I made a rookie mistake in Montenegro earlier this week.
Found a postoffice, checked the opening hours, drew 6 addresses, wrote the cards and next day went to the postoffice again - it was closed! No problem, will check it next day. After trying to get in 4 postoffices in 3 different towns opened Google and found out that there is a strike going on in Montenegro Post. 
Now I’ve broken my own personal rule number 1 with travel mode - I sent the cards from Croatia with Croatian stamps. Hopefully the recipients won’t mind.
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In many countries you can buy stamps from convenience stores or from tourist shops.
Could that perhaps be a solution?
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Did you draw NR-1 to NR-6 as well?
Sadly no. I drew NR 7-23
Someone else drew 1-6 but I don’t know who it is or If they ever nailed the postcards because none of them have been registered.
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I asked from a couple and they didn’t sell stamps. Missed home then as you can buy stamps in supermarkets in Finland. 
But lesson learnt - in the future I won’t draw any addresses on travel mode before I have local stamps in my hands. 
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Last time in Montenegro I visited a Post office, went outside and used wifi to get addresses and wrote the cards at the scene. Just to make sure I had stamps and a way to mail the cards.
I did not have success locating stamps or a postal office in the Bahamas a couple years ago. I had to mail the written cards from the USA, with the ID of the Bahamas… Did not enjoy that.
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Thank you for your help with this. We have now managed to get the IDs that we were looking for.
The key is, I think, to be organised beforehand and to liaise with Ana to let her know what you want to do.
For us, it was the first time to use Travel Mode. We will be more prepared in future if we want to use it again.
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A recent trip to Florence found me searching for post boxes! This is the main city post office with blocked off boxes!
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Hi! I have a question about travel mode and hope it wasn’t asked yet!
I’m traveling abroad next month. How will travel mode affect the setting “Check if you would like to also send and receive postcards to and from your own country.” Is it still deciding if I want to send postcards to Germany (in my case) or not; or does it automatically apply to the country I’m going to visit?
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Your address will stay as Germany, however for the duration you are in travel mode, your address can’t be drawn by others.
Postcrossing thinks of “your country” as the country of your address — not the one you’re traveling in. So if you choose to activate the setting of exchanging postcards with your own country (Germany), then you should still receive addresses in Germany even when on Travel Mode.
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I was curious, good to know. Thanks a lot for your help 
It’s so cool. Get a postcard from such a far away place. I hope to visit Fiji one day. This is my dream.
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I used travel mode from The Netherlands for the first time today. I hope my cards will arrive soon
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NR-7 Finally arrived! This was the lowest ID number of all the cards that I mailed from Nauru.
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My first card sent with NL ID arrived today. NL is now the 6th country I sent from in travel mode!
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Tried travel mode for the first time from within my country on a trip to Hamburg in october (would love to have another mailbox there) but the first address was a long russian one and I immediately remembered why I usually print addresses and did not draw more - and as it’s Russia it didn’t even arrive yet so still no new mailbox for me until now.
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Where were you in the Bahamas? The general post office in Nassau is excellent, with a helpful staff and a nice choice of stamps. There are other post offices at Cable Beach and the airport on New Providence island. For me, it was a great place for Travel Mode.
In the Nassau cruise port. But the streets were a bit too busy for my likings…
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I am somewhat disappointed and would definitely advice to send postcards from a postoffice. I put postcards for my friends into a postbox at a frequented, very touristy square. It looked like it was taken care of and there was written that it is emptied every day but 100 days later none of the postcards have arrived 
I am also confused about the official postcards that were sent from a post office. I sent 8 to the USA, 1 to Russia and 1 to Taiwan. The Russian one and 5 of the US arrived pretty promptly but the Taiwan and 3 US are still travelling and probably lost. I really wonder if it is problem with US or Uzbek postal service. How can half of a batch to one country get lost when the other half arrives with no issues?! I would expect them all to be processed together…
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