Amazon 7 #1 March 1, 2009 I was just curious how many other people around here have passports and travel internationally. I love to travel and have been to a lot of countries over the years, some for pleasure, some for business. Just curious about the travelling habits of Americans compared to non-Americans. OK be honest with us all.... Post #1 of 1 (22 views) and only 5 votes That's really lame people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #2 March 1, 2009 with the new rules you need a passport to go almost anywhere I go to Whistler Canada, going in April, and you now need a passport, a couple years ago a certified copy of a birth cert was adequate, I beleive you now need them for a Caribbean cruiseGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 March 1, 2009 They have a new thing called the Passport card that is supposed to be good enough when you are cruising to places in the Caribbean or to Mexico... or driving across the border to Mexico or Canada. I got one when I renewed my Passport since it was an option. Are flying into Vancouver BC?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #4 March 1, 2009 How can one really live without a passport??? It would be a nightmare if I couldn't go outside of Sweden “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 March 1, 2009 I have a passport, but I didn't get it and travel overseas until I was 35. I decided it was going to be different for my kids, so they got passports in 2007 and have already been to England, France, Spain and Canada to use it.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #6 March 1, 2009 Yes. I drive into/through Canada quite a bit (every other month or so) and I had to get one last year. It used to be a Drivers License and Certified copy of the Birth Cert. was good enough, but not anymore."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #7 March 1, 2009 Yep, it would be hard for me to do what i like to do without one You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 March 1, 2009 Certainly bashing your hard this yearTravel broadens the mind and I use mine on average 10 times a year. I'm currently looking for work abroad (fingers crossed). (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SARLDO 0 #9 March 1, 2009 I have traveled extensively and don't have a passport. Been to: Portugal, spain, france, norway, england, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Kuwait, Bahrain, Seychelles, Kenya, the Philipines, S. Korea, China, Japan and more that I have either forgotten or shall just go unmentioned. All compliments of my great Uncle Sam "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #10 March 1, 2009 I have a passport and have used it once...TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #11 March 1, 2009 QuoteThey have a new thing called the Passport card that is supposed to be good enough when you are cruising to places in the Caribbean or to Mexico... or driving across the border to Mexico or Canada. I got one when I renewed my Passport since it was an option. Are flying into Vancouver BC?? yep, flying into Vancouver from Columbia, SC - Chicago - Toronto, will be a long day have made the trip driving from SeattleGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #12 March 1, 2009 The whole family has passports. A real bargain at $10 per year. In the last 12 mos it's been Jamaica twice, Mexico, Spain and France.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #13 March 1, 2009 Quote How can one really live without a passport??? It would be a nightmare if I couldn't go outside of Sweden heh, last census i believe fewer than 20% of americans had a passport. Pretty sad, when you think about it. I bet skydivers as a sample are skewed, though. we do a lot of traveling to far off places for boogies, events, etc.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #14 March 1, 2009 I have two. USA/MEX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #15 March 1, 2009 Quotefewer than 20% of americans had a passport. Pretty sad, when you think about it. Not really. Consider the geographical diversity that you can experience within the lower 48. Most things that you want to see, you can find an example here. Maybe not the biggest or best examples, but a version of mountains, oceans, plains.....get my point. Add that, until recently, you could travel the entire continent without a passport. Then add the size of the nation. The USA isn't like European countries where you can drive across five borders before your coffee gets cold.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #16 March 1, 2009 I just got my passport last year, but haven't used it yet. One of these days........."safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #17 March 1, 2009 Quote How can one really live without a passport??? It would be a nightmare if I couldn't go outside of Sweden Agreed, but being stuck in the U.S. ain't too bad.Actually, from what I know of Sweden, and especially whom I've met from Sweden, I could handle being stuck there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #18 March 1, 2009 QuoteQuotefewer than 20% of americans had a passport. Pretty sad, when you think about it. Not really. Consider the geographical diversity that you can experience within the lower 48. Most things that you want to see, you can find an example here. Maybe not the biggest or best examples, but a version of mountains, oceans, plains.....get my point. Add that, until recently, you could travel the entire continent without a passport. Then add the size of the nation. The USA isn't like European countries where you can drive across five borders before your coffee gets cold. Then add Alaska, Hawaii, and Pureto Rico (no passport needed) I can see most of what the world has to offer geologicaly without one. Culturally, ethnically, biologically is a different story, but you can spend a lot of time travelling, not see the same thing twice, and never leave the US."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SivaGanesha 2 #19 March 1, 2009 QuoteI was just curious how many other people around here have passports and travel internationally. I have a passport because I am from Canada and live in the USA and need it to cross the border. However I do not have a Canadian passport--I am a dual citizen of Canada and Australia and I find Australian passports to be much less of a hassle--for one thing they are good for 10 years, like US passports but unlike Canadian passports which are good only for 5 years. So I let my old Canadian passport expire and only use my Australian passport these days. I don't travel much internationally though--in recent years the only countries I've visited have been the USA, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, and Bermuda. Still hoping to do more extensive travelling at some point."It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpervint 0 #20 March 1, 2009 I was actually researching this for the car club I'm in. The regional get together in May is on Vancouver Island, so a bunch from Spokane were getting excited about getting passports and such. You can still cross the border via land or sea into Mexico or Canada and Caribbean until June 1st with driver's license and birth certificate. After that you need a passport, passport card or an enhanced driver's license. If you fly, you need a passport. Get a passport - easy, relatively cheap, and you won't get hassled. Um, shouldn't get hassled.. . . . . "Make it hard again." Doc Ed “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free” Nikos Kazantzakis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #21 March 1, 2009 Got my 1st one at 18 and have always had one. We travel quite a bit, sometimes on little or no planning or set itinerary...so I pretty much always have it with me. I remember when my wife & I first started dating, I saw HER passport and was amazed. She was flying internationally for work all the time, and what U.S. Immigration would do to passports that were out of room for visa stamps was 'add' a dozen or so pages...her passport was easily an inch thick! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #22 March 1, 2009 QuoteI just got my passport last year, but haven't used it yet. One of these days......... You should head over for a long weekend.. check out the DZ's at the north end of Seattle...Hell maybe hook up with Doc and Ladydvr and roll across the border to the Canadian DZ for a jump or two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selbbub78 0 #23 March 1, 2009 I only got a passport less than a year ago!!! I kept meaning to, but there was no real need, since I was just traveling in the united states a lot! Now that I have it, i use it ALL the time!!! It's absolutely fantastic to have one, and to be able to travel to countries where i don't understand a word they are saying I can't imagine living without one! You're missing out on SO much otherwise! CReW Skies, bubbles "Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone "The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote) "The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #24 March 1, 2009 Sure. It's mandatory for uns Germans, we have to carry with us our IDs or passport wherever we go. Not a bad thing. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #25 March 1, 2009 Quote Quote I just got my passport last year, but haven't used it yet. One of these days......... You should head over for a long weekend.. check out the DZ's at the north end of Seattle...Hell maybe hook up with Doc and Ladydvr and roll across the border to the Canadian DZ for a jump or two. She doesn't need a passport to go to Canada; just to get back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
