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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 21, 2019 21:14:31 GMT
I don't have one. I have no real desire for international travel any time soon and no money for it even if I wanted to. The only person in my whole family with a passport is my sister. She went to Italy on her honeymoon 15 years ago.
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Post by melanieg on Aug 21, 2019 21:18:58 GMT
I travel 3-4 times a year internationally and 2-3 times a year into the States. My passport is valid and I renew when there is 6 months left on it. I have always had a valid passport since my 1st trip when I was 19 to Amsterdam.
My dad never has had one and never will have one. He has said that he has his cabin a couple of hours from his house and that is where he goes if he needs to get away. He doesnt plan on travelling outside of Canada again (he is 72).
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Post by stampinbetsy on Aug 21, 2019 21:59:38 GMT
I literally just got a passport (it arrived last week - just under 2 weeks from my passport appointment). I got it partly because I was the only person in my immediate family that didn't have one and partly because there was a chance I would get to go to Mexico for work. I haven't had a need for one. DD got one before she started college, and has actually travelled.
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 21, 2019 22:37:08 GMT
I am in my 40s and have never had a passport. I grew up in a border state to Canada and we didn't need anything other than a drivers license to go there until after 9/11, when I was no longer living in that state. If you don't travel I don't know why you would get one. When I travel between states I just use my license at the airport.
I work at a bank and most people use their state ID and a debit card as secondary ID, although the vast majority of people don't cash checks at other financial institutions anymore either and that is when you typically need two forms outside of at new account opening.
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Post by likescarrots on Aug 21, 2019 22:49:59 GMT
I didn't have one until I was 27 and preparing to go to London.... my husband had one as a baby but didn't renew it until his mid 20s when he went out of the country. It wasn't really a thing for anyone I know. Also when we were younger, you didn't need one to go to Canada or the Caribbean - I went to both in my early 20s without a passport.
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Post by basketdiva on Aug 21, 2019 23:32:25 GMT
A couple of years ago I got mine because the RealId law was about to go into effect during a trip to Hawaii. I could have gone to DMV for an enhanced license but it was easier to complete the passport application action online, print it and then go pay the fees at the county clerk’s office. Took 10 minutes at the clerk’s office. Passport arrived in 3 weeks.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 21, 2019 23:41:13 GMT
We've never had the desire or money to travel International, so never needed one. Now that we need one for a Real ID, we are in the process of getting them. Plus we moved and are only about 3 hours from Canada and we would love to do some traveling there. I was completely SHOCKED at the price of them! I can totally see why people don't have them unless you need one, just due to the cost. By the time we paid for copies of our birth certificates and then passport costs, it's going to be almost $400 for just the two of us. And that doesn't include the cost of getting the new, Real ID's, which looks like it's an additional $78 each. UGH! why do you need a passport to get a real ID? Anybody taking about paying more for a real ID is getting screwed by their state. Colorado's id and driver licenses are all compliant and do not charge extra and I didn't need a passport to get it.
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Post by StephDRebel on Aug 21, 2019 23:54:19 GMT
I didnt have one until I booked my first overseas incentive trip. I was too poor to prioritize a really expensive form of ID when we really needed groceries and rent.
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Post by LuvAgoodPaddle on Aug 22, 2019 0:07:26 GMT
We've never had the desire or money to travel International, so never needed one. Now that we need one for a Real ID, we are in the process of getting them. Plus we moved and are only about 3 hours from Canada and we would love to do some traveling there. I was completely SHOCKED at the price of them! I can totally see why people don't have them unless you need one, just due to the cost. By the time we paid for copies of our birth certificates and then passport costs, it's going to be almost $400 for just the two of us. And that doesn't include the cost of getting the new, Real ID's, which looks like it's an additional $78 each. UGH! why do you need a passport to get a real ID? Anybody taking about paying more for a real ID is getting screwed by their state. Colorado's id and driver licenses are all compliant and do not charge extra and I didn't need a passport to get it. I totally worded that wrong and/or didn’t think it through. You need either a passport or birth certificate for a Real ID. We don’t have passports and we also didn’t have copies of our birth certificates, so we had to get those first before getting either a Real ID or passport. My brain was thinking I needed a passport for Real ID, but you don’t HAVE to. Birth certificate will work too. You are lucky you don’t have to pay extra for Real ID! I just double checked and it is $78 here in WA, but it is good for 6yrs. Maybe we have to pay because we don’t have state income tax?
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 22, 2019 0:09:16 GMT
Mine expired 10 years ago. I didn’t renew because I didn’t have any international travel planned. I need to renew now since DH wants to go to Canada. I don’t see any reason for the average person who doesn’t plan to travel internationally to keep a current passport. In the US, unless you live near either border, most people don’t just jet off to a foreign country at a moment’s notice. The cost of keeping a current passport wouldn’t be an issue for those people anyway.
