Travel and Security

With the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), entry to and travel within the United States is a focus of heightened government concern. We strongly encourage you to visit and revisit the following pages in order to keep up to date on the latest rules & regulations regarding travel and luggage restrictions.

Please note: items (including medications) confiscated by officials of the Bureau of Customs & Border Protection or the TSA will not be returned--so please make sure you that have followed the rules and that you have sufficient documentation with you when you travel.

Links

Department of Homeland Security -- Permitted and Prohibited Items

Department of Homeland Security -- Travel & Transportation

Department of Homeland Security -- Immigration and Borders

Department of Homeland Security -- US Visit Program

Transportation Security Administration's Comprehensive Travel Guide

U.S. Customs -- "Know Before You Go" Brochure

U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Traveler's Tips

Mailing Address

The address where you can receive mail while in Santa Barbara (June 18 - July 29) will be as follows:

Your Name
c/o 2005 UCSB Summer Institute
Department of Religious Studies
3001 HSSB, University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3130
USA

If someone needs to contact you by telephone during the evening or weekends, he/she can call you at the residence (number to be announced).

Please note that UCSB is in the Pacific Daily Time Zone, or Greenwich Summer Time +- 8 hours. When it is 6PM in London (18.00h), it is 10am in Santa Barbara.

Hotel Contact Information

JULY 7-10

Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel
6141 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, CA 90082
(323) 464-5181

JULY 20-23

Peery Hotel
110 West Broadway
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 521-4300

JULY 23-27

Emory Inn
1615 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 712-6015

JULY 27-31

Jurys Washington Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 483-6000

Cases of Extreme Emergency

June 18 - July 19: In cases of extreme emergency, you may be contacted through Holly Grether by email at grether@umail.ucsb.edu or by cell 1-805-453-9233; and also through Cori Montgomery at +1-805-893-2557.

July 20 - August 1: You may be contacted directly through the hotels listed above. Please note that some hotels will charge you to receive a fax. You can also leave a message with David Machachek, Study Tour Director, at 1-860-906-7784.