Advice & Information
travel abroad separately from their Netherlands photographic identification
Trust Fund
The Club guarantees that all relevant
parents, whichever is the sooner. documents, ie, passports must be carried
holiday deposits and prepayments made
At the time of going to press, visas are not
at all times. Failure to do so can result in
by members will be held in a special Trust
required for holidays of limited duration
an on-the-spot fine. In Austria, drivers
Fund Account until the successful
to any of the countries shown in this
with paper licences should carry their
completion of your holiday.
brochure. Members taking out Red
passports for photographic identification.
Pennant Insurance cover for travel to
A Camping Card International is,
Health Requirements
countries other than those mentioned in
therefore, essential to provide a form of
There are currently no specific health this brochure may require a visa and security at the campsite. It is now
requirements in any of the countries should refer to the Red Pennant travel compulsory to use dipped headlights on
shown in this brochure, but for current insurance section of this brochure for motorways and major roads in Italy,
information on vaccination and health information on these and other Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia,
requirements, contact your doctor. The requirements. If you or any member of Sweden, Croatia, Denmark, Finland,
Club strongly advises members, when your party is not a British citizen or holds Hungary, Norway, Poland, Latvia,
visiting countries within the European a non-British passport, you must check Listuania, Estonia and Austria at all times
Union, to obtain from the Post Office an passport and visa requirements and this is recommended for most
EHIC Form, which entitles you to urgent
with the Embassy or Consulate of the
countries. A range of information leaflets
medical treatment free of charge or at a
country or countries to or through which
on travelling abroad can be found on our
reduced cost. This form is now issued on
you are intending to travel.
website
www.caravanclub.co.uk.
an individual basis. For more information
GB Plates
see
www.dh.gov.uk/travellers or
Driving in Austria, Czech
The number plate format effective from
telephone 08456 062030 to order an
Republic, Italy, Poland,
1st September 2001 provides for the
application form for a European Health
Portugal and Slovenia
optional display of the Euro-symbol – a
Insurance Card. Members are also asked
Translations of British driving licences circle of 12 stars with the Member State’s
to read the Red Pennant brochure which
formerly available from The Caravan Club national identification letters (GB) below,
gives advice and information about
are no longer accepted in Austria and on a blue background – on the left-hand
health and insurance.
Italy. It is advised that holders of all green side of the number plate. This permits
Passports and Visas British driving licences travelling to motorists with such plates to dispense
British citizens require a full passport for
countries in Europe should obtain a with the need for a separate national
travel to or through any of the countries
photocard licence before setting off by identification sticker when using their
featured in this brochure. British
completing form D750 from any main vehicles in other EU countries and
passports can be obtained from Passport
Post Office and sending this together with Switzerland. Vehicles without such
Offices in London, Peterborough,
the required documents and fee to the number plates are still required to have
Liverpool, Newport, Glasgow, Durham or
DVLA in Swansea.The telephone number the GB sticker affixed to the rear of both
Belfast (phone 0870 5210410 for all
of the DVLA is 0870 240 0009. car and caravan or motor caravan. GB is
offices). Applications for passports should
Alternatively, an International Driving the only permissable national
be sent in at least 28 working days prior
Permit, current annual fee £5.50, may be identification code for cars registered in
to departure. The Passport Offices website
obtained from the RAC or Green Flag the UK.
address is
www.passport.gov.uk. Under
National Breakdown. Most application
Tyres
16-year-olds are required to have their
forms are available from post offices. IDPs
own passports. However, this will not
are essential for all British licence holders
Ensure that caravan tyres are suited to the
affect children already on their parents’
when driving in Poland and Slovenia and
maximum weight of the caravan and the
passports until they reach the age of 16,
also in the Czech Republic unless holding
maximum permitted speed when
their parents’ passports expire or they
a photocard licence. In Portugal and the
travelling abroad – see the technical
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