"news" wrote:
>"Skip Elliott Bowman" wrote in message
>news:jMtie.3330$Ri4.1203@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> "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.
>>
>I thought this didn't start until December 31?
>
>Jay
>http://www.tequila-stuff.com/aruba/
>
It doesn't, but the airlines are more stringent than the USA. They
don't want to be stuck with you if the destination won't let you in
without a passport.
grandma Rosalie |
