From passport expirations to a new EU visa, here are the travel rules Brits need to know. (Getty Images)
When Peter Holt was turned away from boarding a flight to Croatia earlier this summer, he was shocked. He still had months on his passport, so why wasn’t he allowed to board?
Unbeknown to Holt, he had become one of several British travellers to be affected by a little-known passport rule that deems a UK passport ‘expired’ 10 years after it’s been issued – even if it still has months left until its expiration date.
Holt, 50, decided to drive 1,102 miles in his Mini Cooper through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia to join his family, who had flown to Croatia without him.
Read more: Man forced to drive through five countries due to ‘baffling’ passport rule (The Independent, 4-min read)
Peter Holt drove to Croatia from Surrey after he was turned away at the airport due to his passport being issued more than 10 years prior. (SWNS)
It comes after another holidaymaker, Kirsty Hawes, 28, was denied boarding at Luton airport after she travelled on a passport that was issued more than 10 years prior, but it still had months before its expiration date.
Little known travel rules British holidaymakers need to know as dad forced to drive 1000 miles to join family in Croatia
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