niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
I always thought that the point of "checking in" to a flight was so that the airline knew you were at the airport and would most likely board the plane. 

But nowadays you can check in by computer or smartphone, which is great -- but you can do so as much as 24 hours before the flight. That's before you even go to bed the night before the flight, let alone arrive at the airport.

If there's a emergency, or even very bad traffic, that makes you miss your flight, won't it be in the last few hours? What good is checking in so far in advance?

EDIT: And almost as soon as I finished typing my question, I saw this: What is the purpose of check-in before flying?

Output: Why can you check in to a flight the previous day?
Alright, the story is simple. I don't have a valid PR card with me, my new card will arrive by mail to my apartment in Montreal. A friend will mail it to me. Tomorrow I'm travelling 

MONTREAL -> NEW-YORK -> SAN-FRANCISCO

So, will United demand to see my PR card (which I don't have), or will they let me leave? I don't know if this is important but I have a B1/B2 visa to travel to the USA.

I have read their site about document requirements, but the formulation is ambiguous. Any tips?

Thank you for your time.

Output: United Airlines travel documents needed for a permanent resident of Canada
Whether traveling with a child or friend, especially in large crowds, should one take precautions to avoid losing someone?

I will be backpacking, so packing light is important; however, I still thought it would might be necessary for me to get something like a walkie talkie. I have even considered using a strap/buckle and attaching it to the other person. This sounds ridiculous, but losing someone would ruin a great portion of the trip.

Output: How to avoid losing someone while traveling?
I'm going to visit Amsterdam next week for a couple of days and then I'd like to take a series of bus and/or sea trips ending up in Warsaw, or anywhere on the east shore of the Baltic Sea (from Gdansk to St. Petersburg). I'm yet to decide the details of this trip, whether it will be so distant or not, but I would like to know the following:

When arriving at a reasonably large town in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark or Poland how likely am I to find cheap overnight accommodation without prior booking?

The idea is to arrive to a town, go sightseeing, have my six hours of sleep and then move on to the next town. But the plan isn't going to work if I have to spend most of the time finding a bed and shower instead of enjoying the sights.

So, are such services common in Western Europe?

Output: Finding overnight accommodation in Northwest Europe
My parents are visiting Europe for 2 weeks (more details below). I currently live in the US but I'm hoping to join them on this trip. My parents made some changes to their itinerary due to availability constraints which put me in the following situation (as I already had scheduled my visa appointment): 

The Norway visa processing time according to their website is 15 business days. My intended travel date is on the 13th business day which gives me only 11/12 business days for the visa processing. No earlier appoinments are available. I still want to go ahead and take chances. My questions

1) How would they deem such travel plan if it starts before claimed visa processing time. 


Are they going to reject it? 
Are going to grant visa for a different start date according to their processing completion but stick to the end date according to
travel plan?


2) Here's a short version of itinerary: first 5 days in Norway, next 2 1/2 days in Germany, the rest is 1-2 days in a few other countries. I'd still love to join my parents even when their trip is 25% through. How do I convey that in my application. 

I'd really appreciate your comments.

Update

Happy to share that I got the visa on 7th day (not 7th business day, just 7th day). I applied for Norway visa in San Francisco VFS office.

Output: I want to travel to the Schengen area in 13 days, but it takes 15 days to issue a visa. Can I still apply?
We are traveling to Istanbul, Turkey next month and we would like to take a day to visit Izmit.

With that plan in mind what we would like to do is travel from Istanbul (european side) to Izmit in the morning ~7am and return in the evening ~9pm.

Can you tell me how we can make this journey, preferably by train and where can we buy tickets from and what the approximate price is?

Output: Train from Istanbul To Izmit and back
My fiancée and I are planning a wedding in South America, and we'd like to make it as attractive and hassle-free as possible for our American guests to attend. To get them excited about the wedding, we'd like to offer guests some kind of travel package that includes:


flight to wedding destination
hotel at wedding destination
flight to resort destination
hotel for resort destination
flight back home


Ideally, guests could just pay one lump sum of money and not worry about any of the booking details themselves. In the interest of cost, I've heard that some hotels/airlines can take group bookings at cheaper rates, but I have no idea how this stuff works. Is creating a package like this reasonable? Is this something that we have to take care of ourselves, or are there services out there than can help us out with this?

Output: How do I create all-inclusive travel packages for a wedding?
I have a 10 year tourist visa for the US and have been back and forth to the US for some years now visiting my partners family, she is American by birth. 
We decided to get married after being together for 3 years. 

Our intention is to go to the US in the summer, get married and celebrate with her family, and then come back to my home country where we both currently live permanently. 

My question is, can we get married on the tourist visa if our intention is to return to our current country of residence?

I've had my own business for a long time here as well as other assets that can easily be proven to show that our intention is to return home, my partner has a job here and we stay together in an apartment that we rent and have a lease for, so lots of information to provide to the customs agent on arrival to show our intent is to marry and then leave to come back home. 

Furthermore, we might decide to apply for a green card for myself in a few years time, but for this trip we have no intention of getting married and staying in the US and applying. 

