Archive for the 'Travel to Asia' Category
For those of you who travel a lot usually know what customs will permit you to bring back, but there are some things that they won’t let into the country due to disease, or potential harm it can bring to those here. Customs are working diligently to keep specific things out of the country and [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
A passport is documentation of your status while traveling abroad in another country. This is to get you through customs when you enter or exit the countries. You can apply for your passport at any given time if this is your first time applying for a passport. You’re advised to apply for your passport [...]
January 20th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
In flying to any place in Asia you want an airline that will take you there and has a reputation for having good decent service. The most frequently used of all carriers that fly to many Asian countries are United Airlines and American Airlines. Both airlines fly non-stop, but usually they have a layover in [...]
January 18th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
You have endless choices of hotels in Asia since Hyatt, Hilton, Best Western, Ritz-Carlton, and others have locations overseas in a few Asian countries since most are pretty fancy and upper class. Many of the well-known hotels around the region are themed to that country’s culture and architectural design. The Ritz Carlton has 7 locations [...]
January 17th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
The cost to fly overseas to Asia depends on where you’re flying out of because if you live far from Los Angeles and San Francisco to the west and New York and Miami to the east it will cost more. The average amount paid for airfare to fly to Asia goes anywhere between $900-1500, but [...]
January 15th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
Most countries throughout Asia require a passport for entry and exiting, but they also require you to apply for an entry visa which should be done around the same time you apply or renew your passport because you have to have entry visas issued for the length of time you’re staying in the country that [...]
January 14th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
Upon entering any foreign country you’re required to pass through customs because what may be legal in the United States may be illegal elsewhere. This is to ensure that certain things are not being smuggled into the country. Customs will ask to see your entry visa when you go through security check in the airport [...]
January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
The Transportation Safety Administration as of September of 2006 has issued a rule that certain things can’t be taken on flights to foreign nations especially Asia since that part of the world is also fallen to a high concentration of crime and other illegal activities. Customs are on high alert to specific places in the [...]
January 11th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
This is a relatively a popular thing for people coming in or departing on international flights to Asian countries. According to reports duty free doesn’t mean that for buyers, but the shop owners who don’t have to pay a tax to import their goods into the United States and it’s the tax charged by customs [...]
January 9th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments
The best time to update your passport is when it’s close to the time of expiration and usually you don’t have to wait to do it when it expires and those who have them are advised to do it right away before the expiration date. You renew your passport every 5 years, but with the [...]
January 8th, 2009 | Posted in Travel to Asia | No Comments