How to Travel to/from Your Vacation Destination – follow these steps and prevent any potential problems that might arise while you are in transit to/from your destination.Traveling to/from your vacation destination can be quite disorienting. The first day you arrive is likely to be the most confusing. It doesn’t have to be that way however. You already put a great deal of effort in planning your vacation. Now you will put that plan into action. Review your plan and outline exactly what you will need to accomplish. Consider the following activities broken down into a series of simple steps:
a) Airline check-in b) Security screening 2) Arriving at your destination 3) Traveling to the first city on your itinerary. 4) Returning Home 5) Consider how you might deal with
a flight layover.
Arriving safely at your vacation destination is your ultimate goal - but the process of doing so is also the first challenge that you must face.
You have already purchased your airline ticket. Now make your departure easier by following these instructions: 1) Reconfirm your airline reservations within 72 hours of your departure – just in case anything has changed. 2) Arrange your transportation to the airport. 3) Find the average average waiting time to clear security at the airport. 4) Consider
getting bumped from your flight.
a) Check-in b) Security Screening
“Checking in” at the airport means having your name entered into the airline’s computer at the baggage counter. “Check-in” does not refer to checking your luggage with the airline or having a boarding pass in advance. Make sure that you have your passport with you at the airline’s ticket counter in order to obtain your boarding pass. Obtain your boarding pass and then proceed to security screening.
You must now pass through the security screening area to arrive at your departure gate. Do the following: 1) Show your boarding pass to security personnel. 2) Remove all metallic objects that you are carrying on your person. 3) Place any medications and bottles containing gels or liquids into a clear plastic bag for inspection. 4) Remove your shoes. 5) Pass your belongings through the xray machine. 6) Walk through the metal detector and wait to be cleared by the security personnel. 7) When you are cleared, proceed to the departure gate.
When you arrive at your destination: 1) Collect your luggage and proceed to Immigration and Customs. 2) Present your Customs Declaration Form to the Customs Official (at some point you will be provided with a Customs Declaration Form and asked to complete it) 3) Clear Immigration and Customs, leave the airport and proceed to your first destination.
Arrange your transportation from the airport and travel to your first destination. Your transportation options may include:
• Rental car • Taxi • Train • Subway • Bus
Here are some tips for avoiding long lines at tourist destinations. Here are some
tips for avoiding sightseeing overload.
Repeat the same steps as outlined above. If you are returning from a foreign country, you must clear Customs and Immigration at home. When you pass through Customs and Immigration you must “declare” all of your purchases. You may be charged a duty if you exceed any of the “duty-free exemptions” to which you are entitled. Here are several websites where you can see the duty free exemptions to which you are entitled for the
U.S.
and
Canada.
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