If anyone has some experience with this is would be greatly appreciated - thanks. 

Output: Getting married in the US on a Tourist Visa
While searching the fare spectrum for London - Birmingham, I found these but the main BRFares listing(at the bottom of the page) says "Not normally available for purchase." When are these tickets available and how does one buy them?

Output: Very cheap but inaccessible UK train fares
The most iconic view of Toronto seems to be taken from Olympic Island right across downtown. On Google Maps, it says there is a ferry from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal that takes 32 minutes:



That would be great except that according to the Toronto site, it does not operate until April. However, the ferry to Ward Island operates but that look rather far from Olympic island to walk in  the cold.

Is there public transportation that go fairly close to Olympic island in winter? Are there even taxis on these islands?

Google Maps is of no help for this either. It says to Take the ferry to Toronto from Ward Island and then take the ferry to Olympic island:



Output: How to reach Olympic Island before April?
The advice is given many times to not get into "illegal taxis", because they will scam you. My question is: what are the possible ways of scam, if you agree on the price and destination in advance (e.g. by showing it on a map)?

Well, I can imagine that taxi driver at the end says a higher price then agreed, but then what happens if you just give him the previously agreed price and walk away? In the answers of another related question it was mentioned that the taxi driver could deliberately "misunderstand" the location, but that would be covered by showing the map part.

For the sake of this question, let's consider only countries, where being kidnapped/robbed/killed by the taxi driver and such extreme outcomes are extremely rare. Say, Europe, US, and other countries considered "safe". (In other words, let's suppose you don't have to consider the risk that "the taxi driver will kidnap you".)

As answers I'm either expecting any theoretical possibility where you could be 
scammed, or even better concrete known instances of such scams (i.e. the tourist had to pay more, in spite of doing the above due diligence).

One particular example: I heard once (but not sure if it is true or not, since I can't find anything on Google about it), that a possible scam is agreeing on say "30 dollars" in advance. Then, at the end of the ride, it turns out that the taxist did not think about "US dollars", but "some other kind of dollars" (which of course are much more valuable then "US dollars"), and maybe he has even an accomplice to validate that ("Yes, of course, in this country we always refer to XXX dollars, not US dollars.") But as I said, I can't find anything about this, so maybe it does not exist at all.

Backstory: I was in a Balkan country, waiting for the bus to the airport, together with two locals (or at least they were from some other Balkan countries). A taxi rolled up, and offered to take the three of us to the airport for an extremely low price (basically what the bus ticket per person would have cost). I double checked the price I would have to pay with the taxi driver, before getting in, but was still expecting some bad surprise when we arrived. In the end, everything went fine though, he just asked for the price we had agreed on (and besides that I willingly gave him a tip), but at this point I'm wondering what was in it for him? (The total the three of us payed was less than half of the regular fare it would have cost to get to the airport.)
Even though I had luck this time, I still think it was foolish from me to just get into the cab, and I would like to know what else could have gone wrong. (Btw.: I used the term "illegal taxi" at the beginning, this one seemed pretty legal though - had the sign at the top, taximeter, etc.)

Output: Possible taxi scams if fare is agreed in advance?
I am required to pick someone up at the CDG airport. I live in Gif-sur-Yvette in ile-de-France and can get to RER stop "CDG 1" (that caters to CDG terminal 1). I read that I would need to take the CDGval to terminal 1. 

However, the map of terminal 1 level and CDGval level  doesn't quite tell me how to get from the CDGval stop for T1 to the arrivals of T1. There appear to be several "levels" to T1.

Also Is there a particular gate at T1 that arriving passengers exit through? My passenger will be arriving on United airlines.

Output: How to get from Aeroport CDG 1 RER B stop to Terminal 1 arrivals
There are many times when I'd like to jot a short note in my passport. For example, the business purpose of an entry into a country -- or for countries with automatic passport control and when I don't get a stamp, I'd like to notate my entry and departure. 

Can one write in one's own passport? I wouldn't of course write over any stamps, but I might write near them. Or could I use a back page as entry and departure dates?

Yes, I could use a separate piece of paper or a computer file, but having them all in my passport would be handy -- especially when a border officer asks where I've been and why. 

And if the laws vary by country, can you note this in your answer? Would it matter if my notations were in ink or pencil? These aren't doodles but business-like annotations and lists.

Output: Can I write notes in my passport?
I know in a bus, for instance, (well, at least on a school bus, when I traveled to out-of-town basketball games in high school) the farther back you are, the bumpier your ride tends to be. Is there a similar situation when a vehicle is airborne?

For the quietest ride, you clearly want to sit away from the engines.  But I'm curious if there is a part of the airplane that offers the smoothest ride.  That is, most free from vibrations during flight, or during take-off and landing.

I imagine the answer may be different for aircraft that have their engines mounted on the tail versus those with the engines mounted on the wings.  And maybe other factors play into the equation as well.

Output: What section of an airplane offers the smoothest ride?
I recently went to Japan (specifically Osaka and a few other places around Kansai) for the first time in my life, and had an amazing time. One of the many cultural differences I noticed was that Japanese ATMs were rather different to those in other parts of Asia, North America, or in Europe. 

