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[embers.livejournal.com]

Has anyone had a good experience with any visa agency in particular?

I kind of need a visa to travel in Pete for a day in early July & figured I might as well hire someone to get our visas rather than mess it up myself.




(Also, I'm not kidding about the just a day bit. I'm going on a cruise & just want to be by myself in Pete without feeling like a huge tourist or being shuffled through lines for things about which I don't really care. I'm looking for something inexpensive as it seems silly to pay so much for a one day pass to walk around).

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[embers.livejournal.com]

It doesn't work that way, apparently. I have to arrange my own visa if I am not going on one of their pre-approved (& exceedingly cheesy) excursions.

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[dammital.livejournal.com]

You don't have to use the cruise ship's tour packages. You can also contract with an independent tour operator. We used Denrus just last week during a two-day stopover in St. Petersburg. There were only 8 people in our tour group compared to the big buses that were hired by the cruise ship. Had a great time -- but only saw typical tourist things (Hermitage, Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, others).

You only have a day to spend? That's not enough time to orient yourself, much less see anything! And how are you going to get off the port? I don't think they allow taxis in there -- it's a restricted area.