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We'd be interested in taking a couple of those Mandarin/English Bibles to China too. :) Rob and Beth paperchasing [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi Everyone, We hopefully will be traveling soon- in a couple of weeks. My hubby who finds it rather hard to leave his computer at home, was wondering about...
Hi Everyone, I know that I have seen a message on this board or somewhere about renting/purchasing a cellular phone in China. I have heard that it is much...
I would suggest that you buy at the airport a phone card (upon arrival in China - they are everywhere) and use that number when at the hotel. The cell phones...
Computer on the plane - some airlines in business class have laptop plug-ins and some airlines have internet connections on the phones that are in the seat...
We are leaving Sunday for China. My husband has the rolling concourse duffle bag and a laptop backpack. Will this be ok for carry on luggage for him? I have...
Everyone gets one carryon piece plus pocketbook or laptop. Be sure to have a lock and luggage tag on the rolling concourse duffle bag in case at the gate they...
Michelle, If you are staying at the Lakeview, there is a bowling alley in the parking lot...our group bowled a couple of evenings while we were there. Lisa...
We leave in a few days. Has anyone dealt with this? When we accepted our referral we gave our agency our daughter's new American name to be incorporated into...
Susan, Double check with and listen to your agency but we were told by our agency that it was critical to use our daughter's Chinese name for the airline...
Dear Susan: When I adopted in 1998 and am just about to adopt again (should get travel dates today!), my agency was and is very clear on this point. The ticket...
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I agree with Beth. When I traveled in June 2001 to adopt my daughter I used Northwest. I was told by my agency that I needed to use her Chinese name when ...
In Wednesday's paper, there was an article about our local airport instituting the new, intensive luggage screening per federal requirements. In a list of...
I travelled in March of '02, and mine was like Kate's...Chinese passport/US Visa in Chinese name, with American name mentioned in the adoption paperwork. All...
I have heard several times recently(on the news, in the newspapaer), that you should NOT lock checked bags. I did not lock mine when I travelled, back in...
Thank you everyone!! I'm so glad I asked. I better talk directly with our director (the person I talked to was the sw and less familiar with the paperwork...
I agree with Lisa. Everything I've read in the past week is to NOT LOCK CHECKED LUGGAGE. This is because with the new security measures the airlines will...
New baggage screening procedures at the airports has the TSA advising not to lock your checked bags, although they are not very clear about when the logs may...
Hi Barbara! I heard the same thing on the news last night - about not locking CHECKED luggage as it is ALL being screened now. I wouldn't use a combination...
Kim, let me make sure I understand your suggestion. You're saying to check the unlocked bags at our U.S. departure airport, then lock the bags before getting...
Hi Barbara, It's Kim at Lotus (yes, sometimes I even scan this list from home-- as an adoptive parent and frequent traveler to China I just can't stay away ...
The TSA sight at the link below also says we should avoid packing food and drink in checked bags. Will my baby food, Cheerios, etc. be a problem? Melissa DOT...
I heard an airport official recommend using a plastic tie with the locking teeth that you can use to keep the zipper closed, but it can be easily opened if...
I wonder if diapers will show up as something that needs to be explored. Anyone know anything about this. I know they are looking for blobs of plastic...
Hi Melissa- I never had my bags searched or opened in China or the US when I was there in March 2002. I packed all sorts of food items to take and it was never...
It was reported on my local news that chocolate looks like plastic explosives so put that in your carry on. Gee, if diapers cause it to go off, I hope they...
New Years Greetings from Lotus Travel! Lotus Travel would like to extend an open invitation to adoptive families and friends who are interested in visiting...
My information is the same as Della's in response to putting food in checked baggage...it may set off the screening machines. My brother who flies often has...
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