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Do i need a passport if i went to France on the ferry?

Widelats
Widelats Posts: 3,773 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Do i still need passport, insurance etc before they let me on board? Its not a silly question i never been abroad yet. Thanks.
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  • RachelW1987
    RachelW1987 Posts: 298 Forumite
    Yeah you do still need one, and if you get and EHIC card you apply for that online https://www.ehic.org.uk/Internet/home.do
  • inspector_monkfish
    inspector_monkfish Posts: 9,276 Forumite
    Widelats wrote: »
    Do i still need passport, insurance etc before they let me on board? Its not a silly question i never been abroad yet. Thanks.

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  • TheGiggsLady
    TheGiggsLady Posts: 83 Forumite
    Hi, yes you need a passport to go to France, they will check it before you can board a ferry. You should also get travel insurance.
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  • Widelats
    Widelats Posts: 3,773 Forumite
    Cheers guys, will try see what i can do.
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  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    Technically no, but you need one to get back into England.
  • omelette451
    omelette451 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    Seeing as no one else has made the distinction I will... Having a passport is necessary; insurance is not compulsory, but is recommended.

    If we had passport-based ID cards like the rest of Europe this wouldn't be an issue.
  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    omelette451 wrote: »
    Seeing as no one else has made the distinction I will... Having a passport is necessary; insurance is not compulsory, but is recommended.

    If we had passport-based ID cards like the rest of Europe this wouldn't be an issue.

    It would because you would then additionally need a passport to travel out of the Eurozone.
  • omelette451
    omelette451 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    sturll wrote: »
    It would because you would then additionally need a passport to travel out of the Eurozone.

    The 'eurozone' refers to the currency union; I was thinking more of the EEA as a travel union.
    The OP asked about a ferry to France, not a trip to Turkey.
    Most people travel mostly in the EU/EEA, and I for one would *love* to have a credit card-sized passport to avoid the need to destroy my red one any more by carrying it around everywhere with me.
  • jammin_2
    jammin_2 Posts: 2,461 Forumite
    sturll wrote: »
    Technically no, but you need one to get back into England.

    As per omelette451, British Citizens need a valid passport to enter the territory of another Member State (except Ireland).

    Any stories that you don't need a passport to enter France are fictional.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    sturll wrote: »
    Technically no, but you need one to get back into England.

    You wouldnt get out of the Port of Hull to Europe without a passport. You have to show it at check in and also on the walkway on to the boat.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
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