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Last update: October 20, 2024
Booking without passport
Ideally, you must book your trek with an exact and final passport number. However, it often happens that between the time of booking and your trip to Peru your passport is renewed especially considering that the Inca Trail, for example, can be booked up to 18 months in advance. To overcome this problem, our agency authorizes the reservation with a passport that will be renewed later. We will then take the legal steps with the authorities to change the number free of charge. The conditions and requirements are:
- Book with an identity document which must be a national identity card or a passport. No other document is accepted.
- The document must belong to the person doing the trek and the name must match. In case of future change of name and number, for example for someone taking the name of the spouse and changing the passport, you should contact us to find a solution.
- You need to make a copy of the current document. The copy can be a scan or a simple picture. If the document is a passport, it is important to make the copy before renewing it. Some countries physically destroy the old passport when issuing the new one.
- As soon as you physically have the new passport, you must make a copy (as indicated before) and quickly send us the 2 copies by email.
- We cannot make the change for copies received less than 5 days before the trek.
- You must bring with you to Peru the copy of the old document or the original document that you will have to show to the authorities with the new passport at the entrance of the trek.
This procedure is intended to allow you to book without a definitive passport. Despite the complications and the time required, we will do this procedure for you free of charge. This presupposes that the conditions described are met. We cannot be held responsible for any illegal use or non-compliance with these conditions. For example, booking with a fake number or another document (driver's license, ...), booking for someone else and then changing the name in order to secure a spot, etc.
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