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Here are the slides from my Chicago Seminars International Travel Bootcamp presentation. We had a great audience and fun night kicking off the weekend:
Also see my Hotwire and Priceline presentation, and bonus reprise of Rental Car Savings.
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Does Russia allow 72 hours visa free transit like China do in some cities?
@Shannon – for Russia stays longer than 24 hours and/or require changing airports you need to get a transit visa in advance. Since a number of Russia cities have multiple airports and disconnected terminals, unless absolutely sure you can transit to a flight connection without a visa, it is better to get the transit visa.
@Shannon – supposedly India visa on arrival is in the works, there were media claims of as early as this December though I have not seen recent reports with updates.
Hopefully one day four brick- Brazil, Russia, India and China can grand US travelers visa free. That will save a lot of time and money to apply visa.
@Shannon – thank you. These numbers always seems inflated for all the visas I have had to get.
[…] Travel Chai presented two very informative sessions – one aimed at beginners to the hobby, International Travel Bootcamp – and the other on Hotwire and Priceline.There were many more presenters and every session […]
Hey Stefan,
I echo Warren’s sentiments–great presentation at the Chicago Seminars. Quick question re: the Schwab Bank High Yield Investor Checking Account you referenced in your presentation. Do you only use that account for foreign travel, or is that your main checking account? I ask only because I current bank with BoA, but was intrigued by the no fx/ATM reimbursement you referenced, and am wondering if it makes sense to switch banks altogether, or just open up a separate checking account with Schwab just for the purposes of withdrawing money when abroad. Any advice/thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
@John Paul – 2 schools of thought here. One is to have a travel ATM card with only a few hundred dollars in case it gets hacked. Other is that I use Schwab for my primary checking and am very happy. My compromise is I have a business sole proprietership brokerage account with them that also has an ATM card that I use as the travel one. And a friend recently got Schwab to open a second checking account for him after some calling.
To be accurate, US passport holders enjoy visa free or visa on arrival of 174 countries, not 166 as per Wiki and Henry Global.
Wonderful job at the ORD seminar! I look forward to your presentations ever year.
interesting presentation.
slides 67 & 68. hotels.
can you please offer any advice about choice hotels & preferred hotel group?
any “sweet spots”?
thanks