In particular, every one I encountered presented money towards the user displayed "in full", usually up from the ground, as if it were a pile of cash resting on a table. Every other ATM I've ever used shoves out a (probably) thin wadge of notes, with the edge of the wadge presented towards the user, and the face of the notes hidden until the user removes them. 

Why? Given the extra engineering effort in making machines like this, and the vast amount of cultural background to money in Japan, I'd be surprised if it's sheer chance. 

Here's an attempt at illustrating what I'm on about: 

Japanese ATM --  Yen come out of a grey slot, presented face-up towards the user, not held on any side:



[e.g.] US ATM -- Money comes out in a thin wadge held by rollers:



Output: Why do Japanese ATMs dispense money stacked differently to those in the west?
I'd like to see the Catacombs of Paris in September 2017. It appears that tickets can be purchased in advance from http://b12-gat.apps.paris.fr/accueil.aspx ...  is the demand such that purchasing tickets in advance is necessary if you want to see it?

Output: catacombs of paris: should tickets be purchased in advance?
I have a refundable ticket taking me from 'A' -> 'B' and then 'C' -> 'A'. However, I have now made further plans, so that I do not need the C -> A ticket anymore. So, given the limited travel budget that I have, I'd like to have the return / final leg of journey refunded. 

The cost of the total flight was less than the one-way tickets from A -> B would be now, so it does not make sense for me to cancel the entire itinerary. I'd like to travel on the first leg, and have the second leg refunded if possible. 

p.s. I am not getting off at any layover. The flights from A->B and C->A are more than 15 days apart and I have my own ways of traveling from B->C independent of the airline. 

Output: Can I have the final leg of a multi-city flight refunded?
I'm not a huge fan of jogging on crowded sidewalks even in the US, and I expect many sidewalks in Tokyo and Osaka will only be more crowded.

What locations in these cities would you recommend for jogging? 

In Tokyo I will be staying in Kabuki-cho in Shinjuku, so I was thinking of the Shinjuku-Gyoen park. They do charge 200 yen, though, so I'd love to hear of free alternatives. In Osaka, I will be staying two blocks west of Osaka Castle.

Recommendations in other parts of town would also be appreciated.

Output: Jogging in Tokyo and Osaka
I'm aware there's a form you can sign if ground staff at an airport doesn't want to let you to board an aircraft due to ignorance regarding the destination's entry (or in this case transit) requirements. This way, the carrier's liability is waived if you don't get into your destination.

What is the form called? In other words, what exactly should I ask for?

More likely than not, I'm going to have to ask for this at Tbilisi airport, from where I'm taking a flight to Doha in 3 days (in transit to London). As I only hold an ID card, which is accepted for the UK (my destination), I don't expect to get an easy time boarding the Tbilisi-Doha flight (even though I'll not be entering Qatar), because Timatic doesn't explicitly state that I can transit Qatar on my ID (nor does it state the opposite). Hence, such a form would be of great help.

I've read about this in this blog, where the author, who had trouble boarding a flight to Minsk for transit with her Portuguese ID card, writes:


  I wrote some haiku style poems on my phone until the airline man came with a sheet for me to sign: 'It's to make you responsible for coming back, in case they don't allow you to stay in Minsk or enter Georgia.'


Output: What form waives the airline's liability in case of an entry refusal?
I'm going by bus from Saint-Georges to Cayenne, passing through Roura. Is there any kind of public transport or scheduled service from any of those places to Cacao? Rome2Rio and other sites recommend going by car, but I was hoping to find something cheaper.

Output: How can I get to Cacao, French Guiana?
I appreciate we need to carry both passports at all times and I have been doing so except, due to a distraction, this time I forgot my old passport at home in the US. I am due to fly back soon, which rules out having my old passport mailed to me. 

What are my options to go back into the States?

If it helps, I have scans of all documents with me, including the photograph and visa page from the old passport as well as the I-129s form I'm always supposed to carry.

Output: I am travelling with a renewed passport and my US visa is in my old passport which I forgot in the US. What are my options?
I am opening up this thread to know from fellow travelers who are planning to visit tje EU (Spain in particular) from the US. I plan to travel somewhere in December 2018 around Christmas time, go to India after staying there for 7-10 days, and return to the US by the 4th week of January.

Do I need to apply for a Schengen visa in advance, or can I get visa on arrival as I am a valid US non permanent resident? Also, I do not have an H-1B visa stamped in my passport, but I have an approved I-797A (Notice of H-1B visa approval). 

Please let me know if something is not clear from my end, looking forward to hearing.

Thanks.

Output: Indian citizen with valid H1-B visa until 11/2020. Do I need to apply for Schengen visa?
What I have:


1 Brazilian passport with the 90 no visa required days currently
maxed out 
1 European passport

Why? I work online for myself so I can do it from anywhere and my girlfriend is currently living in Russia.

I've been in Russia for about 90 days with a Brazilian passport and now I want to go back before waiting 90 days.

