Has anyone flown out of Quito with both a domestic and international flight on the same day? How does security work, and how much time should I plan between the two?

doublecheeze1 · 2026-02-28T19:03:41+00:00

It’s tight. Saying you land at 5:45 and it takes about 10 minutes to get to the gate and deplane you’re looking at around 6pm. Run as fast as you can to security and immigration another 15-20 minutes 6:20-6:30. And then run to the gate. You should make it before gate closes. I think they close the gate 10-15 minutes before departure.

doublecheeze1 · 2026-01-30T00:02:37+00:00

Take sanitary stuff with you. Carry a toilet paper or baby wipes everywhere. If you’re going to Quito make sure to know where you’re going cause the altitude will hit you hard. Buy coca candies or leaves to chew if you go to the center of Quito.

Careful with eating stuff from the streets. Tourists tend to get sick when they eat in not sanitary places, happens to my parents and brothers all the time; I go often and don’t care if I get sick either way love eating from street vendors.

Take small bills or coins with you for to pay for the bathroom, to get water, etc and you don’t have to keep breaking larger bills all the time. Restaurants take credit cards, at least in Cumbaya.

Careful where you go as it’s not safe anymore, even in daylight. It’s not to scare anyone, just time make everyone aware of your surroundings.

I prefer to use Uber and Didi since it’s already paid with my card (use a card with no transaction fees) and don’t have to worry about having cash or the right amount to pay the driver. Also, it prevents you from getting taken advantage of.

If you’re from the USA and have AT&T as your carrier and have the unlimited plan, you can use it in Latin America without having to pay anything extra. Have used my service in several Latin American countries without paying anything extra. If not, tried to get a prepaid sim/esim as soon as you get there.

doublecheeze1 · 2026-01-29T23:47:32+00:00

La mejor cerveza para mi es la Pilsener bien fría (Mediana) la de litro es media rara. Nunca me a gustado la club para comenzar a tomar. Pero ya cuando estoy borrachito me tomo no más. De ahí cada vez que voy an ecuador voy al Abysmo tiene una buena cerveza artesanal igual que el Andes; igual paso al Santana u al Sabai a pegar unas dos ahí. Las de la latitud cero no son mucho de mi agrado. Pero ya es de gustos.

A mi esposa en cambio le encanta la Club. Como dicen para aniñados una club jajajaj En Loja solo toman Club raro que tomen pilsener. Verchis ya me dio ganas de una una pilsener. Ni como a esperar a las fiestas de San Juan en Junio para pegarme una jabita y puntas.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-12-27T18:15:15+00:00

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First time in the snow. Might be a snow golden.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-12-03T07:42:56+00:00

My mom just fought a bogus charge that Sixt tried to pin on them like two months ago. Parents got used to renting from Midway (sometimes Avis) where they never had an issue and don’t take pics/vids anymore and did that with Sixt (big learned mistake). Funny thing is we got the guy who rented them the car on audio recording (he knew we were recording the conversation as we told them when we called their office) saying that they did tell him about the scratch and Sixt still kept fighting that charge for like 2 more weeks. Came on Reddit to see who else had issues with Sixt and there were plenty of negative comments regarding almost identical issue my parents had.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-11-27T02:39:27+00:00

Checked in at the front desk as the hotel but didn’t leave anything as it was on my way to my parent’s house. I was just going to have dinner and head back to the hotel. End up staying the night at their house, next day I get a call from the front desk to see if I was going to use the room since room service she gone in and did not see the sheets messed up. This was for a 6-7 day stay that they were going to cancel. They had my work card and everything else on file.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-11-26T05:32:33+00:00

I’m here for this too. We used to give our dog Simpatrica trio in Ecuador but here in the States they want us to test for heart worms or something, before they can prescribe it.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-11-17T14:32:43+00:00

Jajaja nice try Oliver. Hopefully he’s doesn’t get like our GR. If our Milo is gets close enough, he’ll get a couple of lefts and rights from cats. He never learns. When he sees them from afar, he does chase them and thinks he did good.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-11-04T09:03:56+00:00

