UK Passport 10 Year Rule
UK Passport 10 Year Rule Since the UK left the European Union there is a very strict 10 year rule for UK issued passports that if you’re not aware of could prevent you from travelling. If your passport was issued prior to September 2018 it may appear that it is valid for more than 10 […]
Europe’s biometric border checks
Europe’s Biometric Border Checks If you are arriving into any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries for the first time you will now have facial images and fingerprints scanned under the new Entry / Exit System (EES). This biometric data is to replace the need for manual passport stamps and will either be taken at […]
Reducing the impact of jet lag
Reducing the impact of jet lag What is jet lag? Before we get into ways to reduce the impact of jet lag from long haul flights and different time zones we should try and understand exactly what jet lag is. It is simply when your normal sleep pattern or routine is disrupted after a long […]
Paying no fees on currency exchange
Paying no fees on currency exchange Travelling abroad from the UK and using a card to withdraw money from an ATM or for shopping can be a costly experience due to ‘foreign transaction fees’. These are charges applied by your bank for using a card issued from your home country and can be around 3% […]
Unlimited data abroad
Unlimited data abroad Back in the early days of travel (just a couple of years ago!) you needed to buy a physical SIM card to go into your phone for each country you visited or risk high roaming charges or finding and logging into various wifi locations or….go without! Now you can download an eSIM […]