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Travel to the US

Will your travel plans to America change due to recent events?

  • I will travel to the US more frequently

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • My travel plans to the US will not change

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I will travel to the US less frequently but will still go

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I will not travel to the US again

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • N/A I have never visited the US anyway

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 71.4%
  • Total voters
    7
Allan

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Lots of chatter in various threads about people's views on travel to the US in light of new entry rules, the political climate and a general feeling of risk when dealing with border officials.

How do you feel?
 
Allan said:
Lots of chatter in various threads about people's views on travel to the US in light of new entry rules, the political climate and a general feeling of risk when dealing with border officials.

How do you feel?
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Shit, I'm American, and I'm afraid to leave the country unless it's a one-way ticket.
 
We have been talking about doing a family trip back to the US for a while now to visit some friends and take the kids to a couple of places they have never been to. We haven't cancelled that trip, but it is on an indefinite hold for now. There is no urgency so we will probably end up waiting to see who succeeds Trump and what things look like then. The good news is that I expect Trump to continue to lower the US$ value, so with most of my life now in other currencies the cost of that trip will likely be reducing unless US inflation gets too outrageous. To replace that trip I will be taking the family to Europe next (2026) NH Summer/Autumn. There are some places where we really enjoyed holidaying when living there that the kids have never been to. Personally, I am more excited about that trip than getting back to the US.
 
I don't want to get shot so won't be going there.
 
I spent many great days in my misspent youth touring the American west coast on large motorcycles. Did months of self-indulgent hedonism in Hawaii too. I haven't crossed the border since the US told me I need a passport and I never will again.
 
It's sort of like traveling to Russia.

You're just asking for it, really.
 
Well, one upside for foreign travelers to America is that with Trump wrecking the economy and devaluing the US Dollar, your exchange rates are about to get a lot better. If you don't get thrown in a Salvadoran gulag.
 
Grand Mal said:
I spent many great days in my misspent youth touring the American west coast on large motorcycles. Did months of self-indulgent hedonism in Hawaii too. I haven't crossed the border since the US told me I need a passport and I never will again.
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That works both ways...but to travel to Canada you don't need a passport or card...just enhanced driver license. Not sure about Canadians traveling to the US.
 
multivita-man said:
I think the closest I will ever come to Ireland is a bar of Irish Spring and a mug of Guinness.
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Have you ever tried a pint of Guinness? The first time in England I wanted a real EU beer and ordered a pint of Guinness, after a few sips.... taste buds refused it and I walked away leaving it far behind..
 
antiquity said:
Have you ever tried a pint of Guinness? The first time in England I wanted a real EU beer and ordered a pint of Guinness, after a few sips.... taste buds refused it and I walked away leaving it far behind..
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Guinness is at its very best in Dublin for several reasons. Guinness is always good.

I prefer Beamish.
 
antiquity said:
Have you ever tried a pint of Guinness? The first time in England I wanted a real EU beer and ordered a pint of Guinness, after a few sips.... taste buds refused it and I walked away leaving it far behind..
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It could have been worse - you could have sipped English beer.

For Irish beer I prefer Kilkenney.

Fun fact: Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for their James Gate Dublin Brewery in 1759.
 
Allan said:
Lots of chatter in various threads about people's views on travel to the US in light of new entry rules, the political climate and a general feeling of risk when dealing with border officials.

How do you feel?
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Nope.

Not by air, land or sea. Probably never. I'm nearing 80 and there's a lot of Canada I haven't seen. The list of 'must sees' will take 40 years so I better get my traveling shoes. I have yet to get wet in the Arctic Ocean. Done the rest and all five great lakes.
 
multivita-man said:
I think the closest I will ever come to Ireland is a bar of Irish Spring and a mug of Guinness.
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Ireland is a wonderful country and well worth visiting, especially the communities outside Dublin. In 2016 I was about 20 feet from VP Biden as he walked into Trinity for dinner with their President.

The joke about Irish weather - it's either raining or about to. Take an umbrella.
 
antiquity said:
That works both ways...but to travel to Canada you don't need a passport or card...just enhanced driver license. Not sure about Canadians traveling to the US.
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We've needed a passport since just after 9/11.
 
Grand Mal said:
We've needed a passport since just after 9/11.
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For more than five weeks, yes.

However YOU DO need official ID. Usually a driver's license keeps them happy but it better be the same state as the plates on the car. If they are different they can seize the car!

It's not like the 60's and 70's where I could walk across with a nod. Since the Regan era it is much harder to access a visa to the US, and getting harder and harder to get into Canada.

Based on what I have seen in my life passports will become mandatory both ways in a matter of a year or two.

Americans will be arresting people who fail to provide proper papers.

It's going to get way ugly.
 
multivita-man said:
I think the closest I will ever come to Ireland is a bar of Irish Spring and a mug of Guinness.
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Too bad...a wonderful, beautiful, country with damn fine pubs and even finer people. The first time I travelled there the customs official looked at my Canadian passport and said "welcome home" ......name on my passport at that time...O'Grady
 
Callen said:
Too bad...a wonderful, beautiful, country with damn fine pubs and even finer people. The first time I travelled there the customs official looked at my Canadian passport and said "welcome home" ......name on my passport at that time...O'Grady
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Do you know that if you can prove Irish ancestry (parents or grandparents) you can easily immigrate to Ireland? I've looked into this as both sets of grandparents were born in Ireland.

Irish citizenship through birth or descent

You are not automatically an Irish citizen if you were born on the island of Ireland. You may be entitled to Irish citizenship if your parent(s) or grandparents were Irish. You may be entitled to Irish citizenship if you were born outside of Ireland, but you may need to register your birth.
www.citizensinformation.ie www.citizensinformation.ie
 
Allan said:
Do you know that if you can prove Irish ancestry (parents or grandparents) you can easily immigrate to Ireland? I've looked into this as both sets of grandparents were born in Ireland.

Irish citizenship through birth or descent

You are not automatically an Irish citizen if you were born on the island of Ireland. You may be entitled to Irish citizenship if your parent(s) or grandparents were Irish. You may be entitled to Irish citizenship if you were born outside of Ireland, but you may need to register your birth.
www.citizensinformation.ie www.citizensinformation.ie
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I did know that but I never would leave Canada and my family. My paternal grandparents were born in Ireland staunch Catholics , my maternal grandparents in England, staunch Protestants. My Mom converted to marry may Dad......some tense family moments.
 
Callen said:
I did know that but I never would leave Canada and my family. My paternal grandparents were born in Ireland staunch Catholics , my maternal grandparents in England, staunch Protestants. My Mom converted to marry may Dad......some tense family moments.
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It was really nice living in Newfoundland. There were cheap, short direct flights to Dublin. I took advantage!
 
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