re: What are good but not too expensive family travel ideas?

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I wouldn’t count on leaving this spring if you have to apply for 4 passports. The process is incredibly slow right now.

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I just went through the process for my 12 and 10 year old.
From the time we mailed it all from the post office, we had one of them back in 8 business days, and the other back to us in 12 business days. I was expecting 2-3 months, not a couple of days.