I-TIP: Check your passport expiry before you travel

Sometimes having a valid passport isn't enough.Your passport's expiry date may determine whether you can enter a country.

Some countries require a passports to be valid for as long asthree months beyond your scheduled date of departure.If it isn't caught by your airline, you could end up being out thousands of dollars fora trip younever got to take.

• Preventable passport problem costs family thousands

The government of Canada keeps an extensive list of every country's passport expiry rules here:http://travel.gc.ca/.