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Global Entry -- Hurrah!

Jean Newman Glock | Posted 05.02.2013 | Travel
Jean Newman Glock

Something wonderful has been introduced for international travelers and you need it. Global Entry, I love you.

How to Take Your Own Passport Photo

Travelzoo | Posted 04.26.2013 | Travel
Travelzoo

As passport application and renewal costs have risen in the past few years, one way to save a few bucks is to take your own passport photos at home.

Does This Tuba Need A Passport?

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 05.07.2013 | Travel

BANGKOK — Musicians, take note: Next time you travel abroad, you might need a passport – for your instrument. Delegates attending a globa...

LOOK: 9 Reasons The Postal Service Is Not Obsolete Yet

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.06.2013 | Business

The Postal Service may no longer deliver letters on Saturdays, but that doesn't mean its services are not important. In fact, the world would be a ...

Abbas' Newfound Courage

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.12.2013 | World
Daoud Kuttab

Having taken that courageous step at the UN, the Palestinian president now feels free to make some changes that reflect that symbolic move.

Why Everyone (Except President Obama) Should Agree to Trump's $5 Million Offer

Danny Rubin | Posted 12.26.2012 | Travel
Danny Rubin

For the rest of us, Trump's proposal isn't such a bad idea. When's the last time you looked at your passport? Has it almost expired? Has it already expired?

Two Passports: My Traveling Life

Andrew Lam | Posted 12.04.2012 | Travel
Andrew Lam

Two passports -- one new, the other old -- arrived in the mail the other day. The new, with its tough, blue covers and pristine, rigid pages that still resist my prying fingers is a stark contrast to the ink-stained, mud-smeared epic next to it, now punctured by the passport agency and rendered obsolete by the State Department.

The Great American Passport Myth

William D. Chalmers | Posted 11.29.2012 | Travel
William D. Chalmers

We know that fewer and fewer respond to facts nowadays -- even fact checkers have biases -- but the facts are that of the 311 million U.S. residents, there are over 109 million valid U.S. passports in circulation.

Which Countries Could You Be President Of?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics
Megan Smolenyak

Being of half-Irish heritage and having been born in France, Ireland and France are the most promising for me to become president of another country. Again for reasons of heritage, Slovakia is also a candidate.

An Honest Customs Declaration Form

Peter Mandel | Posted 08.20.2012 | Travel
Peter Mandel

Everyone arriving back from abroad must complete this Customs Declaration Form. Whether you're traveling with immediate family members or not, you'd...

Our Government Is Failing to Protect Our Rights

James Zogby | Posted 06.16.2012 | Politics
James Zogby

A few weeks ago a Palestinian-American woman traveling to the West Bank to visit family, was stopped by Israeli airport officials and ordered to log on to her email and provide her password so that the Israelis could read her private communications.

Pay Your Taxes Or Lose Your Passport?

Gadling | Chris Owen | Posted 06.11.2012 | Travel

As we make plans for summer travel abroad and at home, concerns turn to the cost of fuel and how it might affect our projected budget. When studying g...

US Puts A New Price On Passports And Citizenzhip

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 02.03.2012 | Travel

WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth ...

Vintage Passports Of The Stars

Kate B. Harding | Posted 01.20.2012 | Travel

Check out these vintage celebrity passport photos from blogger and anthropologist Kate B. Harding. ...

7 Truths To Travel By

Oneika Raymond | Posted 10.18.2011 | Black Voices
Oneika Raymond

The varied and shape-shifting nature of my voyages have revealed certain travel truths; I know what I like and, alternatively, what I can't stand, when I'm on the road.

The Mongol Rally: Entering Turkmenistan for Dummies

Grif Peterson | Posted 10.13.2011 | Travel
Grif Peterson

Before disembarking, the first mate announced that the doctor would like to inspect all the Americans. There were 8 of us, too many for the doctor to be bothered with.

Confessions of a Dual Citizen

Gemma de Choisy | Posted 10.09.2011 | Travel
Gemma de Choisy

I've been flying back and forth between the UK and the States going on 15 years. I was seven -- and hipless -- the first time, scared shitless and moving to an island where the sun never shines.

Former Military Photographer Faces Fraud Charges

AP | Posted 08.24.2011 | Arts

MIAMI -- A former Guantanamo Bay photographer is facing federal fraud charges Miami. The government says Elisha Leo Dawkins made a false statement in...

MAP: Which States Have The Most Passport Holders?

Posted 04.01.2013 | Travel

Blogger C.G.P. Grey put together a map of the United States listing passport holders per capita by state. States on, or close to the coasts tend t...

BLOGGER: Lose Your Passport? Then You're A Jerk

Rob Pringle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Rob Pringle

The first thing to do when you lose your passport in Kenya is to make a photocopy of the picture page and your current visa before you lose the passport.

Travelers of the World Unite: Stop the Wars

Judie Fein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Judie Fein

In short, we are opinion leaders, opinion makers, the vanguard of the modern wave of exploration.

Instead of "Show Us Your Papers" How About "Show Us Your Passport?"

Keli Goff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Keli Goff

What if candidates for president were not only required to show proof that they were born in this country and have lived in this country but that they have actually visited other countries too?

PHOTOS: The World's Coolest Passport Stamps

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Passports can be a source of pride for many people: They show where you've been and what you've seen throughout your life. But what about the stamps...

What to Do When You Lose Your Passport While Traveling Abroad

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Eileen Ogintz

I'm still not sure where or how it happened that day in Florence. I thought our passports were securely in my purse, but that evening the leather envelope I carried them in was gone.

I Lost My Passport in Estonia

Natalie Bahadur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Natalie Bahadur

I see me and my little carry on suitcase on the dock, tearfully waving goodbye to the luxury cruise ship that's just brought me and now, quite unceremoniously, dumped me in Tallinn.