Travel Links

TRAVEL LINKS

Passports

Clients intending to travel are strongly advised to check the validity of their passport, as well as the validity of the passports of those travelling with them, as early on in the booking process as possible.  Many countries, (and indeed some airlines), insist that travellers’ passports have at least 6 months validity beyond their return date, or they may be refused entry.  Some countries also specify that no matter when a passport is due to expire that it has a specified number of blank pages in order to accommodate visas / official stamps etc.  UK passport holders are urged to check the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website regularly for up to date travel advice and entry requirements by country.

Clients may find the following links useful: 

Air Travel Organisers' Licencing      

www.caa.co.uk

ABTOT

www.abtot.com

British Airports Authority

www.baa.com

British Airways

www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb

British Airways Baggage Page, including Sporting Equipment

www.britishairways.com/travel/baggage

Independent Information on aircraft seating arrangements

www.seatguru.com

www.flatseats.com (for First and Business Class)

Greener Travel and Carbon Offset

direct.gov.uk/en/Environmenandgreenerliving/Greenertravel

Foreign and Commonwealth Office General Travel Advice

www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice by Country

www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country

 

NHS Scotland's Fit For Travel

www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Scotland

www.nhs24.com/Explained

NHS Scotland telephone: 08454 242424

NHS Wales

www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/

NHS Wales telephone: 0845 4647

Northern Ireland Direct

www.nidirect.gov.uk/

NI Direct telephone: 0800 0514 142

The National Travel Health Network and Centre

www.nathnac.org/travel

Health-Related Travel Advice

www.dh.gov.uk/travellers

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.  (A useful US health information website)

www.cdc.gov

Travel Insurance

www.frontierstrvl.co.uk/insurance

USA Visa Waiver (The Electronic System for Travel Authorization)

esta.cbp.dhs.gov

For visas and visa advice we recommend CIBT:

www.uk.cibt.com/frontiers

Weather sites

www.metcheck.com

www.wunderground.com

Thinking of taking guns to Argentina?  See the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform website.  SPIRE is the Export Control Organisation's system for processing export licence applications:

www.spire.bis.gov.uk