What permission paperwork to take DC's friend on holiday with us (Europe)

[Ethelswith]

We're planning a villa holiday, and inviting one friend per DC (teenage).

They would fly with us, and I suppose we'd be in loco parentis. Could anyone be kind and let me know if there is a good 'model' letter that would cover parental permission for them to fly, and give consent to treatment for minor issues (obvs parents would be contacted asap for all health stuff, and have total say for the under-16s for everything but the most minor/routine things)

Soory I can't help with a model letter but I took one friend per child for years to France. Each parent would write a brief letter giving permission. It would have child's full name, the parents full names and contact details and my full name. Never had a problem

You can download templates from various legal sites, but many places will accept a letter of consent as pp's have said. Do check the requirements for the country you're visiting, they may be more stringent. (I take kids from Italy to the UK and if they are under 14 I need a special document from the police for example)

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.mumsnet.com/pdf/recommended-consent-letter-for-children-travelling-abroad.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwirieOa8tfYAhURr6QKHQNEAUAQFjACegQIERAB&usg=AOvVaw01_xVokT6JgS272Sz4cU2-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there is a template on mumsnet

I've used the Canadian government letter as a template, which seems pretty similar to the MN one! Please make sure you come through Immigration back to UK with all of the children. DD1 came through separately from her friend and her parents (they were Canadian, DD1 is British) and the immigration officer held DD1 up for nearly an hour and was refusing to land her (illegal, as she is a British Citizen with right of abode in UK) or call her father, who was waiting for her in Arrivals. Her crime was not being able to prove that she hadn't been to Syria (she had been on a walking holiday in Turkey for some of the time, but nowhere near the border). I was quite surprised that the IO was incapable of recognising someone who had clearly been on a walking holiday from a jihadi bride, but there you go.