Category: Travel
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Important Things to Remember Before Departure – 2025
Here are some miscellaneous important things to remember before departure: We will meet at Salt Lake City International Airport Terminal 1 (Alaska Airlines) at 4:30 AM on Sunday, May 8. Make sure you are there AT 4:30! We will meet on the first floor, by the check-in counter. We will check in and go through security as a…
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Navigating Suvarnabhumi Airport for Newbies
For some of you, this may be the first time arriving at an airport outside of the US. For others, this may be old hat. Regardless, it’s nice to know exactly what to expect when you arrive at a very large international airport. So here is a rundown of how to navigate Suvarnabhumi International Airport…
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How to Survive the (Gulp!) 24+ Hour Flight to Thailand
It’s a long flight to Bangkok, there’s no way around it. It is almost on the opposite side of the globe. It’s not quite as long as a flight to Africa, or India, or Australia, but it’s close. It’s a 1 hour 50 minute flight from SLC to LAX, a 9 hour 10 minute layover in LAX, a…
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Information on Booking Flights to Thailand
As you know, you’re responsible for purchasing your own airline tickets from the US to Bangkok and back. I say the US because I know some of you will probably go home after classes end and will go straight to Thailand from somewhere other than Salt Lake City. So, here’s what you need to consider…
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For Those Staying Afterwards….
For students who are planning on staying afterwards and traveling on your own, here is some advice on where to go, getting around, visas and passports, and other sundry comments. Where to go and for how long? Bangkok is a great base for travel to a number of places. Within a one hour flight, you…
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