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Nina Gonzalez is a marketing manager, social guru, sometimes outdoorsy wanderlust. Nina earned her degree in Art History at Florida Atlantic University. She is avid art lover, pet cuddler and on a good day a cyclist. Her favorite travel experience was her first to Italy as a bone marrow courier.

How to Change Your Name on Your Passport

So you went ahead and got married and you want to use your new married name on your passport, or maybe you got divorced or maybe you had your name legally changed. For whatever reason, it’s best to keep your documents up to date with your most current name change. Your US passport is a vitally important document. It’s irrefutable proof of your identity, it demonstrates that you are a citizen of the United States, with all the rights and responsibility that that status entails, and it makes it easy for you to be found and identified quickly when you’re traveling abroad. Why Do You Need to Change Your[…]

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You Should Avoid These Common Mistakes with your Passport

We’ve seen them all, so check our list of these common mistakes and we hope to help many of you avoid them. Not Making a photocopy of your Passport When traveling abroad it’s best practice to make photocopies, scanned copies and/or take photos of your passport. Keep physical copies with you when you travel and send scanned copies or photos to your phone, email, or any other device you may travel with frequently. This extra step will help you if your passport is ever stolen or lost overseas, since bringing copies of your passport can help you acquire an emergency passport a bit easier at the US embassy or[…]

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What US Travelers need to Know about Planning Trips to Cuba

Last week’s historical commercial flight landed in Santa Clara, Cuba from Ft. Lauderdale, making it the first such flight since 1961. Many US travelers are wondering about planning a trip to Cuba and what the future of travel to the island will look like as it becomes more accessible to US citizens. While the Obama administration has made historic strides in relations with Cuba, traveling for tourism is still prohibited for US citizens. New policy changes will make travel more accessible and economical for those who want to visit Cuba. However, there are currently 12 categories of authorized travel that can merit a trip to Cuba, without prior government[…]

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Adding Additional Pages to a Passport is Now a Thing of the Past

Anyone who travels frequently, especially during the last year or so, is likely to have heard about new changes for the procedure of adding pages to your passport. Previously, travelers would get their passports stamped when entering different countries and ports, these stamps were placed on empty pages in their passport book. Once those pages were filled, frequent travelers from the US simply bought additional pages sewn into their valid passport book. Now, the United States has implemented a policy which makes adding these extra pages to your passport a thing of the past. So when did this change occur? Travelers could request an additional 24 pages for their[…]

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Why you need more than 6 months of validity on your passport when traveling

A Valid Passport Isn’t Enough Sometimes Don’t let your passport expiration ruin your next vacation or business trip! You took months planning your dream vacation to Europe. At last the day has finally come! Packing up the last essentials in your suitcase, you grab your travel guide and head to the airport. You squirm in your seat as the excitement of the prolonged anticipation wells within you. You are one step away from paradise. You tap your foot while waiting in line to check in. You remembered your boarding pass, I.D., and, of course, your passport. As you step up to the front of the line, you hand over[…]

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