency too. The threats of political unrest, natural disasters (hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes), and terrorist attacks—both at home and abroad—are not going away any time soon. But by all means don’t focus so much on highly unlikely, spectacular risks that you ignore the mundane […]