Beginning January 22, 2018, ALL passengers boarding an aircraft in the United States for domestic travel may be required to present a REAL ID driver’s license or valid U.S. passport. Some states have not complied with offering the REAL ID, meaning people living in certain states can ONLY use a valid U.S. passport for domestic travel starting on Jan 22, … Read More
Community in its Most Authentic Version
Community in adoptive family travel-it is a huge part of a Ties travel experience. Maybe even THE biggest part. There is really no way to overstate the importance of adoptees and their families traveling with other adoptees and their families on this particular journey. It’s not just that we all have this big life experience-international adoption-in common. It’s that when … Read More
Questions of Identity, International Adoptees
A thought provoking statement… “Visiting one’s birth country is a series of directed questions at one’s own identity, whether an adoptee is aware of their own questions or not.” Janelle Bentley, an international adoptee, is the author of those profound words. Janelle traveled on a Ties trip to her birth country when she was 17. Janelle is 27 now and … Read More
INDIA TIES: What My Daughters Knew Intuitively
by Neale Schwarting I have to say, when planning on our return trip to India, I kept saying, ‘I could do this so much cheaper, I don’t like traveling with people I don’t know, I want my own schedule.’ After talking to our girls, they thought making friends and experiencing this with others “like them” on this trip of a … Read More