Special Edition: Get Travel-Ready: REAL ID Rules, Europe Visas & Summer Deals
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In just one month's time, you’ll need a REAL ID (or valid passport) to fly within the U.S., so we’re making sure you have everything you need to be travel-ready. PLUS, we’re diving into this year’s top travel trends and getting expert tips to find affordable, unforgettable destinations!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, March 29. |
| 0:02.1 | After years of delays, the Real ID deadline is finally approaching. |
| 0:06.0 | Starting May 7, 2025, you will need a real ID or valid passport to fly within the U.S. |
| 0:11.8 | With just over one month to go, we're making sure you have everything you need to know to be travel-ready. |
| 0:16.7 | And while we're on the topic of travel, we're also diving into this year's top travel trends, |
| 0:21.4 | including expert tips to find affordable, unforgettable destinations. |
| 0:25.6 | Later in the show, you'll hear from Katie Nastro, spokesperson for the travel app going, |
| 0:30.0 | known for helping people save 40 to 90% on flights. |
| 0:33.4 | But first, California DMV spokesperson Chris O'Rock joins us to break down what real ID is, |
| 0:39.2 | who needs it, and how to get yours before the clock runs out. |
| 0:44.4 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different |
| 0:48.6 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:52.0 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. It's now |
| 0:59.2 | time for today's special edition Saturday. Chris O'Rock, thank you so much for joining us here on |
| 1:06.6 | The Newsworthy. My pleasure. So first, I just want to briefly remind everyone what the real ID is and why it was |
| 1:13.6 | created in the first place. Can you give us that rundown? Yeah, a federal ID comes out of the September 11th plane |
| 1:21.5 | crashes. The federal government decided that they wanted to have a ID that met certain specifications as far as |
| 1:29.5 | proof of who the person was and where they lived. So in 2005, the Real ID Act was passed |
| 1:35.9 | and signed into law, which required each state to put together a form of a real ID, which is |
| 1:43.0 | a federally compliant identification. In order to get a real ID in which is a federally compliant identification, and already get a real |
| 1:46.5 | ID in the state of California, you have to show a proof of who you are. So it could be a |
| 1:51.5 | birth certificate, a passport, something that is a government document proving who you are. And then |
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