TSA wants reservations info but we are staying someplace rented by someone else

Is this something new or what?? We have never been asked about that by TSA and only once in years of traveling by immigration. We just were in UK in the fall and my family were just in France last month and none of us were asked this question.I think this is another social media story with no credibility..

This has absolutely nothing to do with TSA, which only concerns itself with airport security inside the US. The OPs citing of the German tourists concerned the US CBP and their treatment of foreign tourists entering the US.

At present, none of these things are required for US passport holders entering the EU for tourism purposes. All you need is a valid passport. In future, the ETIAS preclearance will affect US passport holders, but it wont happen this year. In future, go to the US State dept website for travel advisories, including admissability requirements for any country you may wish to visit. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/

I think this might be a matter of terminology. TSA is a US agency with no authority outside of the US (and in any event is not going to care where you stay). I assume Parkaboy is referring to passport control entering Italy. The answer is noone will ask you.

And the US CBP also has nothing to do with Europe. And whether ot not they're getting stricter with tourists entering the US has nothing to do with the rest of the world. Believe it or not, but the rest of the world is just continuing as usual :)

Thanks for the reassurances. I think. :)

Things in the US are getting worse and worse and one never knows what will happen next, sigh.
Especially if one is not rich.

I'm going to carry the papers etc. I have and cross my fingers. :)

Thank you everyone!!

Things in the US are getting worse and worse and one never knows what will happen next, sigh.
Especially if one is not rich.

Please, don't start this nonsense.

P.S. For examply in this day and age I've heard a story about two German women who were detained for 5 days in Hawaii because they didn't bring pre-booked reservations...which is stupid but TSA/CBP is stupid in the first place.

Always two sides to every story...

Customs & Border Patrol Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham claimed that the teens’ version of the story is “another false narrative.”

“These travelers were denied entry after attempting to enter the U.S. under false pretenses,” Beckham said. “One used a Visitor visa, the other the Visa Waiver Program. Both claimed they were touring California but later admitted they intended to work—something strictly prohibited under U.S. immigration laws for these visas."

So far as I know TSA wants people to show reservations info

Where did you come by this "knowledge"?

but TSA/CBP is stupid in the first place.

Keeping people with guns and bombs off airplanes is 'stupid' ?

I'm sure I join everyone in this great nation of ours in relief knowing that those criminal aliens were prevented from invading our homeland and doing who knows what, like taking a baseball bat and hitting old ladies in the back of the head when she isn't looking on the subway.

We all can feel safer, yes? And it will be even better when these home-grown hombres/verruppter Jungen are rounded up and put as far away as possible from our exceptional vaterland, sorry I meant country.

[Now we should all be picturing Peter Sellars doing his best to restrain his own arm from making a salute]

This thread needs to be deleted, it has gone off the rails and is useless.

Likely the OP was talking about Italian Immigration (or any Schengen entry point) asking about proof of lodging, something they can, and will ask as in "where will you be staying". The UK used to have you write down the address of at least your first stop. Usually a vague "we will be in Rome and then traveling to several places in Italy" suffices.

The US TSA, or CBP will not ask (you only deal with CBP on return) about your European plans.

You're welcome, Paul. I hope that you have added a report to the webmaster rather than just commenting here about the need to delete this thread?

Some European countries reserve the right to ask for certain evidence - see below for info on Spain from UK Govt website. However, I have never been asked for this, and I suspect, like the Hawaii case, you are only asked if you look suspect!

At Spanish border control, you may need to show:

a return or onward ticket
proof of your travel insurance
you have enough money for your stay - the amount varies depending on your accommodation
a hotel booking confirmation or proof of address if you’re staying at your own property
an invitation or proof of address if staying with a third party, friends or family, such as a ‘carta de invitation’ completed by your hosts