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Kids Under 18 Can Get Free Global Entry

The federal government has raised the cost of the popular Global Entry for the first time in more than 15 years — however, kids whose parent are already members can now apply for free.

While the cost of the application fee has increased from $100 to $120, applicants under 18 will be exempt from an application fee if a parent or legal guardian is already a member of the program or applying themselves.

The change was initially announced in April.

“As these programs have matured and expanded, updating the fee structures is critical to the continuation and management of the programs,” Customs and Border Protection Agency wrote in a statement at the time.

Global Entry is part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Trusted Traveler programs and allows travelers who are re-entering the United States from an international trip to expedite the customs process. To apply, travelers must undergo a background check and complete an in-person interview, which can be done when they return to the U.S. through the Enrollment on Arrival program or even when they leave through the new Enrollment on Departure program at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Travelers who obtain a Global Entry membership also receive the benefits of TSA PreCheck.

A matter of perspective…

New Zanzibar Tariff applies to all non-residents

Mandatory Inbound Travel Insurance for Foreigners (Excluding
Residents) entering Zanzibar.

Please be informed that effective 1st October 2024, it is now mandatory for all passengers traveling to Zanzibar to have Inbound Travel Insurance.

This insurance provides essential coverage for unexpected medical expenses, repatriation, personal accidents, baggage delays, and other travel related incidents.

Key Details:
Cost: USD $44 per visitor
USD $22 for children up to 17 years old.
Infants (0-2 years) will be covered under their parent's or guardian's policy.
Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a 10% discount

Coverage: Begins upon arrival in Zanzibar and lasts up to 92 days

Where to Purchase?
Passengers must purchase the policy through the official
website www.visitzanzibar.go.tz

Documentation: Passengers will receive their policy documents via email and should be advised to carry them during their trip.

Maximum Number of Travel Days:
The Inbound Travel Insurance policy covers individual trips of up to 92 days per trip.

Passengers can make unlimited trips within the policy period, provided each trip does not exceed the maximum of 92 days.

• Guests with Personal Insurance:
Please note that personal insurance policies will not be accepted in place of the mandatory Inbound Travel Insurance.

The Inbound Travel Insurance is non-renewable. If a passenger remains in Zanzibar beyond 92 days, they must purchase a new policy to extend their
coverage.

As we explore more of the world, we need to prepare ourselves for diseases that could bring your joy to a quick halt. Check out this article to see if you are up-to-date on your global immunizations.

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Online US Passport renewal is now available. Adults can use the new service to renew their passports digitally.

It is not available for the renewal of children’s passports, for first-time passport applicants for renewal applicants who live outside the United States or for expedited applications.

Americans can now renew passports online and bypass cumbersome paper applications Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays.

I wish I hadn’t done it this summer.

Thanks, Chris Elliot for quoting me in your recent article…

“How many more summers do you have?

When I started my career as a consumer advocate, I met many readers who had spent their entire lives working and saving up to travel after they retired. Then they booked a dream cruise or a safari, only to suffer a debilitating illness just before leaving (that’s why there’s travel insurance). And then they realized they would never travel.

“The biggest regret is not taking a vacation while you have the opportunity, health, mobility and time,” says Mitch Krayton, a professional travel advisor in Aurora, Colo.

It doesn’t take long for the barriers to pile up — a bad back, an unfavorable exchange rate, trouble getting around. I know what that feels like. I broke my pelvis in two places a few years ago in Switzerland, and a part of me just wanted to be at home sipping hot chocolate. Instead, I rested for a few weeks in Barcelona and then flew to the Antarctic.

Krayton is right; you only live once.

I guarantee you’ll regret the trip not taken. And the older you get, the more those regrets pile up until you are at the end of your life and you have a long list of trips not taken. Don’t let that be your regret.”

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Sea how fun this is?….

Thank you Carol Roth for including me in your newsletter on the best business books for entrepreneurs.

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As we take the day to celebrate the heroic act of declaring independence from a tyrannic king, I thought I would give you a give of the entire Declaration of Independence. Signed July 4, 1776.

Please read it. Please appreciate the courage it took to take this action. Please give thanks that we have such a wonderful country as a result.

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In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Georgia
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton

North Carolina
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn

South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton

Massachusetts
John Hancock

Maryland
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton

Pennsylvania
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Delaware
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean

New York
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris

New Jersey
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark

New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple

Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery

Connecticut
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott

New Hampshire
Matthew Thornton

Paraphrasing of the Golden Rule and Ethics.

What’s Your Cruise Personality? Discover Your Ideal Voyage!

If you were a sea creature, which one would you be?
A. A dolphin – Always up for some fun!
B. A sea turtle – Relaxing is my game!
C. A shark – Always seeking the thrill!
D. A clownfish – Like to keep it light and fun!

Which food situation sounds most appealing to you?
A. A gourmet dining experience every night
B. A buffet with options aplenty
C. Quick bites at the poolside
D. Fun themed meals

What's your ideal way to spend a sea day?
A. Lounging by the pool with a cocktail
B. Attending a cooking class
C. Enjoying an adrenaline-pumping activity like rock climbing
D. Getting involved in a crazy on-deck competition

What kind of music would you like to groove to on the ship?
A. Smooth jazz
B. Live band
C. DJ with the latest hits
D. Comedy and novelty songs

What's the first thing you pack for a cruise?
A. My swimsuit and suntan lotion
B. A classy outfit for elegant nights
C. My trainers for fitness activities
D. A cheeky Hawaiian shirt

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Where will you go?

Honored for the second year in a row. Happy to pay it forward…

Thank you for quoting me in your Forbes article, Chris.

These Airlines Are Upping Their Customer Service Game. Here’s How Airlines are not known for great service, but here are a few examples of international airlines that are charting a more customer-friendly course.

Thanks for Jr Achievement Rocky Mountains for hosting the Business Bound summer camp for upcoming high school entrepreneurs at the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship in the CU Denver School of Business. It was great to see these rising stars ask business owners in many types of businesses. I was honored yesterday to be one of those business people.

https://www.jarockymountain.org/businessbound/

Mitch Krayton Krayton Travel Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc. CU Denver CU Denver Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship

Business Bound - Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain Presented by Junior Achievement and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver This summer, Junior Achievement and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver are excited to present an exciting week-long experience for high schoo...

Summer is right around the corner and for many, that means family vacations. The kids are out of school and it is a great opportunity for some family time.

Consider an adventure cruise to Alaska, Sea of Cortez, The Galapagos or Patagonia?

Let’s plan the perfect vacation for your family!

Mitch Krayton, CTC, MCC, VTA
[email protected]
+1 (303) 365-0051

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“Without losing there is no winning.”

Venus Williams

Just arrived in Dallas for ASTA Annual Conference. Renovated room at the Hilton Anatole is very nice