International travel plans with all these politics going on

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Anonymous wrote:I dont like T or his belligerent language but there is no way he will invade Greenland. He really cannot. The entire chain of command in the US would break down in opposition, a significant portion of the GOP would defy him. Senators are already angry at him. I suspect this is a period of freaking out and then getting people to the table for some kind of military concession and he will declare victory. That's long been his style, come down hard and then wrangle concessions.

If I am wrong, the worst outcome is a sudden impeachment and Vance is the next president.

That’s not what impeachment means.

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Already hearing if Trump moves on Greenland, then Europe will change admission rules for Americans traveling there.

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Most of these posters are obviously not cut out for international travel.

They would be better off if they stopped worrying about every kind of scenario imaginable and instead just stayed home or just hit up VA beach.

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Anonymous wrote:People have been gnashing teeth like this since my study abroad in 2003, and it’s been nonsense the whole time.

Meh. I feel like back then (Iraq, etc) people were critical of USA policies but not Americans. This is a whole different ballgame. And the only people who don’t think so are MAGA. Trump is going after allies. He is basically giving the middle finger to NATO. It’s so not the same. I think for now most people pity Americans but that might change once consequences of this new world order emerge in other countries.

One issue now is that Trump is both infuriating and energizing rightwing nuts in Europe, instead of pulling them on to Team America.

I think another issue is that Trump is simply openly corrupt. I’m a liberal person who thought Dubya was wrong and protested against him, but I never thought he was intentionally corrupt.

Trump is intentionally, flagrantly corrupt, and I think most centrist and center right Europeans are horrified by that.

The political atmosphere itself might not actually be a big deal. But, if outrage with the U.S. hurts the 90-day visa waiver program or messes with our ability to use Visa cards, that could be really annoying.

I think the political atmosphere could be a huge deal. I’ve been looking into travel for the summer to Scandinavia or the UK. But now I’m questioning whether Americans will be welcome. The political environment can change quickly. Despite all the flight sales going on I’m wondering if it makes sense to wait to see what happens. How is this even happening?

I'm doing a Scandinavian and England/Germany cruise this summer with my daughter as a graduation celebration trip. But I have low level anxiety. I loathe Trump and the weak lily-livered Rs, but will we be assumed as in the same basket as them? Should we wear a Canadian maple leaf shirt and keep our heads down?

Definitely don’t do this unless you know a lot about Canada and current events. You’ll be sniffed out as a fraud and then reviled even more.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious, if anyone thinks the dollar will crash. Also, if trump acts on Greenland, will a trip to Eastern Europe (eg, Poland, Croatia) be safe, not from the population, but from a Russia invasion?

Dollar yes is going to crash. That has always been Trump's plan.

And also the plan is for Russia to invade Poland that is going to happen. Unfortunately MAGA got us here, they are too stupid to understand the consequences of electing an idiot.

What are your qualifications for making such histrionic statements?

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Anonymous wrote:Already hearing if Trump moves on Greenland, then Europe will change admission rules for Americans traveling there.

Worry about it when it happens. Speculation benefits nobody.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I'll buy the small amount of pounds and Euros I was planning to take now. By July, they could cost twice as much, the way things are going.

You are not cutout to game the foreign exchange markets. If that happens, you won't be going because the entire world economy would be in shambles.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a slightly complicated European trip I booked starting last August scheduled for June, and I am fretting a bit about being able to go.

I’m not interested in canceling it myself at all, but if events spiral, I wonder how travel insurance will even help. Need to check those exclusions; I seem to remember acts of war mean they ain’t paying out.

You are correct about travel insurance. There are MANY exclusions including the one you mentioned.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I'll buy the small amount of pounds and Euros I was planning to take now. By July, they could cost twice as much, the way things are going.

You are not cutout to game the foreign exchange markets. If that happens, you won't be going because the entire world economy would be in shambles.

This time with less snark - here's the EUR/USD chart going back to 1999



I was actually traveling in Europe for work during those ~1.60 times and that per diem was great . If it somehow goes to 2.32 in 5 months, we're probably in a complete economic meltdown and there will be no trip.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious, if anyone thinks the dollar will crash. Also, if trump acts on Greenland, will a trip to Eastern Europe (eg, Poland, Croatia) be safe, not from the population, but from a Russia invasion?

Dollar yes is going to crash. That has always been Trump's plan.

And also the plan is for Russia to invade Poland that is going to happen. Unfortunately MAGA got us here, they are too stupid to understand the consequences of electing an idiot.

What are your qualifications for making such histrionic statements?

They went to Italy once and were amazed they came home a whole two pounds lighter after eating pasta the whole time! 🤡😃

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Anonymous wrote:We are going to Hawaii this summer and should be fine. We also are planning on going to Spain and not changing any plans.

Hawaii is in the US!

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Anonymous wrote:Sew some maple leafs on your bags and toques and you're good to go!

When we were in South Africa this last summer, the B&B we were at hung an American flag to welcome us. We joked that they should switch it to Canada and when we got back at the end of the day, they did lol. We felt safer!

I’m really hesitant to book international travel for this upcoming summer at the moment…

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Anonymous wrote:We plan to do international travel this summer. With the news of Venezuela today, talk about Mexico next with some countries prohibit free USA tourist visa, are there any countries that are guaranteed safe and not hostile to US for international travel this summer? I want to book plane tickets and hotels. Do you think Canada will be a safe choice? How about Asia?

Just stay home.

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I went to Canada last month it sucked, they have a lot of labor strikes as the local unions are trying to get more money as the tariffs focused demand on canadian goods. There was a liquor strike. The food was really odd too almost tasted American but a bit off like the steaks, wine etc

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Anonymous wrote:Have a big vacation to Europein a couple months and have mixed feelings on the trip. I haven’t been abroad in about two years. Not sure what the sentiment is toward Americans? I’m sure with everything Trump has done and said he’s going to do, and now Venezuela, I can’t imagine Americans being viewed favorably. Even though I didn’t vote for Trump and this madness, I feel dirty, I feel complicit.

I don’t really care about my vacation. I care more about our country and hopefully some of our elected leaders finally standing up to the bully.

Europeans wil be overly nice to your face as you are the ones they need to please to avoid losing their military etc behind your back they will talk trash but Americans will be treated like royalty