Some of the key things that the
government has told us is that the
EHIC card, that's the European Health Insurance Card, will no longer be valid.
That is likely to mean increased costs
for
travel insurance. It means that those
of us travelling also have to take out
better
travel insurance with increased health
cover. That's going to be
particularly important for younger
travellers who often relied solely on the
EHIC,
and over-75s who already find it
difficult to get
good value travel insurance will now face
even higher prices
again. The other thing you will need to
watch out for is the validity of your
passport. So this has
also changed. The European Union has a
rule
that passports can only be valid for 10
years.
Whereas the UK up till a year or so ago
was issuing passports with a little bit
more validity than that, sometimes
up to nine months. What that means
without confusing you all is that you
may have a passport that has 15 months
validity left
but you will not be allowed to travel to
the European Union because of these new
rules.
The easiest solution to this is to go to
the .gov website and
check the rules there. Very final one is
an
end to us being in the European Union
rules on
mobile roaming charges. So it's possible
that mobile roaming charges
may come back. Most of the UK networks
have said they're not intending to do
this
but we won't know for sure until we get
closer to 2021.
So before you go you'll need to be
careful to check what your provider's
policy is so you don't get stung
with a very high bill for watching your
videos or TV while on holiday.
