my Nexus card that gets me through security quickly with my Nexus card
which is you know a trusted traveler and you know what I can't recommend getting
a Nexus card enough it's some of the best $50.00 I've ever spent in travel it
costs you $50 and it lasts for five years and it helps you at the land
crossing between Canada and the United States there's the Nexus line that is
much faster when you see the border wait divide by ten so if there's a 30
minute border wait for Nexus it's about three minutes on average has been our
experience that alone is worth it but on top of that you get faster security
clearance at the airport so there's often Nexus lines in Canadian airports
so that you don't have to go through as much rigorous security screening you
keep your shoes on and things like that and it's a faster shorter line because
these are people who have been vetted and have some experience traveling so
Nexus card is amazing and it's part of the Global Entry trusted traveler
program why is that important because when you're flying domestically within
the United States or even internationally out of the United States
you get TSA PreCheck which is again a shorter faster less intrusive line for
security and so if you are running behind if the unexpected does happen or
you know I've been in airports where I've been kicked out of the airport with
a connecting flight it's happened to me in Chicago is happened to me in Calgary
and I probably somewhere that doesn't start with a C but nevertheless that
is yeah and that's that's that's stressful there was one time where we were
unfortunately performing select scenes unintentionally from home alone running
through the airport trying to make a connection and we got to the gate with
literally six minutes to spare and so you know that was a connection so I mean
that's on the airline and the airport but we made it and if we didn't have our
Nexus I don't I don't think we would have made that connection and so it's
it's really quite worth it I strongly recommend Nexus I can't recommend it
enough and so you know the application process isn't that rigorous
you do have to physically go into a local sort of customs and border security
office generally at your local airport and they will take some fingerprints and
they may or may not scan your retina and it's it's painless you just look into a
thing a couple of times and you put your fingers on a little glass plate and you
push down and that's about it they might ask you a couple you know questions
about where you used to live or where you used to work or some things to make sure that
your history is accurate and stuff like that but it's it's really if you have a
passport and you have to have a passport before you can get Nexus but if you have
a passport it is amazing I highly recommend it and the renewal process is
super easy you just do it online they just they and they mail it to you you
don't physically have to go anywhere you don't have to get a new picture they
just renew it and send it to you and you're good for another five years
after you pay your fifty bucks and just do a simple online renewal so it's
absolutely fantastic I highly highly recommend it I'm here in
Las Vegas and one of the reasons that I am here in Las Vegas is because I was
meeting up with a fellow youtuber named ace of Vegas and he recently did a video
about someone that he knows another Channel I believe and they had lost
their ID when traveling now the thing about that was in that case it was an
American person who was only traveling domestically so there wasn't issues of
customs and international border crossings but nevertheless having
another piece of ID is a good idea in case you lose one so you know I've got
my ID I've got my passport and I've got my Nexus card so you know I always have
my Nexus card on me so I'm ready to go at a moment's notice if somebody calls
me up and says hey ray let's go down to Seattle I'm like yeah ready to go I have
what I need now technically when you have the Nexus card you are supposed to
also have your passport with you but in all of my journeys I've never actually
had that as a requirement through a land crossing but Airport yeah that's that's
often cuz it's easier to scan their systems are set up for it a little bit
better so that's something to bear in mind and so you do want to have your
your passport but let's say you lose your passport you have your Nexus or
vice versa it probably you know you have more options so
in terms of a little worst-case scenario planning but also just ease it makes
travel less stressful and more civilized and and so I just I can't recommend it
enough I've talked about it before on the podcast but one of the reasons I'm
covering this again is I definitely want to include this as a tip video on our
YouTube channel because we haven't done that before and I really want to get the word
out about this because I think the more people who are pre-cleared the faster it
goes for everyone and then if there's less stress that's fantastic