ozycy:

Hello, have you gotten a place to stay?

No not yet

Cardeezah:

Hi
Have you been granted your visa? If yes ,then how did the interview go

Visa granted along time ago. January to be precise

Good morning house. Please those that are making use of HNWMC how did you sort out accommodation. Please we are in need of a reliable accommodation close to dr. & HNWMC thanks


August - September
Thanks

okoji:
Yes i did. Paid online in Nigeria

Thanks okoji

okoji:



Yes, booked and flew American Airlines using GTB naira card

Did you pay online with your GTB card ?

chloe00:

If you can get your family abroad to do the booking for you it’ll be much better because most us local flights up addresses isn’t accessible from naija

Thank you chloe

Good morning Mamas & Papas in the house.
Hope we are all taking advantage of the weather to prepare for our next missionary journey. God will definitely see us through.

Please has anyone tried to use Expedia to book local US flights from Nigeria ? Does it accept our debit card as payment online.

Or how do you guys book your local US flights from Nigeria.

Thanks for your response.

starpexgoody:


Sure they do. Currently using Gtb,Uba and Access bank cards n dey all work. Just ensure you inform your bank about using the card in the US.

Thank you starpexgoody

beautyuche:



I used both Gtbank and first bank cards and they both worked well.

Thanks beautyuche

ozymes:
Gtbank Naira Master cards work on POS with provisions to insert but not by swiping. Though, I was surprised on two occasions when the swiping worked on the southwestern airline POS while paying for excess luggage at Dallas Lovefield Airport on our way to El Paso TX

Thank you Ozymes

Aibisoye0:
Yes. Gtbank works. Only used on POS doe

Thanks Aibisoye0

Good morning house
Please a quick question.
Does Nigeria Bank debit card work in the USA?
What bank ?

Thank you as you respond

Hi Cindermum
Contacted kings county hospital and I was given a bill of 14k. NYC state hospitals aren't cheap.

cindermum:
Hospitals in newyork aren't affordable. Maybe u should consider newjersey. At least you will still get like $7500 for everything in total. As for NY Ur budget has to be around 11k+. However, you can contact kings county hospital in Brooklyn. They may give you some discounts if you walk in and they strike out some things for you. Wish you all d best.

Please can anyone help on this questions.


Good day everyone ,

Please can someone help out. I'm making enquiries on NYC hospitals and I have noticed that most hospitals have a "regular baby nursery " as part of their maternity breakdown cost besides hospital charge , doctors fees etc.

Please for those who have birthed in NYC or have answers what does this mean? Is this important or is this the paedistrican fees

Good day everyone ,

Please can someone help out. I'm making enquiries on NYC hospitals and I have noticed that most hospitals have a "regular baby nursery " as part of their maternity breakdown cost besides hospital charge , doctors fees etc.

Please for those who have birthed in NYC or have answers what does this mean? Is this important or is this the paedistrican fees

Thanks for your response.

Springdance thank you so much. I had to upload my passport id. And my registration was competed.

Thanks again

Springdance:


Hi, for Airbnb, initially, I got that too, so I went to my profile and saw that I still had put some info to complete my registration.

For turo, it was in Houston.

Good morning Springdance
I have a few questions:

1. How do you make payment / reservation on Airbnb from Nigeria? I have registered on the platform but keep getting "you don't have permission " when I try to book.

2. How did you go about turo.com car rental. Was it from Nigeria or when you got to Houston.

Thank you

Springdance:
In the spirit of giving back:

Firstly I got a cheap flight ticket back in Dec, had no issues adding my baby to the ticket. So if you see a nice promo, take advantage of it.

POE- The CBP officer asked us how long we were here for, DH said he will be around for 2 weeks and I will be around for 2months plus.

CBP asked when we will be going back, my DH told him his date and mine. The officer asked how come our dates were different, it’s like he didn’t hear when DH said he would be around for 2weeks and I would be around for 2 months plus. DH said he is vacationing with us for 2 weeks, while I am here for childbirth.

CBP asked if we had made any payments and doctor’s correspondence and we said yes. I gave the envelope to DH and told him the first few papers are doctor’s correspondence and hospital payment. When the CBP officer heard me telling DH that, he said he wanted to see all the content in the envelope, na so we carry envelope give am. Good enough the envelope had our Airbnb payment and reservation, correspondence with doctor, correspondence with hospital and I had pre-paid my hospital fee in full. He carefully scrutinized everything and told us to place our fingers and stamped us in.

On our way out, we were stopped by another CBP officer with a dog. I think the dog perceived our dry fish. He asked us how much we had on us and if we had foodstuffs. We told him we had about $9700, he directed us to where we should count it and also to Agric.

The lady that was supposed to count just asked how much we had, we told her and she said we should go to agric.

The bLack American CBP officer in Agric was not friendly at all, I say thank God, no be him we meet on entry, he collected our passports, he asked if we had indomie, we said no, he checked our bags, saw the dried fish, said it was ok, we carried Ola Ola poundo, Golden morn, and milk. He checked our passport and gave us back. Told us to confirm that our passport was complete, we checked that it was ok, apparently he forgot to give someone back their Nigerian passport and thrashed it in front of us. In my mind I was hoping it was an expired passport, imagine having to deal with a lost passport.

If you are going to Houston and have your driver’s license, hiring a small car from www.turo.com (it’s like Airbnb, people put their cars for hire on the website and it’s very very affordable) is cheaper than Lyft or Uber. Just go on the website, type city and choose your date.

My Airbnb experience was very good, I got a good discount from the owner, always ask if you can get a discount from the owner when trying to book.

I had my baby at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital.
My bill was:

Doctor c-section - $2400 ( Includes ante-natal, all lab test and ultrasound)

Anesthesia - $560 ( You need to pre-pay to get the discount)

Hospital- $4500 ( You need to pre-pay)

Lab done at the hospital for me and baby, we got 50% discount because we are self pay, I paid $58 for mine and $21.50 for my baby. Total was $79.50

Neonatal pediatrician at the hospital, got a 50% discount cos I am self pay- paid 379 (attended to baby only at time of delivery)

Pediatrician - $200 ( 3 days hospital visit and one visit at his clinic)

Paid $140 to my pediatrician for 2weeks newborn screening (Not mandatory)

Circumcision -$350 was a bit skeptical cos of some stories I read here about having to do it again in Nigeria

Total was $8609

I did not do new born hearing test. The lady said it was mandatory, I told her to give me sometime and she should come back cos I didn’t do it for my previous baby and it wasn’t a big deal. I went online and saw it was not mandatory for self pay patients and gladly declined. By God’s grace my child can hear, thank you very much and I don’t need the service.

Did visa on arrival and they refused to collect my money when I got to Lagos, I had $190 but it was in $20’s, they said they don’t collect small denominations, they also refused my Naija domicilliary bank card, that they only accept foreign card. It was a big wawu, I had to go to the bureau de change in the airport and pleaded with the lady to change my money to $100, $50 and two $20’s. They collected it. It is faster if you pay on their website and come with proof of payment cos it was a long wait for us that were just making payments.

Every bill payed. Thanks to all who contribute to this site, I learnt everything here.

Thank God for his infinite mercies, mother and baby are doing well and are back home. It is all by the grace of God.

Good morning Springdance
I have a few questions:

1. How do you make payment / reservation on Airbnb from Nigeria? I have registered on the platform but keep getting "you don't have permission " when I try to book.

2. How did you go about turo.com car rental. Was it from Nigeria or when you got to Houston.

Thank you

Thanks