90 day rule (1 Viewer)

[poisondwarf]

Some insurance companies require a return ticket booked otherwise you are not insured. Often hidden in the small print.

This is indeed correct...check out the small print

 

[Barti Ddu]

Here

Travelling to the EU and Schengen Area from the UK - SchengenVisaInfo

Traveling to Europe? Discover the latest guidelines for UK citizens: visa-free travel, passport validity, health insurance, and more. Ensure a smooth and informed trip to Europe!

www.schengenvisainfo.com

Yes. But this is just an unofficial website full of adverts and questionable accuracy. I've linked above to the official EU Europa website and the actual Schengen regulations. Surprisingly EU Regulations are still translated into straightforward everyday English (I guess for the Irish Republic). No requirement for a return ticket, or from what I can see travel insurance / GHIC either.

 

[BigPaul]

We are planning our first post Brexit/pandemic trip to Europe via the tunnel. We wanted to keep our return open but within the 90 days. However I hear that we need evidence of our intended return to the UK (a ticket) before we can get started into France. I cannot find this written down so thoughts and experiences of enforcement would be welcome..

Wrong

 

[Captain Birdseye]

We are planning our first post Brexit/pandemic trip to Europe via the tunnel. We wanted to keep our return open but within the 90 days. However I hear that we need evidence of our intended return to the UK (a ticket) before we can get started into France. I cannot find this written down so thoughts and experiences of enforcement would be welcome..

It is part of the requirement for third country nationals, but I have never been asked for it. Having said that, we now buy a flexible return ticket so that is is easy to change.

 

[philann]

You may never be asked for one…unless you need to claim on your insurance!

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[Reallyretired]

We have never bought a return ticket till we have decided when we are travelling. I have always found booking a tunnel crossing in France cheaper than booking the return trip in the UK.
A flexible ticket is not an option on the tunnel as they cost a fortune.
Our multitrip travel insurance doesn't even ask to be informed when we are going, never mind when we are coming back, though each trip is limited to 65days

 

[Bolti]

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[Dickie English]

We have never bought a return ticket till we have decided when we are travelling. I have always found booking a tunnel crossing in France cheaper than booking the return trip in the UK.
A flexible ticket is not an option on the tunnel as they cost a fortune.
Our multitrip travel insurance doesn't even ask to be informed when we are going, never mind when we are coming back, though each trip is limited to 65days

Morning Reallyretired,
Interested in your multitrip insurance....got a 60 day trip to France & Italy coming up & am 70 whilst I'm away, so the old RBS bank insurance is no longer valid....who do you use, if you don't mind sharing?
thanks

 

[Reallyretired]

Afraid mine is limited to retired public service bods.

 

[Lee Fryer]

who do you use, if you don't mind sharing?

Try LV

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[Peppadog]

We lost our HSBC premium cover when we got to 70. We are with Staysure now. Untested so far, and hope it stays that way.

 

[Dickie English]

Afraid mine is limited to retired public service bods.

No worries thanks for reply

 

[nicholsong]

Afraid mine is limited to retired public service bods.

I used to work for BEA/BA and later for BAA, both of which were government-owned. I still get my pension from BAA so does that qualify me?

 

[Barti Ddu]

We are planning our first post Brexit/pandemic trip to Europe via the tunnel. We wanted to keep our return open but within the 90 days. However I hear that we need evidence of our intended return to the UK (a ticket) before we can get started into France. I cannot find this written down so thoughts and experiences of enforcement would be welcome..

Well, the "proof is in the pudding" as they say. Crossed over the channel onto the continent this morning. As usual, no interest at all in a return ticket, or means of support, or health insurance. A valid passport is all the French authorities are interested in to get you into Schengen.

 

[Bailey58]

Morning Reallyretired,
Interested in your multitrip insurance....got a 60 day trip to France & Italy coming up & am 70 whilst I'm away, so the old RBS bank insurance is no longer valid....who do you use, if you don't mind sharing?
thanks

Until you get an answer from Reallyretired it may well be the Nationwide FlexiPlus Account which we have. £13 per month for the account plus anything for medical cover. It also includes cruise cover which costs much more with many companies. In our case we paid £215 with National Travel, their Insurance arm, for a couple of minor medical conditions including £40 for an optional extra on the cruise we were about to take. Even with the £168 pa for the account it was hundreds of pounds cheaper than quotes from Staysure, Avanti, Good2Go and many others.

Edit: I see you have the answer while I was looking up my records.

