Practical guides written from thousands of border crossings: how to time the line, what the medical lane really does, how to plan a recovery week and what to have ready before your date.
Practical guides written from thousands of border crossings: how to time the line, what the medical lane really does, how to plan a recovery week and what to have ready before your date.
Border crossing
Southbound is minutes. Northbound is the one that ruins schedules. Here is how the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa crossings actually behave, and how to build an appointment day that survives them.
Border crossing
It is not a shortcut you talk your way into at the gate. It is a documented authorization that moves your vehicle into an expedited lane — and on the right day it is the single best thing you can buy for a post-operative trip.
Recovery
The surgery is scheduled and the recovery house is booked. What is usually missing is the plan for the eight or nine separate trips you are going to need between them.
Before you travel
The driver cannot solve a document problem at the gate, and the gate is a bad place to discover one. Here is what every passenger needs before the day of the trip.
Getting here
Three airports serve the same city and they are not interchangeable. The right one depends on where you are flying from, how mobile you will be on the way home, and how much border you are willing to absorb.
Before you travel
The clinic tells you about fasting and medication. Nobody tells you about the logistics of the morning itself, which is the part that usually goes wrong.
Tell us the date, the time and the two addresses. We confirm the vehicle, the driver and the published fare in writing — usually within minutes.
