Travel to France this Summer - new regs

Is there some muddling on this thread between post Brexit regulations and Covid regulations?

If it’s Covid then France surely can’t be blamed for taking precautions.

HillyN

*Kali2*, where did you find the information in your original post? I'm wondering how we go about being 'invited' to our mobile home in France?

You have to sit right down and write yourself a letter.

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.....Australia, New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation......

Can't find that post but Australian citizens cannot leave Australia without Government permission, then they may have difficulty getting back again.

I'm not sure about NZ and Canada but I would think that NZ is equally strict.

They're hardly likely to pop over for their two weeks hols!

This 'attestation d'acceuil' thingy has been going around for the last two weeks. Utterly rediculous. I had also read that the hosts had to prove their income and residency!

Good post Mamiejan, I had also heard yesterday that this faff is not required. I'm glad you heard it from the horse's mouth. I read that you just need an invitation to stay with friends or family, which probably won't be asked for at the border anyway. We never had this before we joined the EU so why now.

And the French are not being unfriendly or unwelcoming, they are in huge sympathy for us Brits. And if it is quid pro quo for whatever who could blame the Europeans, they never wanted us to leave anyway.

Living in France for 16 years, I am now, especially since 1st January, coming across so many nit picky things, usually generated by the Brits, that is really making life unecessarily stressful. I curse anyone who voted Brexit, probably time will show that Brits in UK will realise what a big mistake it was.

And if any Brexit voters want to criticise me go ahead but just take on board the fact that we came here as EU citizens which allowed us to do so without difficulty, and did anyone ever think all those years ago that this would happen?

Kali2, where did you find the information in your original post? I'm wondering how we go about being 'invited' to our mobile home in France?

Or Austria of course!

.....Australia, New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation......

I think that tells us all about the lack of welcome we can expect from France! It’s very sad, we’ve enjoyed so many lovely holidays in France, but the French government have decided this, so if fewer British people decide to holiday in France (or Germany and Australia) in the future, so be it. There are many other lovely places to visit.

I live in france and despite what the French government website says ,you do not need an attestation d’accueil.
I went down to my local mairie last week to get the forms (which cost €30 a pop I may add !) and the 2 adjoints (deputy maires ) were there ,naturally a lot of discussion and huffing and puffing ensued and the secretary phoned the immigration department at the prefecture of limoges (government department in 87 ) and was told that it had been dropped the previous night ,so there was no longer any need for it .
Many people living here were aghast at the amount of money you needed to bring as a lot of us have family and friends over for the pleasure and not what they can contribute ,and if the amount of funds required is per person then a family of 4 staying for 2 weeks would need to bring over €4,000 and the currency limit is €3,000 !
In addition each mairie is only given a limited number of these ,and if your children are not married but have partners it’s one each ,but only 1 per family if they’re married !
And finally although GB a is now a third country ,Australia,New Zealand and Canadian citizens don’t need this attestation ,I think it can be applied to whomever the European country choose !

And you now have to quarantine...

We have a French holiday booked for September, just hoping that the regulations will have eased by then. I don't mind a couple of tests, the costs are coming down all the time, and quarantining not a problem as we are retired.

France doesn’t sound very welcoming to me. I’m glad to be going somewhere else that definitely wants us.

Not France that is unwelcoming. Brexit changes

PCR test, lots of forms, then 10 days quarantine plus tests. Free test in France, expensive in UK

Well I’m pleased that I’m planning a holiday in the Greek Islands this year rather than France. I’ve had many happy holidays in France over the years, but if they continue to be so unwelcoming to British visitors, there are plenty of other lovely and interesting places to visit as the pandemic recedes.

Ah, Peak District?

Yes, in Derbyshire. My favourites.

Wow no. I am not a tourist, and I love the UK - from top to bottom and East to West. And I didn't go to Yorkshire recently and certainly did not have a bad experience- not even the rain

I'm sorry? Kali2
Did you not say you had a lovely day walking in the Dales last week?
Or am I in a parallel universe? ???

Callistemon

^yes, I think tourists will not find the UK very welcoming or attractive- for this, and many other reasons- sadly.^

Well, let's face it, no lovely countryside to admire, huge factory farms covering the entire countryside, National Parks covered in wall to wall housing
Warm beer, bad food and rude people? Everywhere booked up too.
What's to like?!!

Did you have a bad experience in The Dales? That is unusual, Yorkshire people are usually lovely.

You could try Wales, we keep a welcome in the hillside

Wow no. I am not a tourist, and I love the UK - from top to bottom and East to West. And I didn't go to Yorkshire recently and certainly did not have a bad experience- not even the rain. You are talking to the wrong person here.

I am talking about the changed perception of the UK since the Brexit debacle, and the fact that charging people to come into the country will just not appeal to many.

That was in response to those who said they would not go to France if charged to visit- so it goes both ways, no?

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Food? When in Cornwall .....

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Move over Callistemon.
Devon and Cornwall are stunning at the moment.

yes, I think tourists will not find the UK very welcoming or attractive- for this, and many other reasons- sadly.

Well, let's face it, no lovely countryside to admire, huge factory farms covering the entire countryside, National Parks covered in wall to wall housing
Warm beer, bad food and rude people? Everywhere booked up too.
What's to like?!!

Did you have a bad experience in The Dales? That is unusual, Yorkshire people are usually lovely.

You could try Wales, we keep a welcome in the hillside

Confused. What will be the deal for uk citizens resident in France coming to UK this summerdoes anyone know ? If my DIL can’t go to visit her parents in France I’m hoping they can come here.

I'm saying bye bye to a trip to France this year.
Brittany Ferries sailings are hopefully now coming back on for Spain.
France already has the Indian variant, although small, (not the fault of the UK).

Sounds as if somebody doesn’t like us! ??
Apparently U.K. citizens going to France face a seven-day quarantine, as well as providing a negative Covid test, as Paris places the UK on its version of the amber travel list. French ministers, worried by the spread of the Indian coronavirus variant, yesterday placed Britain on the list, which mean UK arrivals face self-isolation supervised by police with powers to levy fines of between €1,000 and €1,500.
Quarantine will be seven days, with a negative PCR test result required at least 36 hours before arrival or an antigen test done within 24 hours of entry to France. The new rule comes into force on Monday.
Gabriel Attal, a government spokesman, said. “[France] will set up compulsory isolation for people coming from the United Kingdom.
The French policy conflicts with the European Commission’s proposal to allow entry to the bloc to all fully vaccinated people. However, it echoes the decisions this week by Germany and Austria to enforce a ban on non-essential travel from the UK. It creates a north-south divide in Europe after Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy opened their borders to British holidaymakers.