What is the easiest passport to acquire a tourist visa with, Brazilian or European?

And if I decide to use the European should I say 'no' when they ask if I ever was in Russia?

Output: Going back to Russia with another passport (maybe)
I have tried booking at different hostels using HostelWorld and Booking.com and I could only be able to make a reservation using my credit card, but not pay for the whole stay. I haven't found that option. Apparently you can only pay when you check in.

Does it depend on the webpage or the Hostel?. Has anyone here been able to pay for the complete stay before travelling?

Output: Is it possible to pay in advance for hostel booking?
I'm planning on going to the caribbean (any part of it) during January 2012 (for 7 to 12 days) but anything above U$S 1500 per person turns out to be too expensive.

I'm basically looking for a whole package including airfare for that money, intending to buy for two people. Every suggestion comes in handy: cheap destinations, airlines, bugdet dining, etc. 

Inexpensive all-inclusive cruises can be found to some destinations, but airfare is too expensive. Some examples: to Antilles, Venezuela and Dominican Republic 

For cruises from the US I must raise a word of caution: for an Argentinean a visa is needed, which costs U$S 140 (besides, it's a pain to get :)

Output: Budget caribbean in January from South America
I have an ESTA for the US, valid until Mar 20, 2020. I have confirmed the ESTA is still valid on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection site. However, the airline I have a flight booked with will not allow me to check in online due to not having a valid ESTA/VISA/etc.

Does this mean I'm not going to be allowed on the flight or is it simply a problem with the online check-in? And if I'm allowed on the flight, should I expect issues on arrival in the US?

Output: Valid ESTA for US, but not allowed to check-in Online
Someone I know is a Swedish-South African citizen, and has a Swedish ID card and a South African passport.

He's going on the Allegro train Helsinki-St Petersburg (and back), and his documents, combined, are sufficient for this trip (Swedes have freedom of movement in Finland, while South Africans are visa-free for Russia for 90 days).

The problem is: when booking the ticket online, you have to enter document info to be transmitted to the Rajavartiolaitos and the FSB, and the system only lets you put one document per direction.

So the question is: should the person put the document to be used at Finnish, or Russian, border control?

Does it differ in each direction?

I e-mailed and called VR (Finland's railway operator), but they were completely bamboozled and ignorant about the situation, and thus of no help (they said "put in the document to be used during the journey")

Also e-mailed the Rajavartiolaitos head office, in Swedish followed by English, but haven't received a reply thus far. Would write to the FSB St Petersburg division as well, but my Russian is too poor and I doubt they'll reply to a message in English.

Output: What travel document should a dual national register when booking the Helsinki-St Petersburg train?
The Amtrak list of prohibited items includes the following:


  Large sharp objects such as axes, ice picks and swords


Does this include small knives (such as a Victorinox SwissChamp, with a 2.5-inch long blade)?

Output: Amtrak "large sharp objects" restriction: Are small knives included?
I recently got an APEC card, with validity for countries like Indonesia & China, which normally have higher visa-requirements for me as a UK passport holder than other countries (no visa-on-arrival, full-page stickers in my passport etc).

The APEC card is supposed to give me Visa-free access to those countries, but I am worried of traveling and then being bounced back at passport control. Can someone tell me from their own experience if they had any problems trying to cross the border with an APEC card despite normally requiring a visa to China?

Output: Does an APEC card reliably grant visa-free entry?
So the following conversation took place at Gatwick Airport in April 2015, around 10:30PM, as I was entering the UK on a Swedish ID card. I was dressed in jeans and a plain red t-shirt (it was warm outside), had a laptop bag for hand luggage and was sober.

(I look southern European, perhaps Bulgarian, and speak Estuary English - basically like Gordon Ramsay accent-wise)

IO: Where are you arriving from?

Me: Zurich

IO: Where are you headed to?

Me: London

IO: What will you be doing in London?

Me: Just visiting

IO: For how long?

Me: A week

IO: Where will you be staying?

Me: At a hostel in Dollis Hill

IO then looks at my ID and scans it with a UV lamp. After 30 seconds…

IO: Do you have another document?

Me: Er, such as?

IO: Dunno, bank card, library card, driving licence, anything.

Me: Nothing with a photograph I'm afraid, but here's my debit card (handing in my Maestro card)

10 seconds later...

IO: How come you've got a Swiss bank card!?

Me: Because I live and study in Switzerland, in Zurich

IO: Since when?

Me: Autumn 2014

IO: What do you study there?

Me: Computer science, at the federal institute of Technology

IO: Towards what degree?

Me: Bachelor

IO scans the ID, and 30 seconds later...

IO: Alright, have a good evening.

The question in bold is among the weirdest questions I've received from immigration anywhere, although thinking about it, I suspect the officer had her doubts about me actually being an EEA national.

Is this the likely reason for the unusually long landing interview (for an EEA national)?

On some previous occasions I've cleared immigration at the same airport, under identical circumstances, without a single question.

