When you buy international airline tickets...

[Firebird]

make sure you check and double check visa requirements for countries that you will travel to AND transit through. Otherwise you might end up making a blitzkrieg, early morning drive across half of Texas to a consulate in Houston in order to get a last minute visa.

Just some friendly advice from your frustrated, globe trotting Firebird, posting from a Houston hotel.:mad:

[mtbray]

make sure you check and double check visa requirements for countries that you will travel to AND transit through. Otherwise you might end up making a blitzkrieg, early morning drive across half of Texas to a consulate in Houston in order to get a last minute visa.

Just some friendly advice from your frustrated, globe trotting Firebird, posting from a Houston hotel.:mad:

HA! Firebird, I know where you're coming from.

I was told by my study abroad advisor I could go into the consulate at Houston and get sameday service. I had been staying in Austin, and ended up going 3 days before my plane was to leave. I find out after a lengthy 15 minute angry lecture from the Japanese-Brazilian man at the office that apparently I was told wrong. He says "maybe" they can do it by the time, but 5 days is the normal processing time. I return to Austin, called Continental and luckily was able to change my flight without penalty, go back to Houston 3 days later and thank god they had it. Then, I drove to Dallas where my flight was leaving from. It wasn't fun! Not only that but Brazil has a policy of reciprocity so I got to pay the 100 dollars that Brazilians have to pay to come here!

So you taking off to eastern Europe now?

[stevefoxsc]

make sure you check and double check visa requirements for countries that you will travel to AND transit through. Otherwise you might end up making a blitzkrieg, early morning drive across half of Texas to a consulate in Houston in order to get a last minute visa.

Just some friendly advice from your frustrated, globe trotting Firebird, posting from a Houston hotel.:mad:

you didn't know that? as a heavy traveler always learn about as much of the internationals as well as the countries laws as you can. That can mean the difference between being welcomed and hated

[Firebird]

you didn't know that? as a heavy traveler always learn about as much of the internationals as well as the countries laws as you can. That can mean the difference between being welcomed and hated

It gets a little tough when you have to keep track of visa requirements for both the United States and the Russian Federation in your head at the same time. I knew I could fly into any EU country I wanted without a visa. My wife is a different story.

If we had only one stop in the "Schengen Space", then she can transit, no problem. But because we stop in Germany, fly to Austria, and then onwards, she had to get a transit schengen visa, because the Germany-Austria leg is a "domestic flight".