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Post by cannmom on Aug 22, 2019 0:59:27 GMT
I have had a passport for getting close to 10 years. I need to renew mine soon. It is a convenient form of ID if you have one, but I can see why people wouldn’t get one just for ID purposes. They are fairly expensive. I can’t see me letting mine ever expire though.
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Post by scrappinmama on Aug 22, 2019 1:45:47 GMT
I got my first passport to travel out of the country. I renewed it because my dh travels overseas for business and I wanted the ability to get to him in the event of an emergency.
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 22, 2019 1:52:08 GMT
I had a passport in my late teen/early 20s because I worked for the airlines. It expired sometime in my 20s. Never renewed it. I finally got another one last year because I was traveling out of the country. I didn't have any other reason to have one. I don't travel out of the US that much now (obviously) and why spend $100 some dollars on one if I wasn't going anywhere. My husband has never had one, well I guess in the Navy he had one, but never got one to have one. I don't know the next time I will travel overseas. In theory I would love to at a drop of a hat but money wise not happening all that much.
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 22, 2019 1:53:12 GMT
It's only $120 for a 10 year one. For many people, that’s not "only" - that’s a lot of money, multiplied by the number of people in your family. If you don’t have the money to travel, or only travel within your state, province, or country, that would be a lot of money to spend just on the off chance you'd have the opportunity to travel outside the country.
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Post by pancakes on Aug 22, 2019 2:00:09 GMT
I've had one since I was a baby...and I've never let it lapse. If you care about travel and have the means, then you keep a passport around.
We buy travel on a whim if it's inexpensive enough. However, we've never left the country unexpectedly where we needed a passport immediately (minus the one extremely recent experience where I forgot my passport after we'd already flown across the country and had to get a same-day one issued), so there would be ample enough time, even if you paid for some kind of expediting.
Some people have the means but simply don't care or prioritize travel. I'm in the camp where I absolutely prioritize travel.
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Post by luckyjune on Aug 22, 2019 2:27:29 GMT
I didn't get a passport until I was an adult. The places we went out of the country (Canada and Mexico) didn't require passports when I was a kid.
Now, I think it's a good idea to keep one on hand. The kids' passports will get updated when they are all home for Christmas this year.
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Post by Jili on Aug 22, 2019 2:55:51 GMT
I don't have a passport. I have never had one. I've traveled to Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas, and when I went to those places, passports were not required.
Dh and I hope to go to Europe or other places, $$ permitting, when we're retired. We're awash in tuition at the moment, so it's just a dream right now.
My dh has a passport. He first got one as a teen, and then let it lapse. He had to renew a few years ago when his job required some international travel. My dd has one, as well. She's been to Europe three times since high school-- once for a community choir trip, once on spring break while in college (it was a department-sponsored trip), and last year, with friends after she graduated college. She funded that one entirely on her own.
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Post by TXMary on Aug 22, 2019 4:29:01 GMT
My dad was in the Air Force and I was born in Germany while he was stationed there. My first passport I was an infant. That one expired long ago and there was no reason to renew. Many years ago, coming back into the US from Canada, a customs agent suggested I get one because I was born in Germany. I don’t know if this was true but she said that the state department had no record of those births and if I ever lost my birth certificate, I was SOL. We were starting to travel more often so we did get passports then. These days, we travel out of the country fairly often and we keep our passports current all the time but we never carry them with us in the US. If we aren’t traveling internationally, they stay in the safe deposit box.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 4:32:29 GMT
I've traveled enough when I was in my 20's with my (then) husband, and needed a passport. I got a newer one after 9/11, just to make traveling easier, even though a passport wasn't needed to travel within the U.S. or to Canada or Puerto Rico, etc...... It does make things go much faster when you're flying and you have your passport.
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Post by katlady on Aug 22, 2019 4:43:37 GMT
I saw it mentioned here a couple of times, but you do not need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico if you are a US citizen, do you? I always thought traveling to PR is the same as traveling to any other state.
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Post by paget on Aug 22, 2019 6:19:11 GMT
Neither dh nor I have ever had a passport. I went to Canada probably 10 times growing up and in young adulthood and only needed my birth certificate/drivers license. Now I have an enhanced drivers license/real ID. My oldest dd has a passport (she’s 25) - she’s been to multiple countries - she loves to travel. 23 and 20 dds don’t have passport but they do have enhanced drivers licenses.