Output: Strange landing interview at LGW for an EEA national
I am going to the Netherlands and might need to get a train. (Between Eindhoven and Amsterdam). On www.ns.nl (the large train operator that does that route), they list the price as €17.90ish. That's for booking it online.

However, I'm not sure what price it'd be if I were to turn up on the day and buy a ticket for the next train going that way.

Here in Ireland if you book train tickets online in advance, it's much cheaper than if you arrive in the train station and want to buy a ticket for the next train. (e.g. €20 online vs. €60 last minute in some cases). Is this the same in the Netherlands with NS or is it the same price regardless of when you book?

Update I don't care what sort of train to take, I just want to get from Eindhoven to Amsterdam.

Money isn't too much of an issue, I just don't want to be asked to pay €50 per ticket when I could have got it for <€20 had I only booked online!

Output: Is it cheaper to book Dutch train tickets online in advance compared to paying on the day?
Wikitravel's Japanese-language guide to New South Wales (Japanese hasn't yet migrated to Wikivoyage), appears to claim that a Japanese passport is required for Japanese citizens to visit the Japanese war cemetery in Cowra:


  カウラ ( Cowra ) ー カウラ日本人墓地とカウラ日本庭園がある。日本人墓地に入るには、日本国パスポートの提示が必要。


Google translate:


  Cowra - Cowra There are Japanese cemetery and Cowra Japanese garden. To enter the Japanese cemetery, presentation of the Japanese passport is necessary.


By contrast, Visit Cowra says about the Japanese war cemetery:


  Accessible at all times and admission is free


and there's no mention of any restrictions on the Trip Advisor page.

Are non-Japanese allowed to visit the cemetery, and are there any ID requirements for visiting the place?

Output: Is ID required for visiting the war cemeteries in Cowra?
Soon, my wife and I want to travel from Faro to Lisbon by train and back a few days later.  I have found this website: Comboios De Portugal.

A complication is that we are not exactly sure when we will get to Faro.  So, if we book ahead then we will need to play safe and book a fairly late train.  Alternatively, we could just turn up at the station and buy on the spot.  My experience with UK trains is that this is a poor strategy as the prices will be bad and we might not even get seats.  So, here is the question: which of these strategies?


Book ahead as the prices will be better and we will certainly get seats.  Accept that we may need to hang around in Faro for a few hours.  
Just turn up at the station.  The prices will be the same or similar and there will be little danger of no seats.  
Something else that I have missed.  


The prices on the website seem reasonable and first class is not much more so we will probably go first class.  

Update.  I am on the train now.  It was at the platform 30 minutes before departure and it departed exactly on time.  Despite the booking site showing that it was nearly full, it is in fact almost empty.  I guess that more may get on at intermediate stops.  The carriage is nice: roomy, clean, and comfortable.  Storage for large bags is not great.  If it was actually full then it might have been a problem.  However, it is at least as good as trains in the UK.  

One minute late out of Loule and a few people got on.

7 minutes late out of Tunes and it is close to full now.

Final update after quite a few trips.  Ticket buying is easy online for major routes and you do not need to print the tickets.  You will be asked for an ID number, e.g. passport, but we never had this checked.  Local trains may require old style paper tickets bought at the station. It is a good idea to book several days ahead in a busy season as the trains often sell out.  Punctuality is erratic. It seemed good at first with delays of at most 10 minutes but later we had some trains 30 or 40 minutes behind schedule.

Output: Buying train tickets in Portugal
I'm a permanent United States citizen (by birth), but I don't have an SSN. I'm also a foreign citizen. My employer outside of the US wants to send me to work into the US for client on-site by asking for a work US visa that would be put into my foreign passport.

Is it legal to obtain and enter the US as a foreigner with such a visa, being at the same time a US resident? Can I enter the US as an American, but work as a foreigner?

I found this reference:


  A foreign national or alien entering the U.S. is generally required to
  present a passport and valid visa issued by a U.S. Consular Official,
  unless they are a citizen of a country eligible for the Visa Waiver
  Program, or are a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. or a citizen
  of Canada.


Output: Is it legal to enter the US with a US visa while being a US citizen?
Obviously, in certain cases, California law requires you turn your car headlights on. But when it isn't required, is it nevertheless legal to keep them on, or are there situations when it is illegal to drive with your headlights on? And if so, what are those cases?

Output: In California, is it always legal to drive with your car headlight on?
I'm looking at a 50m connection in Zurich going between PRG and YUL (single ticket, Swiss airlines), is it enough time to transfer? 
I'm a bit concerned after I saw this on the airport website

  If you are travelling to or from countries that do not adhere to the
  Schengen Agreement you will have to pass through passport control in
  Zurich


I forget if there's an exit immigration check for Schengen countries, would I clear that in PRG on my first flight or in ZRH before actually leaving Schengen?

Output: Short transit in ZRH, will I have enough time?
My minor daughter is traveling by herself internationally, leaving from Boston's Logan airport.

It's the first time she's traveled via air on her own, and I'd like to go with her to her gate (past security) to make sure she doesn't have any hassles.

I've seen some indications that it's possible to do this, but I've not had any luck figuring out how to do it.

