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Travel to Visit Other Lodges
The situation today is that visiting is a privilege—indeed, it is one of the greatest privileges of masonic membership. A regular freemason in good standing will always encounter masonic hospitality and brotherhood in his travels.

Step One: Advise your own Lodge Secretary
The first step is to inform your own lodge secretary of your desire to visit outside your own jurisdiction, and to provide him with details of your travels. He will liaise with your Grand Lodge office to procure all the necessary documents, and obtain advice.

Step Two: The Procuration of Masonic Documentation
To establish himself as a true and lawful brother to the satisfaction of his hosts, the visiting mason must first produce the appropriate documents which will attest to his regularity as a freemason.

Step Three: The Procuration of Masonic Documentation (Continued)
A letter send via our Grand Secretary to the Grand Jurisdiction he is to visit, seeking advice. Such a letter should be addressed to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge concerned; and should contain your name and address and full masonic details, together with your places of residence in its jurisdiction and the dates applicable to your itinerary.

Any such letter must be directed via your own Grand Lodge office for several reasons:

Firstly, and most importantly, correspondence directed through a mason’s own Grand Lodge office assures the Grand Lodge being asked for advice that the enquiring brother is indeed a regular mason deserving of receiving the desired assistance.

Secondly, by directing a letter through your own Grand Lodge office, your Grand Secretary can enclose an accompanying letter of support, which in turn will ensure a useful and speedy reply. It needs to be added that if a mason sends a letter direct to any foreign jurisdiction, he is unlikely to receive a response.

Thirdly, any letter that is to be sent must be arranged well before your planned departure, to ensure a reply is received in time for your visit.

Step Four: Arrive Early

Step Five: Follow Dressing Code with correct Apron and Jewel which fit your Masonic Position.