Travel Tips & Hacks 2024 + How To Renew US Passport Fast

[Music] hey how's it going in today's video I am going to share with you some of the things I know it's going to be super useful saves you time money and also have you feeling and looking great when you travel for international travel for the most part that some of the things I'm going to be sharing with you today but also apply to domestic travel if you are new to my channel my name is Tom I have been traveling was internationally and domestically for the last six years some of the countries have been to Thailand Vietnam Singapore Cambodia Laos Japan South Korea Indonesia Jamaica Grand cman be sure to check out my travel videos on my channel if you are interested in going to those destinations let's get into the video you need a passport to go to International destination it's always best to check each country's entry requirements some countries require visas other countries don't most countries and Airlines did not entry if your passport expires in less than 6 months so make sure that your passport has more than 6 months of validity it it takes a while for you to get your passport renewed if you need to renew your passport and now it's a good time to get on with it if you are thinking about traveling this summer I have done it in October and I am going to share briefly with you the best way in my opinion to get your passport renewed as fast as possible please keep in mind this is for passport renewal is for renewing your US Passport adult US Passport I am just going to share with you the best way in my opinion to renew your US passport for details please go to usa.gov website I'll put the link Down Below in the description there are several requirements that has to be met if you are able to renew your passport at all if the requirements are met fill out from ds82 online or download the form and fill out Yourself by hand you need to get passport photos you can get them at Walgreens or CVS if you're not in an emergency the fastest and cheapest way to get your passport rened is to get it exploited just download the form fill it out yourself attach the photos and by the way you need to send a money order for the fee with all the forms and the photos and have it mail to the passport office on my website said it would take 10 weeks it only took me 6 weeks bam I got my passport renewed so that's the best way to go make sure on the envelope put expedite it tip number two airfare the first advice I can give you is that if you just want to save money on airfare on this particular trip that you are planning then go to those third party websites like offit Expedia however if you are planning on traveling in the future we are planning on traveling at least two to three times a year then my advice to you is to become a member of a southern airline company it's the airline company that you use the M but this is just an example I'm just sharing with you what I am member of I'm not promoting the particular company I am a member of United Airlines united marage plus I have been a member for like almost 10 years now and I have a credit card associated with uh the mileage account so I use my credit card the purchase gas groceries whatever that ears me miles and all also every time I fly with the United Airlines I are Miles and other Parks like I get upgraded another travel tip I can give you if you are traveling very far like I did in the summer of 20123 I went all the way from here west coast of the us all the way to Bali have a long layover for instance with me I flew from there for to S South Korea and uh in Korea my original itary 8 hours plus or day over so what you can do in that case is that you can actually call the airine company and you can request to have a night lay over most likely accommodate you on that even the fight from S4 s is 12 hours and when I got the s I was exhausted it was nice that I was able to place some recharge for a couple of days accommodation tips I used to use booking.com a lot but nowadays I see better deals on a and sometimes you go to CHP advisor and from there you go excit like a you get even better deal I am not really going to get into like what you should par one thing though I recommend taking with you on your trips international travel domestic travel is a water botel most airports now have those refuse stations where you can refrig water bottles flying so dehydrating so to feel and look my best I constant hydrate drawing my trips drawing the flights I'm using these Wess patches these are weable Wellness Patches by the way they have different kinds of patches anything from when you are feeling anxious or you want to sleep better I have a hard time sleeping when I'm suffering from jetl so I always take the dream patch this helps me sleep calm down want to relax it's a relax patch you come this patch is are from the good patch so if you are interested in trying them out I put the link down below to look my best traveling can be very tiring and like I said sometimes I don't get enough sleep and suffer from dark soes under my eyes so the good patch also makes brighten up under eye patches this like really well as well for dark CES to get the best experience out of V travel you need to give yourself at least two weeks to the three weeks of time over there to your destination in Asia and that way you can enjoy yourself you're not going to be Jed you won't be dagging yourself around you have to consider the climate as well in Asia you want to avoid Monsoon or rainy season this is the next day I was not able to finish filming this video yesterday my camera body died so anyway getting back to the climate the best time to travel to Southeast Asia is from October to April avoid Monson rainy Seasons between May and September Japan and South Korea the ring season is May and June the Caribbean islands the best time to travel there is generally the winter mon here in the US I I'm to cover for this video hope you find this video helpful and when you visit a foreign country just remember that you guests there be respectful and kind