Is this possible?

If so, how? Do I need the airline to OK it? TSA? Someone at Massport?

--

Closed, and the dupe helped me.  The airline is United, and they explicitly say on their website (I was missing the key phrase "gate pass" in my searches):



Output: How do I get airside at Boston's Logan airport without a boarding pass?
Last time I visited the UK, 
it took 3 hours to get through the immigration queues.

I recall seeing signs saying something like:


  "Registered Travellers from [list of countries] can use the EU/UK lines."


I have another trip the the UK in a few months,
and I am really dreading the giant queue, especially after a 17 hour flight.

So I am looking up how to become a Registered Traveller.

It says:



Apply online for Registered Traveller membership. ...
You'll get a decision on your application within 10 working days. ...
If your application is accepted, the next time you travel to the UK you must go through the 'other passports' lane and fill in a landing card.
The immigration officer will check that you meet the criteria and tell you if you can become a member. ...



So does this mean that being accepted at point 2, isn't a real acceptance.
You get the real acceptance the first time you enter after applying, using the 'other passports' lane (i.e. the non-UK/EU line).
And then after that if you visit the UK again (assuming all successful), you get to use the EU/UK lane?

(I mostly just want to know if I am understanding it right. I think other things mean it just isn't financially worth it to me to become a registered traveller. I'ld need to pay for a Visa since I've not visited 4 times before)

Output: Is it possible to use UK/EU lanes as a Registered Traveller the first time you enter the UK after applying?
I am traveling from the United States to the UK in a few days, and I will have a checked suitcase. My layover is in Frankfurt, Germany. Since my final stop is in the UK. Will I go through customs in Frankfurt or in the UK? Also, the two legs of my trip will be with the same airline.

Output: On a trip from US to UK with a layover in Germany, at which point of my journey will I go through customs?
I'm planning to visit a few places in Egypt during the month of January or February.  The locations on my itinerary are:


Cairo
Alexandria
Aswan
Abu Simbel
Luxor


I plan to spend anywhere from 1 to 2 days at those locations.  Is it culturally acceptable for a male to wear shorts, tshirts and flip flops?  What's the temperature like at this time of the year?  Will I need a sweater?  Are hiking boots required or just the general walking shoes?  My tour will not include hiking for more than 1 hour.

Output: What kind of clothes and footwear are ideal to visit Egypt?
I will be travelling to Iceland -> Ireland -> UK -> France (in that order) in the span of about 2 weeks this summer, and unfortunately I need a separate visa for each country (basic tourist/short visit visa)

However, I saw that Iceland and France are schengen countries, and was wondering if I could use 1 visa to visit both countries, even though I am visting two countries out of the schengen program in between.

Would love to save both time & money by only applying for 1, rather than 2 separate schengen visas.

Thanks!

Output: Schengen Visa question (multiple legs involving non-schengen countries)
When I was in Morocco, I was disappointed to find out non-Muslims, in general, aren't permitted in mosques in the country, but I heard this isn't the case in some other countries. I'm headed to Malaysia soon and might want to step inside some mosques when I'm there.

Are non-Muslims permitted to enter mosques in Malaysia?

Output: Are non-Muslims allowed to enter mosques in Malaysia?
My husband and I are flying to Queenstown in January 2019 (Summer). We will be hiring a car and driving to Milford Sound, Te Anau, Roys Peak, and Mount Cook. I do have a problem with motion sickness especially on mountainous area if the roads get too curvy. I am very excited to go there but a bit anxious thinking about the motion sickness. I usually throw up if it gets too much. I just was curious to know if it will be really bad all the way or just patches of curvy road(which I can handle most of the time).    

Any Information/advise will be useful to me so I can be prepared or make changes to our trip since we still have time to change bookings. 

Output: Are the roads in South Island in New Zealand very curvy?
I realise that return tickets are sometimes required for tourist or visitor visas (i.e. Korea has 90 days free for Australians like me)

Just wondering that if I ever plan on entering Korea on a one-way ticket, is it even possible? I will fly to Japan sometime within the 90 days but I'm not sure when.

Output: Catch a one-way ticket to Korea
I'm in Colorado at the moment, more specifically at Boulder and I want to know what places I should visit while I'm here. I want to go to the Denver Museum of Nature but besides that I don't know any other fun places to go to. I'm not that much of a "sporty" person so going to the mountains although beautiful and enchanting is not really for me.

Edit:

I enjoy most things related with science or with music, so that would probably be what I want to see. Oh and I enjoy all sorts of bizarre things. Even spooky things!

Output: Places to visit in Denver
Is it possible to use the free Wi-Fi at the Delhi Airport when one cannot receive a text message?

The Wi-Fi network I found seemed to ask for OTP, which is sent by text message.

Output: Is it possible to use the free Wi-Fi at the Delhi Airport when one cannot receive a text message?
Having spent a bit too much time in the pocket of my trousers, the name and emblem of my country have been erased from the front of my passport. The relief is still visible if you look at it under a lamp, but at first glance the front is entirely red with no text or graphics. To know what country I live in, you'd have to look at the page opposite the laminated information page.