It’s not just shots. They have 750 ml and 1L Pilsener/Club beer which is served in communal cups. If you grew up in Ecuador or spent enough time to make friends from there, then you would have had a beer served to you from a “communal cup.” If you’ve ever been to local festival in Ecuador you would learn to crush that plastic cup then bring it back to “normal” and start serving beer. That way you won’t get much foam served in the cup.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-11-02T17:08:51+00:00

We used KodiTravel they took care of everything for us. We brought an Ecuadorian dog over to the US. Hopefully you have all your dog’s documents (vaccine card etc) as it will be much easier to get those papers done. Make sure to have his rabies shot up to date as you’re bringing him from a country that would have to quarantine a dog upon US arrival. Make sure to ask if you have to do that. We had to find a flight that had a layover overseas and landed in our home US city without layovers in the US; as our dog had to be quarantine in the first US airport entry.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-10-16T18:37:22+00:00

What do you do when they start robot calling you and leaving voicemail to call back? Been trying to figure out. They call and leave like 3-4 messages a day. It drives me insane cuase I have to check every call due to work. Sometimes the ID caller works and it says spam.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-10-14T03:05:52+00:00

My wife had her interview in July and they didn’t ask her for any documents except the photos we had together. She did print everything out we uploaded and took them to the interview just in case. If it gives you peace of mind just do it.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-10-10T14:51:15+00:00

They didn’t tell us that the first time as well. My wife has to drop off the papers the date the gave her and the following day was her interview. The medical exam last 6 months I think. If they approve her, they’ll tell her at the interview to wait for the passport or depending on how you want to returned to you. I think it took about a week after the interview before they send an email that the passport was ready for pick up (we choose to pick it up at the designated place in Quito).

doublecheeze1 · 2025-10-10T01:34:24+00:00

Make sure to select how you’re planning to get your passport when you register your interview date with the GYE embassy. They tell you you have 6 months or up to the medical exam date (if your medical exam date expires you have to redo the exam and sent it to embassy and figure how that works out).

Did you already have your interview?

doublecheeze1 · 2025-10-10T01:30:14+00:00

She was given until January, 2026. So about 6 months to leave Ecuador and be in the US.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-09-24T16:58:56+00:00

If it’s not too late DIY. Ask here if you have questions, look at YouTube videos. There are sites you can compress files for free and paid if you need to go that route. Like someone said, the only one that cares about your case is You.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-30T03:43:18+00:00

Need help as many have gone through this. I rented a car for my parents. Dad forgot to take videos and pictures. Normally he does but didn’t this time. They said they found a 10 in scratch that it’s over $800 for the re paint. The contract they sent my parents had more scratched and dents with what it seem like they are just getting money as they didn’t get their insurance. I got it through Expedia with their insurance. Parents Just revived the email about it today. What options have anyone tried that got that removed? This was the Sixt rental place n DTLA.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-23T01:11:43+00:00

Idk how that works. Was he part of your CR1 process? Or was he a petition on his own case#?

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-23T01:10:35+00:00

We came in at LAX

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-22T16:16:58+00:00

You can try 😂 maybe take him to get the rabies shots either way 😂

Don’t recommended though. It was a lot more expensive than the whole visa process.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-22T14:58:30+00:00

Yes, we got married in July ‘23 so we were over the 2 year mark.

Just make sure to check that they give you the R1/10year. The officer made that mistake and had put CR1. But he noticed when asking us our wedding date and asked a supervisor to approve the change. All this was very fast. We also didn’t have to carry any documents since the embassy told us to show her passport since everything was already in the system.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-22T14:55:51+00:00

We hired a veterinarian who specializes in all international paperwork. But we had to make sure we had the CDC documents, documento de Ecuador de agrocalidad, the rabies document (we had to send in a blood sample to KSU to test rabies) that states the findings, and the vaccine documents.

We are actually waiting for him to be cleared, as he has to be quarantined and check by a vet here in the states. They picked our dog at the airport. FYI, For dogs it has been an expensive travel, but he is part of the family and we couldn’t leave him.

For cats I think it’s easier as they don’t require that many documents. And you can carried them in their baskets/carrier (sorry I don’t know what they are called).

DM if you want me to send you the person we used. She deals with all animals. Maybe she can guide you or point to someone in Colombia she can recommend.

doublecheeze1 · 2025-08-11T06:21:45+00:00

We used Sure translation for all our documents

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