I wish we had them for our kids. We missed out on a trip last year because it was less than 2 weeks out. They're just too expensive to pay for every 5 years for kids. That means I'd need to pay 4x ($115 x4= $460) for their passports before they're 18 and can get the 10 year passport. I'm sure when they're teens they'll come with us more, but as a baby and a toddler we don't take them with us overseas.

When I lived in Raleigh, NC a few years ago, I had to renew my passport and the Post Office offered passport renewal like once a month. Reflective of the demand down in that backwards red state, which is most of the US

I have to renew my passport this year and I was floored at how expensive it was! I can afford the additional $140 but there are a lot of people who can’t.

Anonymous wrote:It’s leas than $100 and good for 10 years. Why don’t people just get them? Gives you so many more travel options

Where did you get this number? They cost $140.

I feel bad for people like OP who have no idea life exists outside her upper middle class bubble. No doubt she considers herself a tolerant person too.

Everybody be nice. OP is neither book-smart nor street-smart, and that is a difficult burden to bear.

Anonymous wrote:It's $145, and good for 10 years if you're over 16.

For my family of 6, it's $750, and 4 of the passports are only good for 5 years. So, while I used to always have an up-to-date passport, we are no waiting to get new ones until we have reason to believe we might be going somewhere.

^^ "now waiting"

It's $145, and good for 10 years if you're over 16.

For my family of 6, it's $750, and 4 of the passports are only good for 5 years. So, while I used to always have an up-to-date passport, we are no waiting to get new ones until we have reason to believe we might be going somewhere.

You didn't used to need one for Canada or the Caribbean which are where most Americans go. It's not like living in Europe where in 4 hours driving distance you can hit up several countries.

That's okay. I don't understand people like you.

I have had a passport since I was 18 and travel frequently out of the US and don't understand how you can't understand that $100 is out of range for many many many Americans.

Plus you have to take the time out to get them.

Not all people have need or means to travel oversea. You're narrow minded.

You sound like a 9.9 percenter:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/?single_page=true

You do realize that a number of Americans haven't even been on an airplane before right? That even a trip a few states over is not only a big deal, but something that have to save up for months or years...?

You sound terribly sheltered, OP. Grow up.

It’s leas than $100 and good for 10 years. Why don’t people just get them? Gives you so many more travel options