In addition, the pages are rather ragged, although there are no tears, water damage or similar.

Is my passport now "damaged" enough that I will not be let into countries with strict border guards? It has worked fine for the occasional passport check at airports in Schengen, but I suspect border guards in Turkey or China may be considerably stricter.

Output: Name and emblem of country no longer visible on front of passport -- is it "damaged"?
My friend asked me to go to a Luke Bryan concert on October 30th, at Ford Field in Detroit. I've heard a lot of horror stories about the violence in the city, and it make me uneasy thinking about the possible outcome if we are not prepared... Should I be concerned? What kind of area is Ford Field surrounded by? We paid $130 each for floor tickets, so I would absolutely HATE to cancel, just because I am afraid of the city, and its reputation for violence, especially on "Devils Night" 

Output: Concert in Detroit on Devils night "October 30th", should I be worried?
I'm not trying to drive into NYC, but I am curious about the highways. In particular I'm trying to get to Larchmont, NY.

Does it get better or worse close to midnight or after midnight? About how many hours would such a trip take? 

Output: How bad is traffic from Boston to New York City on New Years Eve?
Specifically, I am taking the train from Taipei to Keelung, getting off at Badu and going to Pingxi, and then returning at night.

Do trains tend to sell out in Taiwan, or should I be OK purchasing my ticket immediately before departure?

Output: In Taiwan, must you reserve train tickets in advance, or can you buy tickets a few minutes before trains are supposed to depart?
A friend of mine went recently to the USA, and he was saying that he didn't go through customs when leaving. After asking at the information balcony in the airport he was told not to worry. Everything would be handled at the departure gate. Only the ticket was checked though.

Is this normal? how do they register the exit?

Output: When leaving the US do you have to go through customs?
(applies to all travel agents, I'm just using FC as an example)

Flight Centre - the world wide travel agent, often boasts "lowest prices guaranteed".  I've had trouble getting them to actually hold to this in the past, but generally if you can prove you can get the price elsewhere, like a print out of say, AirNZ's website with a price, they'll match or beat it.

Does anyone know if they'd be willing or able to match ITA's Matrix site?  It gives prices, but doesn't always indicate WHERE those prices are available.  If you took those prices and flight details along to a travel agent, like Flight Centre, are they able to find the flights for the same price, given all the flight details, assuming the flight is actually still available?

Output: Travel agents - can they match ITA Travel Matrix prices?
I'm planing a trip between many countries in Asia. I'm not sure if it is safe carry two passports of different countries. Of course both are valid and legal. 

I'm scared to travel in poor countries with a high level of corruption and have a problem with stupid things.

If a have to choose between a Brazilian or a Portuguese which one is better? 

Output: Travel with more than one passport
Is it possible to buy Indian Foreign Tourist Quota railway tickets at the Vasco Da Gama railway station? This post from 2012 says it is possible, however mentions restrictions on tickets at Madgaon, and was wondering if a similar restriction applied to tickets purchased at Vasco Da Gama... http://www.indiamike.com/india/indian-railways-f10/booking-offices-for-foreign-tourist-quota-in-goa-t166621/

Output: Can you buy Foreign Tourist Quota tickets at Vasco Da Gama railway station?
Two questions actually:


Are US dollars widely accepted in Jamaica? For example if I'm in a small town buying a pack of gum, would they accept my US dollars?
In Jamaica, do they refuse to accept your US dollars, if they don't look brand new and crisp, as is done in certain countries? 


Output: US dollars in Jamaica
When I came to Chile, I originally thought I would only be here for 1 month, so that's what I put on my tourist card.

However, now there's a good chance I'm going to stay the full 90 days that my tourist visa allows, and I might even want to extend my visa after that.

Can I wait until the 2.5 month mark to extend my visa, or do I need to extend it 2 weeks before my "declared" trip ends (i.e., within the next 2 weeks)?

Output: Extend my tourist visa toward the end of my "declared" trip or wait until closer to the visa expiration?
As seen in the Politics SE:


  Right now, you can jump on a ferry in France, head over to Cork, drive up to Belfast and catch the ferry to Liverpool, without ever showing your passport to anyone. It seems inconceivable that this arrangement could be maintained if and when the UK leaves the EU. 


Best I'm aware you'd need to show your passport before boarding in France, in much the same way that you do when taking the Eurostar to London. Because Ireland, like the UK, isn't part of the Schengen zone.

Which is it?

Bonus question: would you also need to show your passport to go from Belfast to Liverpool, or is that second assertion factual?

Output: Do you need a passport to take the ferry from France to Ireland?
I have dual citizenship in Canada and the UK. How long would I be allowed to stay in the United States under both visas? Am I able to use the two visas concurrently and, if so, what procedures are required to leave the USA and re-enter after a few days?

