Best way to travel to see family overseas

[mspain 1]

My husband is a permanent resident from Morocco. His dad is elderly and has been putting a lot of pressure on him to visit. It's a big sacrifice economically to do any kind of travelling right now, so not only will it just be my husband visiting, but also we want to go with the least expensive way. It's very expensive to travel from where we are to Casablanca- where he will still have to go on to Tangier from there on another flight. As most of you probably know it's relatively cheap to fly into Spain and take a flight. However my husband's Spanish residency card expired in November 2010 (he lived there for several years before he came to the US) and I read that you must have a Schengen visa even if you never leave the airport. I've been doing a lot of research and I found something that looks like a loophole to this rule... http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article658 Has anyone on here ever done this? Can he really travel through France then on to another flight to Tangier? I'd really love to hear your stories about how you travel with your spouse to Morocco because we need to find a way fast. My husband really wants to be there for the end of Ramadan with his dad.

Thanks in advance

[stronger 43]

If you go to Priceline.com you can win a very cheap ticket on a route you prefer. You would just need a few tips on how to execute. These tips can be googled as well. Good luck!

[mspain 1]

If you go to Priceline.com you can win a very cheap ticket on a route you prefer. You would just need a few tips on how to execute. These tips can be googled as well. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip. I guess what I should have highlighted is the question about whether or not he needs a transit visa- which you can see more about by clicking on the link. If he can't travel through Europe we won't be able to afford the ticket, so it would be a moot point.

[MrsAmera 41]

My husband traveled home every year since he came to the US (once he had his Green card). You are free to fly through Europe without a visa you just can't leave the airport. This depends on the country however. When he went through England and had an overnight stay they gave him a 24 hr stamp in the airport to leave he wanted. Spain would not do this. We never tried in France. But if you're just connecting through Europe it's no problem.

You may want to look at Royal Air Maroc from JFK - Casa. In mid-late September they have fares at $880 roundtrip. It might be cheaper to do one ticket from where you are to JFK and then the RAM flight.

My husband traveled home every year since he came to the US (once he had his Green card). You are free to fly through Europe without a visa you just can't leave the airport. This depends on the country however. When he went through England and had an overnight stay they gave him a 24 hr stamp in the airport to leave he wanted. Spain would not do this. We never tried in France. But if you're just connecting through Europe it's no problem.

You may want to look at Royal Air Maroc from JFK - Casa. In mid-late September they have fares at $880 roundtrip. It might be cheaper to do one ticket from where you are to JFK and then the RAM flight.

[mspain 1]

My husband traveled home every year since he came to the US (once he had his Green card). You are free to fly through Europe without a visa you just can't leave the airport. This depends on the country however. When he went through England and had an overnight stay they gave him a 24 hr stamp in the airport to leave he wanted. Spain would not do this. We never tried in France. But if you're just connecting through Europe it's no problem.

You may want to look at Royal Air Maroc from JFK - Casa. In mid-late September they have fares at $880 roundtrip. It might be cheaper to do one ticket from where you are to JFK and then the RAM flight.

My husband traveled home every year since he came to the US (once he had his Green card). You are free to fly through Europe without a visa you just can't leave the airport. This depends on the country however. When he went through England and had an overnight stay they gave him a 24 hr stamp in the airport to leave he wanted. Spain would not do this. We never tried in France. But if you're just connecting through Europe it's no problem.

You may want to look at Royal Air Maroc from JFK - Casa. In mid-late September they have fares at $880 roundtrip. It might be cheaper to do one ticket from where you are to JFK and then the RAM flight.

Thank you so much. I checked flights from NY to Casa on RAM and they're still pretty high. We'd have to buy a separate ticket to travel from New Orleans to NY also, so I've been looking more into flights into Europe and then taking a European airline to fly to Morocco. Do you think he would find problems if he took a flight with a company like Continental from New Orleans to Paris and then he took a flight with a separate company on a different ticket/ reservation from France to Morocco? Even though he wouldn't be leaving the airport I'm still paranoid that something might happen and he'd get stuck at passport control and miss his flight. We would save alot doing this.

[jpaula 20]

You can transfer within an airport no problem. I would just issue one small warning about flying through Paris. I once booked through RAM and made sure I connected through CDG so as not to change airports. Then, RAM changed my flight without asking so, two days before departure, I got an e-mail saying my Paris-Casa flight was now departing from Orly. This would, of course, require changing airports and is not possible without a transfer visa (for my husband that is as he was at the time a green card holder but an Algerian citizen). So, I would just be very certain that you get a ticket into and out of CDG, double check, triple check that the Paris-Morocco leg is not out of Orly.

[mspain 1]

Thank you. This is very helpful info.