Dear Friends
Lean from my mistakes.
Passport & Visa
Have you ever gone away without your passport or visa?
I once missed a trip to France because I left my passport in my big suitcase. When I went to pack for a brief trip, taking a small suitcase, I could not find my passport.
On another occasion I was so busy making sandwiches for the journey that I forgot my passport.
When I got to France, we were turned back at the border to Italy. I had left my passport on a lanyard over the back of a dining chair.
The plane seated us separately. Our luggage was on opposite sides of the plane. The duty free chocolates I had bought for his parents were left behind in the overhead locker, along with my hat and umbrella. I now take a folding hat and umbrella and keep them in my handbag. Any duty free goods go into my wheel on bag or are attached with a belt or knot.
My relationship with a partner broke up, because I checked out of the hotel when he rushed off to work. I left behind his silk dressing gown on the back of the bathroom door.
The only thing you hang on the back of the bathroom door is the hotel bathrobe.
Each year check when your passport and credit cards expire? And how long it takes to receive a replacement. My daughter-in-law was going on a cruise with her family. She discovered that her passport was going to run out. Many countries won't let you in.
If your passport expires or is stolen, mine was stolen in Singapore, the British embassy will give you a replacement to get you home. But it costs about a hundred pounds. It requires photos signed by somebody who has known you more than three years, such as a doctor or lawyer in a foreign country. They might charge twenty pounds or dollars to sign.
Before leaving a hotel, photograph the minibar with all the contents, or none, so you can show reception downstairs as you settle the bill. Pay the night before for a quick exit if you oversleep or the taxi arrives early and starts charging you for wiating time.
. Before going on holiday.
The last thing I photograph
