The word is out -- gas prices in Tijuana are much cheaper than in San Diego. But some drivers are still afraid to cross the border to save cash. NBC 7/39's Consumer Bob Hansen headed south and has a list of some dos and don'ts for drivers who want to make the journey south.

This is the U.S.-Mexico border's most congested crossing, where local residents say already epic lines into San Diego have grown even longer since January, when the U.S. began phasing out a long-standing practice of allowing people they believed to be American citizens to enter by simply stating their citizenship.

U.S. medical tourism to Latin America — India, Singapore and other Asian countries as well — is growing at an annual rate of nearly 20 percent, according to most estimates. About 180,000 Americans are crossing borders every year for medical procedures said Josef Woodman, author of “Patients Beyond Borders.”

Summer is a time of fun and vacation. Are you planning on traveling internationally? To make international travel and arrival back into the United States a bit easier, keep these travel tips in mind...