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Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
June and there is much motorhome touring taking place. Over the last month our tours of Greece and Sicily have been completed, with both groups having enjoyed warm spring weather.
Camping Sabbiadoro, Sicily May 2024 – Drone photo supplied by Paul Turner
Customer feedback from completed tours can be viewed on the GB Motorhome Tours website at www.gbmotorhometours.com/reviews, one review from each of the two recently completed tours
‘Our first Tour with GB – but certainly not our last. Tour Guides Dave & Sue were exceptional. They ensured that we all enjoyed and made the most of our time in Greece. A big Thank you from Will & Angela.’ Will & Angela Tuxworth – Greece – April/May 2024
‘Comprehensive tour to see what Sicily has to offer, which is a lot! Very enjoyable with great Tour Directors.’ David and Jo Radford – Sicily – April/May 2024
Both the Greece and Sicily tours also feature in next years tour programme. The Sicily tour moves from the Spring to Autumn, with the tour taking place throughout September and October. Three Autumn 2025 tours have just been released to the GB Motorhome Tours website, these are Croatian Highlights, Swiss Magic and Sicily. Having just been released all three tours currently have availability with bookings possible on the booking page of our website.
The spring Greece 2025 is now fully booked. If you are interested in this tour for the future, send us an email to be registered to receive the itinerary for the next Greece tour in advance of it being made generally available. This gives you first opportunity of requesting a tour place, if you wish at that time.
Over the last month tours to Norway and Poland have started, where both groups are enjoying their respective countries.
Camping Bio Grimstad, Norway June 2024
Camping Krakow, Poland June 2024
Next week also sees the start of the Austrian Alps tour, with tour participants currently making their way from the UK to Innsbruck.
Once the summer months arrive, our tours stop for a short period to allow for the school holidays to pass. During this time, GB Motorhome Tours have stands at two of the large outdoor motorhome shows; where a number of our Tour Directors will be on hand to chat and answer travel questions you may have. If you are at either of these shows, do come along and see us.
With summer approaching and less continental touring taking place, it is a good time to check your passport remains valid and renew if needed. Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the Schengen zone countries (which encompass most of the EU countries) have tightened their rules for UK citizens to enter. For many years, the UK Government issued passports upon renewal, for the normal 10 year life period plus any remaining months left on the old passport. Some passports were issued with an expiry date up to 10 years & 9 months after issue. The Schengen zone countries will not recognise any passport that is over 10 years old at the time of travel. So it is possible to have a valid UK passport but find that it is not accepted for entry into many countries. Make a check of your own passport. GB Motorhome Tours advice is to renew any passport that is going to be over 10 years old before the time of return to the UK from any trip. It is also necessary to have 3 months validity remaining on the passport at the date of entry to the Schengen zone. Going forward the situation will be simpler, with the UK government no longer issuing passport’s for longer than 10 years from the date of issue. When renewing your passport allow good time for its return. Current advice from the UK passport office is to allow as much time as possible, which can be up to 8 weeks at the busiest times.
Enjoy your summer touring and we look forward to travelling with you again soon. Feel free to contact us if there is anything you wish to ask about a tour.
Kindest regards,
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
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