Tourist visas
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31055)
United Kingdom
July 15, 2018 3:13pm CST
I think that tourist visas add costs to a trip. I managed to visit Russia without having a visa by going on a ferry from Helsinki. St Petersburg was a very beautiful city for us. For our last trip it was challenging to get an e visa for India. I liked getting the e visas for Sri Lanka because my children got theirs free. I found it cheap and easy to get the visas for Turkey.
What do you think of tourist visas?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
15 Jul 18
They are discouraging sometimes : I dreamed to take the Trans Siberian from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is difficult to justify of the payment of an hotel when you are in a train.
From France we do not need a visa to Turkey for up to 90 days.
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@maximax8 (31055)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 18
I am pleased you can visit Turkey without needing a visa for up to 90 days with a French passport. A Russian visa is very expensive. I went to St Petersburg without needing a visa. I wish I could see more of Russia. Imagine taking a train from Moscow to Beijing. I would need visas for Russia, Mongolia and China.
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@maximax8 (31055)
• United Kingdom
23 Jul 18
@topffer It is interesting football supporters didn't need a visa to visit Russia. It is possible to use an ordinary Russian train then the one that goes to Ulan Bator and Beijing. While in Ukraine and Moldova we tried out overnight third class sleeping bunks.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Jul 18
@maximax8 Yes, it is expensive and you need to justify to have paid for hotels, which is not compatible with sleeping a week (or more for Beijing) in a train. I should have been i Russia during the world cup of football, there was no visa required for football supporters.
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@Letranknight2015 (51469)
• Philippines
26 Jul 18
I can't even get a simple tourist visa to the US lol. Good for you though.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 18
It is $100 visa fee from the UK They are a pain in the neck to get. I am glad that they are starting e visa.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 18
@maximax8 Yes I am going in January so more hassle when you consider how much we are going to spend there. Ridiculous price of their visa.
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@Metsrock69 (3472)
• United States
16 Jul 18
I would get a tourist visa because I have never went overseas.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
25 Jul 18
Thanks for the tip on how to visit Russia I've yet to travel outside the US so I thought you only needed lot of money and a passport. When I was little I remember being told you have to call the other countries government and tell them you are going to visit them. I can imagine calling up Putin and being like, "Hey, Putin. I'm coming to your country"
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16499)
• China
16 Jul 18
I really envy you ,You have travelled to many countries.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
18 Jul 18
Things always seem to cost more than they should. If things were a bit less, we'd all travel more!
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@Jessabuma (31706)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jul 18
How I wish, I can travel some places as well just like you
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@Jessabuma (31706)
• Baguio, Philippines
22 Jul 18
@maximax8 I thank you for that.. I am hoping for the best..