Cruise & Travel Toolkit
Visa requirements, tipping customs and currency for 199 countries, plus how your card's points actually transfer to airlines and hotels — one page, no digging.
Visa, tipping & currency by country
US-passport visa requirement, local tipping custom, and currency — for any of 199 countries. Start typing.
| Country | Visa (US passport) | Tipping | Currency |
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No country matches “”.
Points & miles transfer partners
Where your bank's transferable points actually go — a starting map, not a recommendation to transfer speculatively. Move points only against an award you've already found.
Amex Membership Rewards
17 airline + 3 hotel partners. Sweet spots: ANA, Aeroplan, Flying Blue, Virgin, LifeMiles. Transfer only against a specific award you've found.
Chase Ultimate Rewards
1:1. World of Hyatt is the standout - luxury hotels for relatively few points.
Citi ThankYou
1:1. Turkish Miles&Smiles reaches cheap Star Alliance awards; Choice covers all-inclusives.
Capital One Miles
Mostly 1:1, broad partner list - a flexible default transferable currency.
Public holidays by country — 2026
What's actually closed where you live or where you're headed. 197 countries, straight from each country's real public-holiday calendar.
No country matches “”.
Directional reference, not a substitute for the official source. Visa rules, transfer ratios and tipping norms change — always confirm with the destination country's consulate or embassy, and your card program's current terms, before you book or travel. Visa data from the passport-index-dataset project (MIT license); country and currency data from REST Countries (ODbL); public holidays from the vacanza/holidays project (MIT license); tipping and points-transfer notes are curated by Seasoned Expat.