to think it might be best not to book a holiday in the EU?

[InTheRoseGarden]

I'm planning next year's summer holiday and as I'm reaching the point of booking things I'm hesitating because of the Brexit situation. Am I right in thinking that if there's no deal it could be a complete ball ache? I really don't want a load of stress in having to sort extra things out ahead of the holiday - especially if everyone else with a European holiday is doing it too.

It's De Efteling, by the way.

I don't think it will make too much difference to holidays. We aren't suddenly going to need a visa or anything like that. We will probably lose the current mobile phone EU roaming which is a shame. I would pay for the holiday now and get euros now, so you don't get hit with bad exchange rates when the pound takes a further nosedive.

Examples:
Might we need to apply for visas?
I've already read that we might need international driving permits

You won't need a visa. You quite possibly will need an IDP. Are you looking at going by car? In theory the potential queue chaos should be resolved by summer although nobody really knows what will happen

doesnt matter where you go.....flights/ferries etc out of the UK may be a issue if open skies and ferry arrangeents isnt sorted out before brexit day

sockeater The visa thing is my biggest worry. Is it part of some other agreement such that it won't be impacted by us leaving?

I hadn't considered exchange rate volatility. Maybe this trumps all worries and I should go while I can still afford it!

EHIC might be gone. I'm not worried about that because I've got annual travel insurance.

Oh gosh. I hadn't thought about bigger issues around transport.

Jager What do you mean by "queue chaos"? Linked to ferry arrangements? We would be driving. Has there been a suggestion of queues? This is exactly the type of thing I'm put off by. We have three children under five so the holiday will be shit enough without adding extra queuing.

I'm not really on top of potential Brexit issues. Just caught something on moneysavingexpert linked to passport renewals and then read on a bit to something around preparations for no deal.

I booked my flights yesterday when easyJet released their summer holiday dates. I was online at 7.30am, and was surprised at how expensive they were. I paid £122 for a return flight to Spain. By yesterday evening the same flight was £199, so maybe I did get a bargain!

Last year I booked flights to the same destination for £140 2 months before I flew. This is a taste of things to come I guess. I’m hoping I can get my Irish passport sorted out before the summer.

The government have warned that flights between the UK and the rest of the EU may be disrupted in the event of a hard Brexit.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45626881

Companies like Thomas Cook have already put in clauses that there will be no compensation or out of pocket expenses refunds in the case of flight rights being lost.

Some EU civil servants have also said that its possible that UK travellers will have to purchase a visa, likely a £52 Schengen visa, unless a deal is negotiated.

I’ve booked three Europe holidays for next year.. France April, Canaries May and Croatia July. I’m not that worried.

I have the same concerns. My OH and I were a few clicks away from booking our 2019 summer holiday in EU which we had planned for ages when it occurred to us that we might not be able to go so we abandoned the booking.

I'm looking the other way. Coming to the UK from Europe in June.
Assuming life will need to continue as normal to some extent. Must book over the weekend.

Main concern is passports and visas. What if everybody needs a new passport and visas and the passport/visa people can't produce them fast enough in time for our holiday.

It's pretty much unthinkable that the EU would impose tourist visas on UK nationals, when others eg USA don't require them. We may need an ETIAS eventually (like an ESTA) but don't think they're being rolled out for another couple of years.

No deal could lead to significant delays at Dover if the French put full third country checks on UK nationals and goods. But nobody knows what they'll do

You can't get an IDP yet. The current ones you can get will not be valid. All to do with the applicable legislation. Govt is allowing the issue of post dated applicable ones in Feb 2019. Which will be easier to get hold of than IDPs now.
It's in the technical notice thing.

My concerns are the cost which I anticipate will go up and the ball ache at passport control. I'm going to stay in the UK next year and see how it all pans out before booking anything to Europe.

I travel regularly with work but I won't be booking a holiday in the EU with my own money until the situation is clarified.

I don't suppose travel insurance would cover "no deal" chaos? Choosing not to travel in particular.

I had read previously that the possibility is there could be issues with travel world wide (not just eu) not because of visas but because we have a sort of European indemnity which will be lost and we will need a UK one which may not be processed in time. Can’t remember the exact details but sounded as though it would potentially be difficult. Plus insurance wouldnt cover it as it would be regarded as government action

I'm definitely not booking anything abroad until we know more about what the situation will be after March.

Why do you think sterling won't go much lower, Duchess? My impression is that no-deal is still in the realms of 'oh, it won't really happen' as far as the markets are concerned, but that we could be looking at parity, or less, with the euro in the event it were actually to happen?

How depressing. I was hoping to be told I was worrying unnecessarily.

The idiots who voted for Brexit have really dropped us in the shit, haven't they?

Yes, completely