Not sure where best to post this so I'll put it here. I've completed all travel plans for our trip to Italy/Greece on a cruise this April. Thank God I looked at our US Passports about two weeks ago and saw that they were due to expire this March!
Looked at the US Department of State website for passport renewal info and started to renewal process. Opted to pay the additional $60 each for expedited service. Got new passport photos for both my wife and I and mailed the applications in the same envelope for overnight delivery on January 29th. Delivery was signed for on January 30th and I received an e-mail acknowledgement from "travel.state.gov" on February 1st! You can then go online to check the status.
I received our new passports TODAY Friday February 8th, just nine days after they received our application. Well woth the extra $60 as a major concern was what ifm the Government had another partial shutdown?
