Sébastien CouixWould you like your trip to be free of unpleasant surprises? If so, you'll need to be well organized during the preparations, and not forget certain priorities. Find out here about the most important steps not to forget during your preparations.
We'd been waiting for it for a few months. With the Brexit, the EU had announced, rather like their counterparts across the Channel, the introduction of an electronic travel authorization (ETIAS), based on the US equivalent, the ESTA. The fee is now known: €7. From the end of 2022, all travelers aged 18 to 70 ... Read the article
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in France has announced that all types of visas have been issued since August 4 for its consular section as well as the consulates general in Marseille, Strasbourg and the chancellery in Villefranche-sur-Mer. This announcement concerns paper visas only, as the Russian electronic visa (e-Visa) is still suspended ... Read the article
After Germany and 47 other partner countries, Moscow has decided to resume flights from France, a first since the start of the pandemic. Since the end of July, Moscow and St. Petersburg have been accessible several times a week from Paris or Nice, with direct flights. As a reminder, the e-Visa is still suspended for the ... Read the article
Good news for travelers. The national news agency has announced that international tourism will resume on August 1. Vaccinated travelers (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson) will even have the chance to avoid mandatory quarantine on arrival. As the vaccine does not prevent contamination, you will still need to provide a negative result of ... Read the article
At last! After nearly 18 months of closure, and a first step in removing mandatory quarantine for vaccinated travelers but retaining imperative reasons for travel, Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced on Monday that the country would now be open to vaccinated travelers without restriction or need ... Read the article
A number of airlines have recently introduced a system that has been tested for several months, inviting users to provide their identity documents and those specific to Covid (PCR tests, health pass, etc.) over the Internet, a few days before their flight. Once these have been validated by the airline, they can then proceed to the ... Read the article
Egypt wants to take advantage of this period to boost tourism. The African state has decided to make it easier to obtain its e-Visa, bringing to 74 the number of nationalities eligible for the online process. Simpler, entirely digital and with no exchange rate worries on arrival, the e-Visa is also popular for limiting the number of interactions ... Read the article
When travel restrictions for tourists are lifted in India, the first 500,000 tourist visas issued will be free of charge. This is part of the measures taken by the Ministry of Finance to help revive the country's tourism sector. For the time being, it has not been specified whether this measure concerns classic visas ... Read the article
On Monday, the Canadian government announced that it was easing entry restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers to Canada, effective July 5. While a quarantine was previously required, it will no longer exist for vaccinated travellers. There will also be no need to book a hotel. "This is the first step in our approach to ... Read the article
Since May 17, 2021, French tourists have been allowed to visit Portugal. The good news is that antigen tests are now authorized for French tourists, so PCR tests will no longer be mandatory. The summer vacations are approaching and Portugal has decided to continue lifting the restrictions against Covid-19. ... Read the article
Whether you're a student on a scholarship, a work-study student, on civic service, or on a low income, the Agence nationale des chèques vacances can help you finance your summer vacation. This aid has been in existence since 2014 and offers to help young people every summer.
It's official: after more than a year's closure, Mongolia's air borders reopened on June 1, said Tseden-Ish Ganzorig, head of the government press office. The Mongolian immigration authorities took the opportunity to unveil their e-Visa application portal. On this portal, it will be possible to obtain ... Read the article
On Monday June 7, the head of government, Pedro Sanchez, announced the introduction of a vaccination certificate to facilitate travelers' entry into Spain. Anyone wishing to travel to Spain from a country considered at risk will have to present a vaccination certificate, a document certifying their vaccination ... Read the article
As the number one destination in Europe and the world, France is keen to attract international travelers once again, with the aim of boosting its economy. To motivate international travelers, the French government has decided to make PCR tests free of charge for anyone wishing to visit France for the summer vacations. France is the first European country to ... Read the article
The Immigration Department has announced that facial recognition technology will be available at more border crossings later this year to facilitate "contactless" travel. The technology will allow residents to pass through immigration checkpoints by looking at a camera after using their ID cards or QR codes generated through ... Read the article
From the end of the year, the British government will introduce an Electronic Travel Authorization, ETA, which will be compulsory for all travelers without a visa, and even for short stays or transit on the basis of ESTA. If your trip is of a longer duration, you will need to apply to the authorities for a visa allowing you to ... Read the article
As we mentioned earlier, it is currently impossible to obtain a vaccination certificate in English. While we wait for English to be taken into account, so that you can use your certificate abroad, in the TousAntiCovid application or in a - still hypothetical - European vaccination passport, some Internet users have come up with a trick that "seems" to work. Since the beginning of ... Read the article
As of May 1, French Polynesia is once again accessible to travelers from the United States. For the time being, travelers from Europe can visit, but only for compelling reasons, i.e. health, family or work. Edouard Fritch, President of French Polynesia, points out that the opening will be gradual, and will be accompanied by a health protocol ... Read the article
With the aim of simplifying your trip and its preparation as much as possible, Visamundi has designed a page bringing together all the information you need on travel restrictions, both before you leave and once you're there, all at a glance! Thanks to a clear, minimalist design, you'll be able to quickly find the most ... Read the article
Despite an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in India, and a forthcoming generalized containment in France, India has decided to relaunch online visas for "business", "conference" and "medical" reasons (i.e. excluding tourism). Even if leaving the country is always complicated, business travel could be one of the imperative reasons for going ... Read the article
On March 21, 2021, it was announced that two new e-Visas would be introduced for the United Arab Emirates: a long-term, multiple-entry tourist visa and a visa for employees wishing to work remotely.
The idea is simple: passengers can download the dedicated AOK Pass application to certify the veracity of their PCR results, using a QR Code. This will facilitate the work of agents at boarding and reduce verification times compared with conventional results. Only Biogroup and Cerballiance laboratories are ... Read the article
After suspending the online visa procedure for a long period due to the global pandemic, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the return of the Type E Visa. What is the E-type visa? It corresponds to the Business Visa. People wishing to travel to ... Read the article
Many regions of the UK are economically highly dependent on their airports. In a bid to revitalize the air transport sector, the British government is studying the possibility of lowering or even abolishing airport taxes for domestic flights. The tax currently stands at £13 per passenger and ... Read the article
After introducing a 14-day quarantine, the Thai authorities have announced a relaxation of entry conditions for international travelers from April 2021. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, announced: "Foreigners who have documents certifying vaccination, carried out between ... Read the article
The Australian airline is organizing occasional mystery flights over the next few months. There will be three flights aboard the Boeing 737-800 departing from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The first mystery flight will depart from Brisbane on Saturday March 27. The second flight will depart from Sydney on Sunday April 18. Finally, Melbourne ... Read the article
A new tool for international travelers: the International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced on Tuesday the forthcoming launch of a travel pass by the end of March. IATA also said it was in contact with the Indian authorities and carriers for the use of this pass in India with airlines ... Read the article
It's official: the 2021 season of International Experience Canada is open! For this first pool of 2021, Canada is offering 7,100 places for France, 750 places for Belgium and 80 places for Luxembourg. You can now apply for a WHP and try your hand at being a WHPist in Canada. In order not to ... Read the article
As we come into contact with various tourism professionals, travelers-tourdumondists, bloggers... we realize that travel desires are evolving with the crisis. Today we're going to take a look at "Slow Travel", a "sub-category" of the more global Slow movement. To define the term in a few words, we could say that it's a state of mind, a desire to ... Read the article
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