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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
I call my bank and credit card company the day before I leave and inform them of the cities I will be visiting.
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Ah, now that's a good one for me to remember... I've gotten more than a few calls upon my return, from the bank wondering who was using my card abroad, lol. Thanks for this.
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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
I have never contacted the American Embassy to inform them I will be in a given country, but I have only traveled to "safe" places abroad like Europe and the Pacific. I will remember this tip the next time I travel.
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I don't usually contact them unless I will be in country for an extended period of time (e.g. living in Iceland). I also registered myself at the US embassy in Beirut the first time I went there, but haven't done so since then... it's probably more necessary for me to do it there than anywhere else I've gone.
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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Usually I am excited enough about my trip to inform my sister and my mom well in advance.
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Yeah, this is the thing that gets me in trouble--I get very excited about my travels, and there really isn't much to talk about in Iceland (people traveling abroad is always "news"), so it gets spread around my family pretty quickly. Hence the request to "call when you get back." What bugs me is that (as usual), my family here seems to think of me as some kind of orphan, which is why they want me to call them... I guess. Fact is that I have a mom and dad to call, thanks, and I don't want to make the extra calls/text messages! Sigh.