MT: R2I-Travel and India Vacations Related

DosaiLvr · Post by **DosaiLvr** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:20 am

Let's use this thread to discuss:

Travelling, purchasing air tickets (one way or return) related to R2I
Vacationing enroute to India (R2I)
Vacations and travel within India

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:45 am

Some of the links within the following MTs would be useful.

MT: VACATION TIPS, PLACES TO SEE, INFO, ETC

[URL="http://groups.msn.com/R2IClub/liaissues.msnw?action=get_message&ID_Message=21648"]MT: LIST OF DESI TRAVEL AGENTS
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TRAVEL AGENTS.xls

The key posts from above threads have been copied and follow in this thread here.

r2idude1 · Post by **r2idude1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:54 am

Which is the best airlines to travel while R2Iing as far as bagge limits are concerned? I understand that most airlines allow 2 bags( 50 lbs each) per person.

We will be travelling from Chicago.

rajmarimuthu · Post by **rajmarimuthu** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:27 am

Hello,
Does anyone know if I can travel to India with a one-way ticket. I recently became a US citizen and plan to apply for a PIO visa. I was told by the travel agents at MakeMyTrip.com that I cannot travel to India on a one-way ticket if I have a US passport. This seems to be suspect because another travel agent (Avani Travels) said that I could buy a one-way ticket. Anyone know is there are any restrictions on the type of ticket you can buy?
Thanks,
Raj

srinpo · Post by **srinpo** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:42 am

To Reply #1,
The information you are getting seem to be absolute nonsense. From where do you get this ? Or may be I am missing something. You are not transiting India. You are planning to live here permenantly for this purpose. Why do they need to see 2-way ticket.
But certainly it is advicable to get your PIO(or OCI) there itself. It will make lifee little bit easir. Or get tourist or Resident Visa.

vanuma · Post by **vanuma** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:44 pm

I can not believe that there are restrictions on the type of ticket one buys. However, I will say this : I once ended up travelling to US on a one way ticket (pans changed etc) and the security (pre-boarding) at every place asked me why it was a one way ticket and I had to tell them the whole story. So, I think one can expect more questions from the security guys, but I can not think of any reason why one can not travel anywhere in the world on a one-way ticket.

but that is my 2 paise.

Vanuma

dichkaun · Post by **dichkaun** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:30 pm

Hi,
I will be flying from the west coast of US (bay area) to India via Singapore next month.
A while ago someone mentioned that Silk Air flight from LA to Singapore is on a bigger plane with more spacious seats than the flight from SFO to Singapore.
Can someone comment on the truth of the above statement?
Checking on the website I found that the LA-Singapore flight is A320 while the SFO-Singapore flight is Boing777. The A320 has half the no of seats compared to 777.

Thanks,
~dichkaun

mystic · Post by **mystic** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:41 pm

Desi;10676Some of the links within the following MTs would be useful.

MT: VACATION TIPS, PLACES TO SEE, INFO, ETC

[URL="http://www.r2iclub.com/060210/liaissues.msnw?action=get_message&ID_Message=21648"]MT: LIST OF DESI TRAVEL AGENTS
[/URL]

Iam not able to view the list of desi travel agents. Could anybody provide me the list of desi travel agents.
Thanks
Mystic

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:08 pm

The links in post # 2 should be fixed now.

mystic · Post by **mystic** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:21 am

I am not able to view the spread sheet.