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Re: First time international traveler...have some questions
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01/06/06 03:57 PM
01/06/06 03:57 PM
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Posts: 503 Arizona
Dan Carey
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Hi Jaybug, you'll go through customs at the end of the flight. Your bags will be checked through all the way to BZE, but on your return you'll have to go through US Custome at DFW. Declare your camera and DVD player on your Belize customs enrty forms and you shouldn't have any trouble at DFW because you can prove that you had them as you exited the US. Bring a pen with you so that you won't have to scrounge one up during the flight. I'll be tramping around Belize at the same time as you, 1-28-06 through 2-4-06. Maybe our paths will cross. Dan Originally posted by jaybug: My husband and I are first time international travelers. We will be visiting at the end of January, and I am wondering what to expect going through customs. First of all, when do we go through customs? We are flying out of Chicago and into Dallas/Fort Worth and then out of DFW and into BZE. When is customs? Second...if anyone has flown American you would be most helpful here...if I check a bag does it go all the way through to BZE or do I have to get it in DFW and then re-check it? I have never had to connect before to another flight, all of my previous flights have been straight through! And lastly I am going to be bringing a camera and a portable dvd player, how do I go about getting them into and out of the country? Is there a form I have to fill out or something? I mean how do they know I brought that stuff into the country when I am leaving? Any and all information in regards to this topic would be most welcome. 13 more days!
"Facts are the enemy of Truth" Don Quixote
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Re: First time international traveler...have some questions
#186548
01/06/06 04:59 PM
01/06/06 04:59 PM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 11,049 Rockport, Maine
klcman
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and do all the paperwork in-flight. Your flight attendant will pass out forms.....nothing to sweat.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ But then what do I know, I am but a mere caveman
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Re: First time international traveler...have some questions
#186550
01/06/06 07:44 PM
01/06/06 07:44 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 3,955 Frigin Cold Columbus, Ohio
Otteralum
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jaybug -- relax and have a great time. The advice on the board here is awesome. For 10-days you likely have a lot of stuff. It was recommended to me that I carry-on everything and this turned out great for us as the incoming connection was tight and our bags would not have made it. Nothing to stress over as this is rare, but something to think about if you have little stuff.
I will have a Belikin -- put it on klcman's tab.
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Re: First time international traveler...have some questions
#186551
01/06/06 07:45 PM
01/06/06 07:45 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 3,955 Frigin Cold Columbus, Ohio
Otteralum
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BTW -- I believe American builds the exit tax into their ticket price -- I KNOW Continental does -- call ahead to confirm this -- great if you don't have to worry about it.
I will have a Belikin -- put it on klcman's tab.
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