travelling in Europe

layton1837
layton1837 Forum Participant Posts: 109
edited August 2020 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Considering travelling down to Italy end of month. Spoke to my travel insurance AXA to enquire weather i was covered to travel through Belgium. Told no. Phoned them again today quoting the following from the government web site 

Private vehicles

You don’t need to self-isolate if you travel through a non-exempt country and you don’t stop in the country.

If you do make a stop, you don’t need to self-isolate if:

·         no new people get into the vehicle

·         no-one in the vehicle gets out, mixes with other people, and gets in again

You do need to self-isolate if you make a stop and:

·         new people get into the vehicle, or

·         someone gets out of the vehicle, mixes with other people and gets in again

As this allows you to travel through a banned country as long as you follow the advice. So my insurance is still valid.

THe spanner in the works is the childish approach by the French government to insist of 14 days quarantine if in France . Not sure if this applies if you get of the tunnel and dont stop in France

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors#exemption-rules

Comments

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
    1000 Comments
    edited August 2020 #2

     So you will be travelling to your destination without leaving your vehiclesurprised

  • HarveyTheRabbit
    HarveyTheRabbit Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited November 2020 #3

    I'm not sure I would trust any insurance company to deem my insurance valid, because these FCO guidelines cannot be evidenced or enforced. Proving that one has not left the vehicle and mixed with others - say in a fuel filling station - would be a difficult call if an insurance company refused to declare my insurance valid. FCO advice could go anywhere - look at France at 9:30 PM last night being declared quarantined. And winter months approaching also... I'm going to wait to see how this pans out before risking a trip abroad.

  • layton1837
    layton1837 Forum Participant Posts: 109
    edited August 2020 #4

    we can get out of the vehicle as long as nobody else gets in. as per the advise. Our plan is to overnight in Folkestone fill up with fuel then get the morning tunnel and our first overnight stop will be Prumtal Germany 250 miles. we can stop again as nobody else gets in. Migrants wanting a lift will be told no.

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