Fly Me To The Moon, and Let Me Play Among The Stars

  Just a quick reminder; double check your passport expiration date!  Italy requires that your US Passport be valid for at least 3 months beyond your intended date of departure from their country!

So for some of you, that means your passport must be valid almost into December!  If yours isn't and you  need to renew your US Passport, right now the US Department of State is saying that standard processing times are up to 8 weeks...  We've recently heard from some folks, it took 12 weeks... Some of you have told us you're departing for Italy in late August, so we suggest you take a look now and make sure you're passport is good... They won't even consider letting you fly internationally without a valid passport... 

If you do need to renew, we're attaching a link here from the US Dept of Sate on how: click here 

If you need to renew, consider doing it now and don't wait till the last minute...  Sometimes these take a lot longer than they say they do...  We've had guests have some  really close calls...  One guy recently had to call his congressman for help and got it the day before he flew out... If you do it now, you're likely safe with standard processing and standard shipping...  If you wait past April, we would suggest you choose "expedited processing" as well as "expedited shipping" to get your new passport much faster... and the Post Office has special "Priority Mail" envelopes that go to a special address (see pic)

Two Pros sing a Standard!