The Journal
No listicles and no affiliate padding. Practical guidance on visas, fares, destinations and travel policy, written by the consultants who handle them.
Refusals almost always trace to the financial section, the cover letter or a mismatch between your itinerary and your bookings. Here is what consulates actually look for.
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Eight weeks is the usual advice and it is roughly right for Europe. For Diwali, Christmas and Japan in spring, it will cost you badly.
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The resort matters less than the atoll it sits in. Transfer times, house reef quality and seaplane schedules should drive the decision.
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Good policy saves money because people follow it. That means it has to be short, fair and defensible — here is a template that works.
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Pacing, airport assistance, medical documentation and insurance. The trip is entirely doable — it just needs to be built differently.
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Most Dubai itineraries try to cover eleven attractions. Here is a version built around four, with the afternoons left alone.
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