TRAVELING HEREU.S. citizens traveling to Ross Medical School will ordinarily require a passport. Casual travelers from the States can enter
the country with just a birth certificate, but that is only sufficient for a short term visitor's visa. The University's passport clerk assists new students in obtaining a student visa. Details are provided to new students in a mailing from our New York administrative office. For information concerning family members traveling with you, click here. The most direct route to Dominica from the U.S. is through San Juan, Puerto Rico. From San Juan there is a daily, direct flight to Dominica
on American Eagle. There is also a Liat flight via Antigua. Recently, BWIA has become competitive for flights from the Eastern Coast of the U.S. If you need to reach Dominica just before the start of a semester, and students have filled the obvious flights, the other possibilities are legion. The Caribbean is criss-crossed by small airlines. Every island has its own. Any flight to Antigua, Guadaloupe, or Martinique can connect to a flight to Dominica. Travelers on Air Canada may find
Guadaloupe the most convenient intermediate stop. Antigua, Guadaloupe, and Martinique are served by Liat, Air Guadaloupe, and Air Martinique, respectively. If all else fails, or you just have a sense of adventure, fly to Guadaloupe or Martinique and take the daily ferry to Dominica. From some parts of the U.S. a trip to Dominica requires an overnight stay in San Juan. It all depends on whether you can get a flight into San Juan before the American Eagle flight departs. Small
Caribbean Airlines (including American Eagle) have lower luggage limits than you may anticipate. Expect a limit of 70 lbs plus 30 lbs in an undersized carry-on bag. They will, of course, carry more luggage for a price. If you have a lot of stuff to bring, you should know about shipping costs and Amerijet. If you bring more than one small carry-on, the local airline will store it for you in the cargo hold as you board the aircraft. If you are arriving at the start of a semester, that one
small carry-on is important.Your luggage probably isn't really going to get lost, it's just going to get stacked up in San Juan. Students bring more luggage with them than the plane will hold. The first time that happens there will only be four or five students who don't get their luggage in Dominica. However, if their luggage is put on the plane the next day, there will be eight or ten students who arrive the next day without their luggage. Things keep getting worse until you're all here and
the semester starts. You still need to file a lost luggage report with the airline before you leave the airport. That will get your luggage transported to the University for you the next day. The airline (not the transport driver!) will deliver your luggage to the University. It is most likely to arrive the day after you do and usually reaches the University between 5 and 8 p.m. Do not be alarmed if it takes still another day to arrive. If you come to school at, say, 6 p.m. and want to
know whether the luggage has arrived, the best person to ask is the security guard at the gate. He will also be able to tell you where the luggage has been taken. Please remember: If your luggage has accidentally gone to a remote region of the planet, your inconvienience is the airline’s fault--not the transport driver’s or the housing officers’. Inform the Univeristy's Housing Department of any stolen property and collect a claim form from them. You can consult your own travel
agent or search for information on the Internet regarding prices and availability. Our new travel planner is Austin Travel. They can be reached at (516) 822-9222 or (800) 714-7618. Special discount program is now available on American Airlines/ American Eagle to/from the Caribbean for medical students and faculty. Back to top | 
