{"id":7407,"date":"2018-01-11T13:08:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=7407"},"modified":"2018-01-11T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T18:08:12","slug":"passport-head-passport-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/passport-head-passport-fair","title":{"rendered":"Need a passport? Head to a passport fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you signed up for a tour, but don&#8217;t have a passport? Don\u2019t miss out on this excellent resource: The U.S. Department of State is holding special <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/passports\/special-passport-acceptance-fairs.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passport Acceptance Fairs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the country to help you get your passport before the spring\/summer travel season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are under 18 or a first-time passport applicant, a passport fair is an excellent opportunity for you to apply for a passport and get quick and easy service without an appointment. Even if your tour date is months away, we recommend that you get started with the passport process as early as possible to avoid any snags. Check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/dam\/passports\/content-page-resources\/AcceptanceEventPDF180110.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this chart<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find a fair in your state, and note that more are being added daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you already have a passport, remember that some countries require it to have six months of validity after your trip. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search by country<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see if your destination has this requirement, and learn more about how to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports\/apply-renew-passport.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">renew your passport<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also note that passports that are damaged, torn, or have water stains cannot be used and must be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/passports\/replacing-your-passport-after-the-storm.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">replaced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports\/apply-renew-passport\/how-to-apply.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to apply for a passport<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports\/requirements\/processing-times.html\"><span>Current passport processing times<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/get-ready\/passports-and-visas.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explorica passport FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you signed up for a tour, but don&#8217;t have a passport? Don\u2019t miss out on this excellent resource: The U.S. Department of State is holding special Passport Acceptance Fairs across the country to help you get your passport before the spring\/summer travel season. If you are under 18 or a first-time passport applicant, a <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/passport-head-passport-fair\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7409,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions\/7409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}