Would you recommend the much cheaper passport card or the full passport book for a beginner: especially if your going on the run later when the global shit hits the fan?

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Would a card or full book be better? The card seems more portable to me despite it's limitations as I don't plan to EVER go to Europe or far reaching parts of the world but if I want to get out of the US I'd like to have a secondary option.

Do you have to go to a weird government place that specializes in this or does the regular post office help you with getting either the card and/or full book? What's the process like when applying in person? Should you take your own photos or go to a store that does them for you for a fee? I could pay the fees if I have to so no problem there but what do you suggest and what are good/bad times of the year to do so?

I would even pay for the fastest possible service which according to the website it seems there is but not sure if it makes much of a difference if you choose to do so.

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[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The card only works for land & sea travel to Canada and Mexico. For other international & air travel you need the book. Get the book and also the passport card for domestic flights if you don't want to get a Real ID.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Could you fly domestically in CANDADA with a card? Say you drive to Vancouver with the card then fly to Montreal then fly back to Vancouver just for kicks or to Edmonton or whatever as long as you drive thru the border by land or sea par the rules?

[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That I don't know, you'd probably have to ask a Canadian airline.

[–]jerkwad152 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Where would you even go?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most of the west part of Canada until you get past Port Hardy receives very little snowfall and the weather is 'gloomy' and rainy enough it will scare a lot of the shanaggains away as most of them like warm sunny weather year-round. They want it to be 85F and hot all year with half the state on fire and people evacuating. They helped bring the heat up here to OR in recent years where summers start in late May and end in early Oct now.

May Gray and June gloom is nearly non existent now though last year was sort of an exception to the modern trend which we even had some spitty rain showers at times and so was May with lots of scattered showers!!! It was grrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeat! Wish it could be mid May all summer long then switch over to fall with maybe one heat event at either end.