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Title: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: M3boy on July 12, 2006, 01:12:31 PM Many of you may already know, or even use this, but here goes anyway.
VOIP (telephone calls over the internet) is a handy thing to have, i suppose its handy in everyday life as well, but more so when travelling abroad. I have setup our system at home to accept VOIP (by using Skype which is free!) , and also on my laptop. What this means is that as long as I am at my laptop, I can call home and home can call me for free! (YES FREE!!!) It is very easy to set up and doesnt cost alot for the hardware. Everyone should do this who travells. Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Claw75 on July 12, 2006, 01:29:15 PM Gary uses Skype a lot. It's also good for calling landlines abroad - Gary's sister was out in Australia for a while and he could call her on her landline for the cost of a local call.
Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: marcro on July 12, 2006, 02:17:26 PM Gary uses Skype a lot. It's also good for calling landlines abroad - Gary's sister was out in Australia for a while and he could call her on her landline for the cost of a local call. Yes if you sign up for "Skype Out" and make a deposit, you can call normal land lines for less than 1 p per minute. Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Heid on July 12, 2006, 04:29:10 PM I use this on a daily basis for my work, so much easier and quite amazingly good quality.
Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Karabiner on July 12, 2006, 06:46:42 PM Passport, tickets, money.
That is my traveller's mantra. Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: matt674 on July 12, 2006, 07:28:09 PM my useful tip would be: Leave all firearms at home and under no circumstances mention the words "terrorist" or "militant" upon entering the United States.
dont say i didnt warn you!! ;) Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: madasahatstand on July 12, 2006, 07:38:09 PM my useful tip would be: Leave all firearms at home and under no circumstances mention the words "terrorist" or "militant" upon entering the United States. dont say i didnt warn you!! ;) rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: bone1986 on July 12, 2006, 09:54:30 PM Also don't be tripped up by the cunning questions on the back of the green visa waver form that they give you on the plane, what ever you do don't tick yes on >:? the ones that ask you if you are now or have ever been involved in espionage, and have you ever been convicted of war crimes! >:?
Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Royal Flush on July 12, 2006, 10:47:01 PM what ever you do don't tick yes on >:? the ones that ask you if you are now or have ever been involved in espionage, and have you ever been convicted of war crimes! >:? What if you have been? Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: The Truth on July 12, 2006, 10:48:32 PM what ever you do don't tick yes on >:? the ones that ask you if you are now or have ever been involved in espionage, and have you ever been convicted of war crimes! >:? What if you have been? You should be honest and hand yourself over to the authorities on arrival in the US Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Karabiner on July 13, 2006, 01:33:00 AM Also don't be tripped up by the cunning questions on the back of the green visa waver form that they give you on the plane, what ever you do don't tick yes on >:? the ones that ask you if you are now or have ever been involved in espionage, and have you ever been convicted of war crimes! >:? I am always tempted to tick yes all down the page just for a giggle, but I seem to bottle out of it every time. Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: M3boy on July 13, 2006, 02:28:22 AM NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Last year, took me 20 minutes (NO JOKE!!) to get through. All because I was travelling alone, not meeting anyone and staying in a hotel!! The conversation went along the lines of "Who are you travelling with?" "No one" "And who are you meeting in the USA?" "No one" "So you are travelling alone, and not meeting anyone?" "Yes" "why?" why? wtf was i gonna answer there?!?! Str8 up, this convo went on for approx 20 minutes - i got in in the end, my answer "cos I am" wasnt working, so after 20 minutes I replied "because I am a loner and have no friends" - that did the job! :) Title: Re: Usefull tip when travelling................ Post by: Royal Flush on July 13, 2006, 07:42:30 AM NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Last year, took me 20 minutes (NO JOKE!!) to get through. All because I was travelling alone, not meeting anyone and staying in a hotel!! The conversation went along the lines of "Who are you travelling with?" "No one" "And who are you meeting in the USA?" "No one" "So you are travelling alone, and not meeting anyone?" "Yes" "why?" why? wtf was i gonna answer there?!?! Str8 up, this convo went on for approx 20 minutes - i got in in the end, my answer "cos I am" wasnt working, so after 20 minutes I replied "because I am a loner and have no friends" - that did the job! :) More fun when you have 2 diffrent Visa's in your passport for flight trainning in florida with diffrent schools! That was fun trying to explain it after sitting in the "mexican room" for 3 hrs. |