Wait staff: 15% - 20% of the total bill before taxes (Note: some restaurants now suggest tipping after taxes because servers themselves tip out on the after tax amount). Wine served with dinner: the safe recommendation is to tip 15-20% of the total bill, including alcohol, even for expensive bottles of wine. However, we've seen some restaurants say it's OK to tip around 10% for expensive wines..
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Journey of 1999
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So, 1999 was our first visit to the United States. We stayed for 9 days in New York, visiting all the well known tourist attractions: Lady Liberty, the WTC towers, Time Square, China town, …
Journey of 2000
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In 2000, we had the opportunity to, in combination with work, to visit California. We toured around in N/E California for 18 days, starting in SFO, up to Mendocino, via Sacramento …
Journey of 2004
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In 2004 we went back to California to explore further East departing in San Francisco to Salinas, Glacier Lake and back via Lake Tahoe.
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Journey of 2005
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In 2005 we extended our coverage from California by visiting Nevada, Arizona and Utah. Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon Joshua Tree Ntl Park and Area 51 …
Journey of 2006
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The year 2006 brought us back to New York. In our 11 days we wanted to discover some more places and wanted to see what had changed in the period of 6 years.
Journey of 2007
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And so, in 2007, we came back to visit Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah. We started in Denver and drove via Yellowstone to Las Vegas.
Journey of 2008
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Florida was our choice in 2008. We landed in Orlando, drove via Tampa, Big Cypress, the Everglades up to Key West. From the keys we went back to Orlando passing Miami, Palm Beach, …
Driving in the USA
INFO for Belgian tourists in the USA: This applies for Driver’s licenses hand out after 1998 (since 1998 the English word “driver’s license”) is printed on the license. If your license is older than 1998, you need an international, or you can request a new one in your town. Foreign motorists from any of the countries who are party to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic .
Journey of 2010
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In 2010 we went with family to New York to visit family. Beside the points of interests in the travel guide, we went to some less touristic places, to experience the wide verity of New York first hand.
Journey of 2011
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The trip in 2011, was a summary of the highlights of 2007. So for 3 days we stayed in Boston and flew then to Denver, from where we drove to Mt Rushmore, Wall, Yellowstone, Grand Teton,…
Journey of the future.
So, this text block is reserved for our future travel ideas. What and when this will be added… just come back now and then and visit our website to find it out yourself.
Renting a Car
For renting our cars we rely on Avis and Hertz, as they have each there advantages, depending on what you want. Advantage of both is the renting is all included, no hidden costs.
Documents you will need for a trip to the USA
Wanneer ja vanuit België voor een recreatieve vakantie van minder dan 90 dagen vertrekt naar Amerika, vergeet volgende documenten dan niet: identiteitskaart, international machine leesbaar paspoort (best geldig to 6 maanden na de terugkeerdatum), ESTA goedkeuring, Reisbijstand documenten mutualiteit, Europese ziekteverzekeringkaart, en eventuele aanvullende reisbijstand voor kosten niet gedragen door de mutualiteit.
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Our Visit USA website is a little portal to share our great experiences and impressions of visiting the USA. So first of all let us welcome you on our website www.visit-usa.be.
This is the 3° version of what started as a simple photo album of our trip to New York in 1999 - 2000.
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