Hi, Thanks all for being a great source of wisdom. I have a question
about organising flights when crewing for a sailing vessel cruising
long distance without definite destinations or timescale. Apology if
it is a stupid question to some…
To get into a country one usually needs to show return tickets. Say,
if I travel from Australia to join a boat in Miami, after cruising for
6-12 months or whatever I could end up in Italy or New Zealand etc. Do
I change/refund ticket (which probably means it needs to be a much
more expensive open ticket?) or do I fly back to Miami with a one-way
ticket and face a possible refusal of entry because it is not a
straight-forward return ticket? In the latter case of flying back to
Miami that would be rather stupid if I’m already in NZ so close to
home.
Also when I get to the last destination how do I clear immigration
without a departure ticket to go into town/airport to buy that ticket?
Buy on-line or by phone from the boat (but that’s often not possible)?
>From one accasion organising a one-way ticket into Vanuatu for a sail
back, it was a tedious and long drawn out affair chasing up the
authority for a letter to be allowed in with a one-way ticket, despite
it being a formally organised inter-country group event with all the
letters to support the application. So this time doing it as one
person I am not too hopeful of a smooth or even successful and timely
transaction. I would very much appreciate your advice and tall or
short tales.
Thinking about it now, this would apply to skippers flying to buy/pick-
up a boat to sail away to undefined destinations too.
Many Thanks
—
Solo Thesailor
http://sailingstoriesandtips.blogspot.com
Consider a ‘RTW’ or ‘Round the World’ airline ticket. Many
international carriers have formed alliances / partnerships with each
other (code share) that helps keep the cost down. Many offer almost
unlimited stops on your RTW journey *so long as you do not back-
track*, i.e. you keep travelling in an easterly (for example)
direction.
See: http://www.airtreks.com/
or
http://www.lostluggagetales.com/resources/rtw/rtw-tickets.shtml
for additional insight.
MW
On 26 May 2007 07:59:17 -0700, Solo Thesailor
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<notforspamsailm…@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, Thanks all for being a great source of wisdom. I have a question
>about organising flights when crewing for a sailing vessel cruising
>long distance without definite destinations or timescale. Apology if
>it is a stupid question to some…
>To get into a country one usually needs to show return tickets. Say,
>if I travel from Australia to join a boat in Miami, after cruising for
>6-12 months or whatever I could end up in Italy or New Zealand etc. Do
>I change/refund ticket (which probably means it needs to be a much
>more expensive open ticket?) or do I fly back to Miami with a one-way
>ticket and face a possible refusal of entry because it is not a
>straight-forward return ticket? In the latter case of flying back to
>Miami that would be rather stupid if I’m already in NZ so close to
>home.
>Also when I get to the last destination how do I clear immigration
>without a departure ticket to go into town/airport to buy that ticket?
>Buy on-line or by phone from the boat (but that’s often not possible)?
>>From one accasion organising a one-way ticket into Vanuatu for a sail
>back, it was a tedious and long drawn out affair chasing up the
>authority for a letter to be allowed in with a one-way ticket, despite
>it being a formally organised inter-country group event with all the
>letters to support the application. So this time doing it as one
>person I am not too hopeful of a smooth or even successful and timely
>transaction. I would very much appreciate your advice and tall or
>short tales.
>Thinking about it now, this would apply to skippers flying to buy/pick-
>up a boat to sail away to undefined destinations too.
>Many Thanks
I suspect that you are "doing it wrong". Shipping crews fly all over
the world to join vessels and I’m fairly sure that they all aren’t
getting round trip tickets.
I suggest that you contact a Ship’s Agent and see how they do it. I
know that in Singapore, for example, crews joining a ship are required
to have a bond posted to ensure that they do leave, and get a two week
visa. In Thailand crews don’t seem to need the bond and get a 30 day
visa.
Generally, I think you’ll find that most countries do not specify a
"round trip air ticket" as such, rather I believe that most countries
specify that you must show evidence of how you will leave the country.
However, this is a general statement and may well not be applicable in
Australia or the U.S. that seem to now have especially convoluted
immigration regulations =:-)
Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)
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On May 27, 11:18 am, Bruce <brucepa…@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26 May 2007 07:59:17 -0700, Solo Thesailor wrote:
> ……
> >To get into a country one usually needs to show return tickets. Say,
> >if I travel from Australia to join a boat in Miami, after cruising for
> >6-12 months or whatever I could end up in Italy or New Zealand etc. Do
> >I change/refund ticket (which probably means it needs to be a much
> >more expensive open ticket?) or do I fly back to Miami with a one-way
> >ticket and face a possible refusal of entry because it is not a
> >straight-forward return ticket? …..
> I suspect that you are "doing it wrong". Shipping crews fly all over
> the world to join vessels and I’m fairly sure that they all aren’t
> getting round trip tickets.
> ……….
Thank you both Mike and Bruce. I haven’t worked out the final solution
yet especially for when cruising with open-ended destinations that
could back track with the long.’s so a round-the-world ticket won’t
work either, but will keep investigating.
Cheers
—
Solo Thesailor
http://sailingstoriesandtips.blogspot.com