Output: USA visa law for dual Canadian-UK citizen
I have an international flight leaving early Tuesday morning. The visa agency has had my passport and application for more than 3 weeks, but due to problems with the photograph and embassy closures they will not be able to get my visa until Monday afternoon. The agency has offered to same-day deliver the visa as soon as they pick it up from the embassy. It's possible that if they can get my passport to FedEx or UPS by 3PM Monday, that it will arrive in the evening by 9PM. But should I call the airline and prepare for the possibility that my visa won't arrive in time? Or is it possible to arrange my visa to be sent to the layover airport (ORD) on Tuesday?

Output: Waiting for visa to be express mailed one day before international flight
I have already read the general question here about ferry safety in Indonesia. However since the trip is supposedly only 20 miles, I am trying to find if it would be safe for a 20 member group to use this as a reliable means of transport both up and down from Singapore.  

The primary reason to ask this question is that someone has already planned this trip and they did not seem to factor in the safety part at all and I need to either say yes to participate, no to participate or altogether shoot down the idea if it would be too unsafe for anyone. Reading this page on travelfish adds to the confusion. 

Anyone have experience of this route?  Just so that I add the detail (in which spirit answers have been made) to ensure that this question isnt too broad or opinion based, I was only worried about accidents and personal life safety being a cause of concern.

Output: Is it safe to travel from Singapore to Batam by ferry?
I have a flight to France from the UK tomorrow. My passport is currently with a company that are working on a Visa for India (a miscommunication with a friend menas I thought they had picked it up), and I may not be able to get it in time. Is there anyway you can fly from the UK to France (or get there by any other means) without a passport? 

Output: Fly to France from UK with no passport?
My US child passport expires on December 4, 2016, and I'm planning on traveling in December.
I know I need a new child passport to travel then. 

However, I turn 16 in June 2017.
After I turn 16, would I still be able to travel on a child passport until it expires (around December 2021, I would be 20 years old) or would I need an adult passport then?

Output: Child passport validity
My question is inspired by this one: Japanese etiquette: Most common (and offensive) mistakes? Which made me think about my upcoming trip to China. 

As a Dutch citizen, I have experienced a lot that what we consider normal behavior, is considered rude or absolutely not-done, in other, even bordering, European countries. I've not been in Asia before, but I am prepared to try to adjust to the local customs as much as possible, and I think there is a lot that can be done wrong.

I've read the linked question with great interest, but I wonder to what degree these answers will actually apply to China? 

For example, I recently learned that when toasting, you show respect by keeping your glass lower than the other.

Output: Chinese etiquette: Most common mistakes
(I think) my question is simple. I'm appealing to the experience of others to ask


  Would you recommend carrying a sleeping bag while hostelling around Europe in summer?


Output: Sleeping bag while hostelling around Europe in summer?
I am planning to travel to the US on an Indian passport. My passport is overall in good condition, but with one defect: It cannot be properly scanned at the airports. So far, I have traveled quite a few times through China and Korea without any problems. But can this create problems for me while entering the US?

Output: Travel to USA using a passport that does not scan properly
I have a ticket (see below for the actual ticket) on a weekend, and intend to use it to travel from St Pancras to Brighton and back. It says that it is not valid on the London Underground.

Can I use it on the Overground to travel from an Overground station to Euston, transfer to St Pancras and continue my day journey, then return to St Pancras in the evening and use the return ticket to travel from Euston to another Overground station?



Output: Is a Super Off Peak ThamesLink fare accepted on the London Overground?
Next spring (second week of May), I'm looking to explore upstate New York before my sister's graduation from Syracuse - I live in California, and have never been to New York outside the city, so I've been exploring various travel options. Everything I've seen has made Buffalo much more attractive of an option, price-wise, to the point that I think it might well be worth the extra ~hour out of the way (from what I can tell from Google Maps) compared to the Rochester airport, or the Syracuse airport (obviously much more convenient; also crazy expensive from the west coast, plus I'd rather get the excuse to explore more anyway.)

I can handle the extra drive time, but as I've never been to that area, I figured I would ask to make sure, weather-wise, whether that plan would be foolish. My mom, who has visited my sister there before, says when she was there in mid-April, there was still snow everywhere. So I suppose my two questions would be: 


If I were thinking of driving from Buffalo to Letchworth National Park, then to Syracuse by way of passing through Watkins Glen, then back to Buffalo (obviously not in a day - I'd have over a week for this trip), how likely is it that I would encounter weather hazards (i.e. snow) in early May? 
If the answer to #1 isn't "highly unlikely", and I were in a budget rental car, how well maintained would those roads be / how well equipped would a budget rental be to handle said hazards? 


Output: Driving a rental car through upstate New York (Buffalo to Syracuse)
So, I'm a high school student (international) trying to apply for a summer school in the United States. During the application process, there's a prompt that asks for my citizenship status, and one option is "Not a US citizen or permanent resident", while another one is "Not a US citizen or permanent resident but dependent of a visa holder". I'm not sure what does that mean. Hope somebody can explain it to me. Thanks!

Update: I asked them and they said they have useable B1 visas, so they should be visa holders I suppose? I don't understand why "dependent of a visa holder" is equivalent to "us citizen or permanent resident" as the answer below suggests (if we just take the words literally!)

Output: What does it mean to be "dependent of a visa holder"?