Travelling is more and more complicated and expensive due to the paperwork involved. Britons heading to Mallorca or abroad in general this year have to first make sure that thier passports are in order.
One important issue is if travelling with the “old” burgundy passport, according to the British government which has issued a reminder to British travellers. Since the UK left the European Union in 2020, UK passport holders are now seen as ‘third-country nationals’ by EU and Schengen countries. This means the entry rules have changed. And many UK holidaymakers are still being caught out by them.
The Post Office explains that passports issued after 2018 are valid for exactly 10 years. But if your passport was issued before September 2018, it might be valid for up to 10 years and nine months. This is because, before 2018, the passport office would add up to nine extra months from your old passport to your new one.
This means some people have passports that haven’t officially expired and are still valid for travel worldwide. The exception is travel in Europe, where passports must be less than 10 years old.
To travel to Europe and Schengen countries, your passport must be:
Issued less than 10 years before your departure date.
Valid for at least three months after your planned return date.
And remember, you can now only stay in Schengen countries for up to 90 days within a six-month period. Before Brexit, you could stay as long as you wanted.
Britons are also being warned of an additional £12.50 fee if they do not get their passport sorted in time for summer holidays. And, on top of all that, when booking accommodation, or hiring a car in Mallorca, people are now required by law to provide more information than before. All information collected will be passed onto the Spanish Ministry of Interior in order to improve the country's national security.
Britons will now need to provide the following data:
Gender
Nationality
Date of birth
Home address
Landline phone number
Mobile phone number
Payment details and method
Relationship to any children in the travelling party under the age of 14.
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The EU are just Peed off by the UK leaving the EU ,so they make it as difficult as they can to travel to the EU. If a passport is valid and in date whats the problem and what has it got to with the EU if my passport has not got 3 months on it when i RETURN to my home country . Its things like this that shows the EU are just a mindless set of fools and the sooner other countries pull out of the EU the better for everyone .
If only there was somewhere else with similar attributes to the island , but without all of the hassle of getting in there and then being called a Leper for turning up .
Stan The ManNot in Palma, it's been busier than ever all year.
Sandro Zechep*Sigh* Yet another alias, "loadsamoney"? As much as you hate everything here, I figured you'd gone back to the sunlit uplands by now. How's your alleged palace in Son Vida? Any offers yet? No worries, some other vanity buyer will come along someday. If only it were real, you might have actually ended up with "loadsamoney" rather than just pretending. Good luck with that.
As long as the Island still gets hippy flip flop wearing, zen yoga loving budhist converts who eat lettuce leaves all day, Morgan Welshman will be happy as his eco warrior tranquility villas in the middle of nowhere will be fully booked. Yawn.
David HollandThere is a marked drop in the number of Tourists on the Island at present. The weather is bad. The school holidays have not started. Plus The Protests are now affecting the Tourist numbers. Businesses are struggling from the lack of customer/Tourists.
sibementoAs Britons account for nearly 18% of tourism here, who else would they be targeting? The other 80+%? They're all foreigners 🙄 who cares? But he's probably right. British tourism may fall as much as 2 or 3% because they now have to have a valid passport. Totally unfair. No wonder Mallorca tourism is dying. The Mallorca government should just repeal the whole thing or die a terrible death. Imagine having to have mostly foreigners as tourists. Not a pretty sight.
Stan The ManI’m pretty certain the protests were not targeting Brits exclusively and these new regulations are not a response to the protests. I’m not sure what your point of argument is. Also, not exactly complex regulations: Have a valid passport (has always been the case). You need to provide X info if hiring a car so come prepared.
I arrived in Palma airport at 21:10 to a huge queue of a bunch of flights, the longest I've seen in many years at the kiosk to have your passport checked manually, YES Manually?. After a 50minute delay they decided to open up the line of scanners to a mad rush of travellers, it was utter chaos.
Stan The ManI’m on the island beginning of next month. I’ve been looking at the webcams , Paguera, camp de mar , port Andriax . Where is everyone…?