Author: The JetSetter Team
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Avoid International Cell Phone Roaming Surprises
. There are a lot of legitimate mail-order pharmacies in this country. We’re not kidding here. Even with comparatively light air time usage, Mr. Grunski ended up incurring an $800 cell phone bill through his carrier T-Mobile. Too bad he didn’t realize there are a few simple ways to avoid sticker shock when traveling outside…
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3 Reasons You Need a Second Passport
Jetsetter Show #33 includes an interview with Jay Butler, Managing Director for Asset Protection Services International. While Mr. Butler made a number of good points about the Dominican Republic as a likely target for American expatriates looking for a second passport, the discussion of why Americans should consider dual citizenship at all was especially enlightening.…
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3 Sort of Strange Places for a Hotel
Sure, it’s easy to plop down your credit card at any of the kajillion of chain franchise hotels dotting this planet, but where’s your sense of adventure, man? Why not stay somewhere a little offbeat and out of the ordinary? Need some ideas? Here are three hotels we came across that we can’t stop thinking…
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It's Easy to Apply for Your First Passport
We ran into an interesting statistic today – 30% of Americans have passports. That number seems about right. New Jersey leads all states with 68% of citizens holding official passports, while Mississippi trails all other states with just under 20%. So, what’s the big deal about passports and do you really need one? At the…
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Pros and Cons of Moving to Dubai
Before deciding whether or not you should call the movers and prepare yourself to waltz off to Dubai, we need to understand what and where it is. The geographical location is on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, on the Arabian Peninsula. Though originally made popular from the oil industry, Dubai is now a…
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Expatriate Executives Find Challenges in the New China
Some people leave the United States in search of adventure. Others expatriate because they don’t like the look of things on the home front. And then there is the business class of expatriates – young and upwardly mobile corporate executives who have been entrusted the keys to the company image and sent off into an…
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Vacation Theft Survival Guide
We all know it’s probably not going to happen, but what if it does? We’re talking about when you set your bag down on a busy street corner in Paris (or anywhere else your vacation habits take you) and the the thing disappears the moment your attention drifts. Worse, that was the day you were…
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Visit the Museum of Socialist Art – or the Beach!
If you’ve been looking high and low for a legitimate reason to visit Sofia, Bulgaria, your prayers have been answered with the opening of the Museum of Socialist Art. The original name was to have been the Museum of Totalitarian Art but some of the old men in the current regime trace their roots back…
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10 Towns Resisting the Great Recession
Perhaps claiming the following 10 towns have been completely untouched by the recent Obama recession is a little farfetched. There surely have been at least a few citizens with recent experience in job loss, inflation and foreclosure, but, according to Moneywatch.com, these towns are the Top Ten Places to Live in the United States this…
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Resurrecting the Surprising Past of San Francisco
San Francisco, California. Depending upon your political and cultural persuasion, the very name probably conjures a certain procession of images to mind, and they might all be correct. Today this central coastal California city is famous for food, far-left politics, and gay marriage. Not too long ago it was ground zero for a bunch of…