Travelling after Brexit
A number of specific questions have been raised about what might happen after 29 March 2019 when the UK leaves the European Union (EU). We've identified some information and advice for people travelling abroad with caravans and motorhomes in the hope that it will help you find out what impact Brexit may have on your holiday plans. You can find this here: Travelling after Brexit
We will also try and keep you updated with relevant information on this discussion and please feel free to share information and advice with each other. We do ask that no conversations about politics devhttps://www.caravanclub.co.uk/overseas-holidays/useful-information/travelling-after-brexit/elop - as you know this can often get heated! As such any political comments will be removed but we would really appreciate any constructive comments and information shared.
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Thankyou for starting the thread, Rowena. I think we all know that information is thin on the ground at the moment but we can, hopefully, learn from one another.
My immediate interest with regard to EU travel concerns Ireland where we're told both UK and ROI are committed to retaining the Common Travel Area which provides for free movement between UK and ROI. I’m afraid 'committed to' isn’t the same as 'definitely will' so I'm a tad sceptical at the moment.
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I think by next year the questions will have been answered, DD. As for the choices at the moment, the two you’ve stated are pretty obvious.
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That explains a lot 🙄
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Says it well, TW. We've noticed, sadly that the expression, "is committed to", is used widely by Her Maj's Gov't to mean, "that'll keep the punters happy but we're not actually going to do anything about it", if the results of such past commitments are anything to go by.
And I see that the notes Rowena link to are as helpful as they can be, but the really important questions are all answered conditionally, with something like "may happen" or "seems likely" or "have assured us" etc.
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My post regarding ROI was intended to be factual rather than critical and I thought it might help put others in the picture as it is a special case with no passports currently being necessary. It’ll be interesting to see how it pans out.
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Interesting to see that you have to go 15miles to get your IDP David. When I did the post office search for our nearest apparently Cambridge, Ipswich and Chelmsford do them but not the towns of Bury St Edmunds, Saffron Walden and Haverhill, all reasonably sized towns. We normally avoid Cambridge at all costs but are going to have to bite the bullet, but not until our passports come back from the passport office.
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obtained my IDP x2 yesterday from my local village post office, dont forget you need 2 if travelling in Spain and France 1968 = France, 1949 = Spain, be careful they look very similar and PO staff have had very little guidance so they are not aware of this ruling, you need passport, driving licence and mug shots but the procedure is relatively pain free.
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You guys are spoiled for choice. In the whole of Cornwall there is only one post office offering IDPs - Penzance - and not terribly centrally located !
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quote from WTG
People have acted on helpful advice re dogs (I am not familiar with those suggestions as I do have a dog) and made arrangements as they are travelling now, or soon after March
was told by our vet yesterday that the labs that are doing the blood testing for rabies anti bodies are seeing a surge in their work load and it is now taking 2+ weeks to return the results, which is ok if your mutt gets a pass but if it is a fail and he/she needs another vaccine, then this adds further delay, our mutt passed second time around but fortunately we started the process back in November 2018, and only got the thumbs up yesterday.
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Don't quite see the point of this announcement and advice.
Lots of if' and buts,maybe and should, but no real concrete information as to what will be required.
I know that nobody know's what will happen so what is the point in mere speculation and assumptions.
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Right I'll pop down to the Green then. Save hacking my way down to Pompey.
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David, your trip to Croatia should be ok, they are not in the Schengen area so your stay there will not count in the 90 days. You will use days getting to and from but not actually while in the country .
We are in the same boat as you as we are also going to Croatia in the Autumn. Also a 92 day trip planned through Europe in April, but luckily we will be in Romania for 31 days, which is also not in the Schengen area.
Stays in Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Romania, Cyprus and the United Kingdom shall not be taken into account as they are not (yet) part of the Schengen area without internal borders.
From GOV.UK site,
Travel to EU countries currently outside the Schengen area (Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus) would not count towards the 90-day total.
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I'd just like to recommend that everyone keeps an eye out for .gov.uk information about Brexit. Recent advice about International Driving Permits has now been withdrawn, so it's really important to keep checking that the advice you are acting on is still current!
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I live in Mevagissey and according to Post Office Website there are 5 issuing post offices within 15 mile radius of my home and a further 5 if you include Falmouth and Newquay. Presumably there are others if you live in West or East Cornwall?
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