I don’t see a need for a passport. If I plan a trip I’ll get one then.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 22, 2019 10:14:06 GMT
I saw it mentioned here a couple of times, but you do not need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico if you are a US citizen, do you? I always thought traveling to PR is the same as traveling to any other state. You only need a driver's license or other government ID. A passport will work of course but you don't need it.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 22, 2019 12:40:59 GMT
For the record, I've had a passport since high school. In the past ten years, I've traveled out of the country eight times. Do you need to get a Real ID if you have a passport? Well in my case, RealID allows me to get onto a military base when visiting my sons without having to carry my passport with me. I'm sure there are other examples that make sense as well. Anybody taking about paying more for a real ID is getting screwed by their state. Colorado's id and driver licenses are all compliant and do not charge extra and I didn't need a passport to get it. South Carolina's license was not federal ID compliant. They now offer the option to upgrade to a RealID compliant license for more money which they justify by saying it takes extra time/effort to confirm the person is who they say they are to meet the RealID requirements. By offering that option, they keep the regular driver's license more affordable for people who don't need the enhanced ID.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 22, 2019 12:50:30 GMT
Anybody taking about paying more for a real ID is getting screwed by their state. Colorado's id and driver licenses are all compliant and do not charge extra and I didn't need a passport to get it. I still say you are getting screwed. All Colorado drivers licenses and ids are RealID compliant and they cost $28 or less
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 22, 2019 15:14:59 GMT
I still say you are getting screwed. All Colorado drivers licenses and ids are RealID compliant and they cost $28 or less Or maybe you are. Out of curiosity I just checked the SC DMV website and we only pay $25 for either option. But apparently, it still IS an option to get the fully compliant one or not.
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Post by muggins on Aug 22, 2019 15:31:35 GMT
As a Brit, I’ve had a passport since I was a baby. Actually I think I was on my parents’ passport until I was old enough to have one of my own. We occasionally went to France and Spain on vacation. However, if I were American I doubt I would have had a passport until I was much older. There’s so much to see and do in a country so huge, there’s no real need to leave to find warm weather. Brits often travel abroad for the hot weather in the Mediterranean.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 22, 2019 15:38:06 GMT
I still say you are getting screwed. All Colorado drivers licenses and ids are RealID compliant and they cost $28 or less Or maybe you are. Out of curiosity I just checked the SC DMV website and we only pay $25 for either option. But apparently, it still IS an option to get the fully compliant one or not. starting next year the RealID is going to be REQUIRED for any air travel, whether it's domestic or not- correct?? I'd be much more apt to have to do short-notice domestic air travel than short-notice international travel. Because of the air travel requirement, I would think pretty much everyone would want to get a compliant RealID... but then again, if you're a senior citizen, etc. and you don't EVER plan to travel... maybe you wouldn't bother getting a compliant one. I'm really surprised the states would keep both types available, though, to be honest.
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Post by beepdave on Aug 22, 2019 16:48:14 GMT
Or maybe you are. Out of curiosity I just checked the SC DMV website and we only pay $25 for either option. But apparently, it still IS an option to get the fully compliant one or not. starting next year the RealID is going to be REQUIRED for any air travel, whether it's domestic or not- correct?? I'd be much more apt to have to do short-notice domestic air travel than short-notice international travel. Because of the air travel requirement, I would think pretty much everyone would want to get a compliant RealID... but then again, if you're a senior citizen, etc. and you don't EVER plan to travel... maybe you wouldn't bother getting a compliant one. I'm really surprised the states would keep both types available, though, to be honest. Not everyone can get to a physical location to do their renewal as you are required for the RealID - or has immediate access to the documentation required for it.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 22, 2019 16:56:59 GMT
Or maybe you are. Out of curiosity I just checked the SC DMV website and we only pay $25 for either option. But apparently, it still IS an option to get the fully compliant one or not. starting next year the RealID is going to be REQUIRED for any air travel, whether it's domestic or not- correct?? I'd be much more apt to have to do short-notice domestic air travel than short-notice international travel. Because of the air travel requirement, I would think pretty much everyone would want to get a compliant RealID... but then again, if you're a senior citizen, etc. and you don't EVER plan to travel... maybe you wouldn't bother getting a compliant one. I'm really surprised the states would keep both types available, though, to be honest. I'm confused about this and admit that this is the first time I'm hearing about this. So starting next year if you fly domestically and you have a passport that won't fulfill the requirements? You'll still need a RealID? What if you fly internationally and fly out of a USA airport? RealID or will passport alone be okay? I checked the requirements for MD quickly yesterday before dashing out for an appointment and I think they are asking for paperwork for any name changes (if you got divorced) and I've had two and can't remember where they were filed (the last one was 26 years ago!) and with what office or where. I have no idea how to get this paperwork together so of course I'd rather not have to get this if I can avoid it.
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Post by mich5481 on Aug 22, 2019 17:05:59 GMT
Later when he joined the Navy and his shipmates found out he had a passport they all told him, "Only rich people have passports." /quote] That just makes me sad. I had one when I went overseas in high school, and I didn't renew it when it expired. I renewed it in 2013, when I was preparing to go to China with my dad. I imagine I'll renew it again when it expires, just so I can be prepared for any opportunity that may come my way. I doubt most of my family in rural FL has passports, as they don't travel out of the South very often. My brothers and I all had them as teenagers, as we each went out of the country at some point, but I'm not sure what their current status is. Both of my parents have updated passports- I actually encouraged my mom to renew her long expired passport when she updated her driver's license to the RealID requirements, as the office for her passport was in the same building as the DL office, there wasn't a wait to apply, and she had all of the documents she needed because of the RealID requirements.
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