Letter from xh allowing ds to travel

[Yogawoogie]

We are going away next week. Ds (14) has a different surname to me after I remarried.
I’ve read he needs a letter from his dad to say that he gives permission for ds to travel.
Am I right in saying that it needs to say something along the lines of
‘I xh, give permission for my son, yoga-son born something of the something to travel to place on 2nd March and returning 8th March with yoga.
My contact details are as follows blah blah blah’.

Anything else?

I think that about sums it up, sorry I don't have actual legal advice to give.
I have never had a letter and been taking dd away for 13 years with a different surname, however my parents got asked when they took her, they didn't have a letter but asked dd who they were and she told them.
I think as long as the basics are covered there is no need for extra info.
Hope you have a lovely holiday.

Thank you @purpleboy

I've been down this road and actually, I'm surprised (and pleased0 by the number of times he's been stopped and asked for a letter once they've seen our different surnames (I'm remarried).

In the letter, just write what you've written.
Also add the address of where he's staying on holiday, plus your home address, plus dad's home address and that should suffice.

So a general one, so you don't need to go back to XH every time.

'I, xh, give permission for my son Yoga-baby to travel internationally together with his mother Yoga'

Sorry. I'm not sure what the random paranthesis and 0 is about in my post. Clumsy fingers.

Thank you.
As ds is 14 are they more likely to just ask him? (I will leave him behind if he dares to joke that he doesn’t know me!).

My DH took DS (his step son) to the US last year. I gave DH a letter to use but I don't believe they were asked about it. DS was 15 at the time

You seldom get asked for a letter (in my experience) but not having one can cause problems (I had a really unpleasant experience at Toronto airport years ago with eldest DD which I won’t forget in a hurry!). I’d present the letter if you are asked along with his birth certificate.

Thank you! Xh has agreed to sign a letter today if I write it.

I have a different surname to my children and have been taking them abroad on my own for 13 years. We have never had a letter from their Dad and never been asked for one. My kids were once asked by an official who I was and they said My Mummy.

I have been away numerous times with my kids but only been stopped once (at Calais... coming IN to the UK which I thought was a bit ridiculous given I live here). The guy eventually let us through (after we’d missed the shuttle we were booked on. Annoying) but he suggested in the future I bring a copy of their birth certificate. I’ve now got a scanned copy in my emails.

I've never been asked for a letter. The ds's are both teenagers and they got asked once who I was when we came back into England from France.

Thank you. I hope our letter is okay. Trying to get xh to sign it was like getting blood from a stone. He has massive anxiety about travel.
I’ll pop the birth certificate in just in case although my surname was different at the time and I did send it off when applying for ds passport.
Do they not look on their system to see name changes etc?