Bad moves Archive

A South America Visa Change and Better News Up North

Is Brazil on your bucket list? If so, you’d better get your tickets now and head there before January 10, 2024 if you’re from the USA, Canada, or Australia. Because after that, a big South America visa change is coming, the first one in many years. Brazil is going to start charging you a significant [&hellip

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Carry a Backup Credit Card and Debit Card When Traveling

How many pieces of thin plastic with a chip in them do you take with you when you travel? Do you have a backup debit card? What about a backup credit card?   There I was at the ATM in a big foreign airport, getting my cash out to use the next few weeks for [&hellip

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Getting to the Quintana Roo Beaches From Cancun Airport

You’re all excited about your vacation at one of the Quintana Roo beaches in Mexico, then you get to the Cancun Airport and meet with…mayhem. First you deal with a chaotic luggage and customs line, then pass a gauntlet of pushy timeshare salespeople in front of supposed “tourist information” desks, only to exit the doors [&hellip

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Medical Transport for Adventures Far From Home

What happens if you’re in an accident during your travels and you’re 5,000 miles away from home? How much medical transport will your insurance cover? I was recently hiking around Glaciares National Park in Argentina, next to one of the world’s largest icefields. Sometimes people travel there and hike on glaciers with crampons or go [&hellip

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Hurricane Season in Mexico, Central America, and South America

Imagine saving up for a dream beach vacation in the tropics and then being locked down in a shelter or stranded because a cyclone is plowing toward you. Not only is there no sunny beach time, but you could be facing road closures, airport shutdowns, and downed power lines that come with hurricane season in [&hellip

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Hit and Miss Tourism Slogans From Latin America

Tourism slogans are meant to sum up the appeal of destinations in just a few words, the same way a brand’s tag line does. Ideally, they are short enough to go on a hat or water   bottle, but powerful enough to convey a strong emotional connection or make a pitch for why you should visit. [&hellip

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