Mexico for the holidays? Or not…
The Newman family was supposed to fly to Puerto Vallarta tomorrow to join the in-laws for a sun (and Tequila) soaked Christmas. While we were busy having kids and starting a company, the rules changed and even kids now need passports to travel to Mexico. Something to do with the new WHTI, which we were not paying attention to.
I feel like a dumb-ass because this isn’t exactly news to most travelers, but we went to Mexico 3 years ago with just a birth certificate for our daughter and hadn’t been out of the country since. So on the eve of our departure we were informed that without passports for the little ones, we couldn’t fly. Even if we got a rush-job for the passports on Monday and paid the outrageous rebooking fees, the vacation would be whittled down to two days.
No one to blame but ourselves I suppose, but we are pretty devastated over here. No trip for us, so it looks like we’ll be heading out for Chinese food and a movie on the 25th 
ouch. by the way — your congressman can rush a passport approval. they hate doing it though and usually only do it as a special favor because of the distraction it causes to their staff, but if you ever find yourself in a truly desperate and emergency situation, your congressman can help.