"Skip Elliott Bowman" wrote:
>"Rosalie B." wrote in message
>news:tndk81hqaejood15q8h4rbeei9ugbmcpv0@4ax.com...
>
>> If you don't want to have to get a passport, you are just about
>> limited to the CONUS or Hawaii.
>> If a passport isn't a deal breaker, I'd suggest that St. John in the
>> USVI would be about the perfect place - wonderful hiking as most of it
>> is a national park.
>
>> You may not actually have to have a passport as it is a US possession,
>> but I'd get one before the end of 2005 anyway - even now it is
>> difficult to get back into the US without one.
>
>As of now, the airlines won't transport you to any island in the Caribbean
>without a passport. This includes USVI and Puerto Rico--they're designated
>"International Destinations". Go figure.
>
That's because you can't get back into the US without a passport
because you can easily get to the USVI or Puerto Rico from other
countries by boat. That's been the case for a long time, although
they used to accept a birth certificate and photo ID. We had
passports and it made it much easier.
grandma Rosalie |