Travel Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, December 31, 2015

Top new questions this week: Is it rude to ask if the food contains pork or alcohol? Some years ago, I was invited to a friend's place. The home-cooked food contained alcohol, and I don't eat or drink anything that contains alcohol (religious reasons). I was shy enough to eat it to ... usa food-and-drink local-customs etiquette dietary-restrictions   asked by Heidel Ber Gensis 68 votes answered by Chris Thompson 92 votes Is it safe to travel to Dubai if you're an atheist? Same question for other Muslim places in the world that are worth visiting. Of course, this doesn't imply the intention of spreading atheistic and anti-theistic views in that country. Nothing like ... safety dubai uae religion denial-of-entry   asked by Gabriel S. 29 votes answered by jpatokal 37 votes How can one visit the Door To Hell? I have stumbled across this photo while surfing the net: Turkmenistan's Door To Hell in Wikipedia does not say much about the how to visit it, it only says that there were 50,000 visitors in the ... sightseeing landmarks central-asia turkmenistan   asked by Heidel Ber Gensis 20 votes answered by hippietrail 26 votes In what countries does 911 work as an emergency number? 911 is the North American standard. I was thinking in case something happens and one were to panic that it'd be good to know if dialling 911, in other countries where it is not the primary emergency ... emergencies   asked by Carl 10 votes answered by fkraiem 15 votes Do the bus routes in Paris follow a regular pattern? I will be in Paris soon and I consider an 'unlimited' day pass for public transport. But I would like to know a bit more about the bus lines. When having a day pass for public transport in a city it ... buses paris factoids routes   asked by Willeke 8 votes answered by Gilles 3 votes Legal status of voluntary homelessness among tourists/short term visitors I was wondering if one got a passport and decided to take a trip and short term stay in another country, but voluntarily chose to be homeless after entry, would it be a crime or an infraction? Say I ... accommodation deportation social-norms   asked by Charge of Coats 7 votes answered by jpatokal 10 votes My sister's laptop was gone when she gate-checked her bag. What can she do? My sister was visiting for the holidays and had to gate check her bag on the return trip. Once she got her bag back, her MacBook Air and charger were gone. What recourse does she have to get the ... airport-security security refunds delta-airlines   asked by Zach Rattner 7 votes answered by Elliot A. 10 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Is it safe and legal to sleep in my car in California (L.A. area)? I will be visiting California and some parts of the US West Coast in the coming September. I'd like to rent a car for travelling, and to reduce travel expenses I would like to sleep in it some nights. ... usa legal road-trips california sleeping   asked by Alessandro Da Rugna 31 votes answered by Karlson 22 votes Can I get a discount on my flight for not being overweight? If I weighed 120 kg I could check in 20 kg of luggage for free, getting 140 kg transported for my ticket price. But if I weigh 70 kg, I'm 50 kg lighter and yet pay the same ... air-travel budget luggage   asked by CaptainCodeman 47 votes answered by reirab 73 votes Can you answer these? How can one use a child car seat that requires a top tether in an airplane? Some car seats require their top tether to be attached in order to meet the safety standard they were built under (recent AU/NZ seats are an example of this). It is also true that it is safer to ... air-travel seating child-safety-seat   asked by UnrecognizedFallingObject 4 votes How to show evidence of money being transferred from another account? I am a Doctor from Bangladesh. I have passed PLAB 1 and going to apply for PLAB 2 Visa which falls under category of Standard Visit Visa. I am really worried because as currently I am unemployed and ... visas proof-of-funds uk-visit-visas proof-provenance-of-funds bangladeshi-citizens   asked by FBZ 2 votes Does a layover at Paris Orly between Djerba and London City require leaving the international transit zone? Does transfer at Paris Orly on a layover between Djerba and London City require leaving the international transit zone? I'm interested in both the case where there is checked-in baggage and also the ... transit-visas lcy ory   asked by ool 3 votes

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