elizat@shark.UUCP (Elizabeth Trojan) (09/21/85)
Does anyone out there have any experience with traveling to Cuba. There used to be travel restrictions to Cuba but my passport does not explicitly prohibit traveling there. The most difficult aspect seems to be how to get there from the U.S. since there are no direct flights leaving the states for Havana. I would imagine a visa is required but then again the difficulty is where to get it since there are no Cuban Embassies in the U.S. We were interested in going at Christmas time leaving from Portland, OR. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance. tektronix!shark!elizat
bd@peora.UUCP (Bernie Dougan) (09/24/85)
I tried to reply directly to the sender but it did not recognize
the address so I'll post my reply:
Your passport typically won't state any travel restrictions
because they change with world events. When I received my
passport I received a document called 'Visa Requirements
of Foreign Governments' from the State Department Bureau of
Consular Affairs. Here is the listing for Cuba copied word
for word:
CUBA - Passport and visa required. Tourist visa, $6.
Apply Embassy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,
Cuban Interests Section, 2639 16th St., NW., Washington,
D.C. 20009; or authorized agencies located in Los Angeles,
Miami, New York, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.; and
check specific requirements.
I suspect that to get there you will have to connect somewhere
in the Carribean or possibly Mexico.
--
Bernie Dougan
Perkin-Elmer Southern Development Center
2486 Sand Lake Road
Orlando, Florida 32809
(305)850-1040
{decvax!ucf-cs, ihnp4!pesnta, vax135!petsd}!peora!bdbsisrs@rruxe.UUCP (R. Schiraldi) (09/24/85)
> Does anyone out there have any experience with traveling to Cuba. > There used to be travel restrictions to Cuba but my passport does not > explicitly prohibit traveling there. The most difficult aspect seems to be > how to get there from the U.S. since there are no direct flights leaving > the states for Havana. I would imagine a visa is required but then again the > difficulty is where to get it since there are no Cuban Embassies in the > U.S. Try going to the pilot, put you hand in a paper bag with your finger pointing in the bag, and say "Take me to ...." :-) Sorry, couldn't resist!! :-)
brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (09/30/85)
In article <295@rruxe.UUCP> bsisrs@rruxe.UUCP (R. Schiraldi) writes: >> Does anyone out there have any experience with traveling to Cuba. >> There used to be travel restrictions to Cuba but my passport does not >> explicitly prohibit traveling there. The most difficult aspect seems to be >> how to get there from the U.S. since there are no direct flights leaving >> the states for Havana. I would imagine a visa is required but then again the >> difficulty is where to get it since there are no Cuban Embassies in the >> U.S. Although I haven't checked in the last year or two, visas were not available to U.S. citizens a while back. As an American living in Canada I was always left out when my Canadian friends lapped up the sun in Cuba at winter holiday time. Three out of four experiences I heard about afterwards were great, the fourth being some complaint about plumbing facilities being below acceptable standards, or food uninspired. Probably these were hotels that were too new to this tourist game. Beaches etc. always great. No beggers, etc. etc. allowed to harrass the gringos.