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[Dickie English]

Until you get an answer from Reallyretired it may well be the Nationwide FlexiPlus Account which we have. £13 per month for the account plus anything for medical cover. It also includes cruise cover which costs much more with many companies. In our case we paid £215 with National Travel, their Insurance arm, for a couple of minor medical conditions including £40 for an optional extra on the cruise we were about to take. Even with the £168 pa for the account it was hundreds of pounds cheaper than quotes from Staysure, Avanti, Good2Go and many others.

Many thanks for your help, I will investigate further!!

 

[gus-lopez]

Surprisingly EU Regulations are still translated into straightforward everyday English (I guess for the Irish Republic).

No it is still the second language.

 

[Reallyretired]

I used to work for BEA/BA and later for BAA, both of which were government-owned. I still get my pension from BAA so does that qualify me?

I have no idea, mine is through the NHS retirement fellowship though appears available to any civil servant.

 

[Bolti]

I have no idea, mine is through the NHS retirement fellowship though appears available to any civil servant.

Who is your cover with?
I am ex civil serpent, it must be worth asking.

 

[Jim]

Surprisingly EU Regulations are still translated into straightforward everyday English

They say that all 24 official languages of the EU are accepted as working languages. (they're not really) In reality and a big annoyance to the French it's English that is the most common, followed by French, and German.

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[EuroTrotters]

I was told by Dutch customs officials that I needed a return ferry ticket.

Get someone to make a fake one or make a booking with easyJet or similar and cancel within 24 hours for free

 

[EuroTrotters]

They say that all 24 official languages of the EU are accepted as working languages. (they're not really) In reality and a big annoyance to the French it's English that is the most common, followed by French, and German.

Swiss border guards would only supply me with a form in French , German or Italian .

 

[Minxy]

Get someone to make a fake one or make a booking with easyJet or similar and cancel within 24 hours for free

I'd love to see how you'd get the MH on the plane!

 

[Barti Ddu]

I'd love to see how you'd get the MH on the plane!

My mum and dad took their car to the continent in one of these in the early 1960s for their honeymoon!

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[Roby2008]

My mum and dad took their car to the continent in one of these in the early 1960s for their honeymoon!

Come fly with me: The rise and fall of Silver City Airways | Hagerty UK

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Cool, really interesting, thanks for that

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[EuroTrotters]

I'd love to see how you'd get the MH on the plane!

Don’t have to be travelling back in it !

 

[gus-lopez]

Swiss border guards would only supply me with a form in French , German or Italian .

Probably because they aren't in the EU but the eea.

 

[nicholsong]

My mum and dad took their car to the continent in one of these in the early 1960s for their honeymoon!

Come fly with me: The rise and fall of Silver City Airways | Hagerty UK

Silver City Airways was every car enthusiast's dream, offering quick Channel crossings in exclusive surroundings. How did the company vanish into thin air?

www.hagerty.co.uk

Thanks for that link. As a result I could not resist posting this comment on their website -:

"I flew as a First Officer on those aircraft 1967-69 from both Southampton till the base closed in 1967 and then Lydd. By then Silver City and Channel Air Bridge had been absorbed into British United Airways as BU Air Ferries. I was trained on a BUA sponsored course at Airwork Services Training at Scone in Scotland, also owned by the BUA Group. Through a quirk in the contract my Commercial Pilot’s Licence cost me £50 – don’t tell the young lads who are spending £100k plus today.

At Lydd I flew many times with Captain George Livingstone who had been the First Officer on the first car ferry flight from Lympne mentioned in that article.

The original Bristol 170 carrying two cars was the Mk31. By the time I joined in 1967 we only had the Bristol 170 Mk32 (with stretched nose) carrying 3 cars – or 6 horses, ? sheep or about 25 pigs. Pigs are nervous flyers and sweat a lot which made the climb up the ladder to the cockpit very slimy. Flying livestock we were paid an extra 19p an hour, not a lot on a 20 min. flight. I was paid £1,390 p.a. Fortunately I ended my flying career in 1990 as a Boeing 737 Captain on £40,000, so all’s well that ends well."

 

[Peppadog]

Probably because they aren't in the EU but the eea.

….and because French, German and Italian are the three languages spoken in Switzerland, depending on the region

 

[nicholsong]

….and because French, German and Italian are the three languages spoken in Switzerland, depending on the region

Don't forget the Swiss 4th language Romanche, based on Latin. I think that it is only mandatory to use it in certain Cantons.

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