Parents Won't Give Me My Passport!

MrMiagia

I've booked a holiday to Mallorca in 3 days time.

>holiday in 3 days

>paid for it all myself

>parents won't give me passport.

wut do?

My mum took my passport for some reason and left it at my dad's house which is 100 miles away. I need it to travel obviously but they are resisting give me the passport because they don't want me to go.

I'm 18 in less than a month.

pipjes

how old are you?

Voyager2002

Well, you need their permission to travel, and obviously you can't get another passport in time.

What you should have done was discussed this before booking the holiday. All you can do now is find out why they don't want you to go, and see if you can come up with some solution so that they feel happy letting you travel. Maybe a grandparent, or one of their friends who trusts you, could help with this conversation? Anyway, the bottom line is that i they say no you lose all the money you paid for the holiday, and that you are in the wrong for booking before asking them, so approach them in a polite and respectful manner.

MrMiagia

pipjes wrote: »

how old are you?

17 years old

Bob_the_Saver

I thought you'd booked for Zante!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=53068677&postcount=40

I wonder why they don't want you to go.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52998077&postcount=37

Pollycat

You've had this holiday booked for quite a while - at least since early May.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3948271=

Did your parents know you'd booked a holiday then?
Or have you just told them about it?
Have they always been against you going or has something happened recently that's made them not want you to go?

mrsg26

My mum did the very same thing to me when I was 18, we had fallen out and she took my passport, I even had to get the police involved but she denied she had it so I had no option but to go to the passport office and get a same day passport. However I don't know what the implications of that would be If you are under 18 if you need your parents permission to get a new one. I guess you could try and talk to your parents and see why they do not want you to go away on your own, we all went away at age 17 to Corfu for a fortnight and we all had to get permission from our parents prior to going so I am assuming without their consent there is not a lot you can do. I'm 29 now and married with my own daughter and as a parent I can see why you would want to refuse a request such as this in order to keep your children safe, however I also remember how I felt when my mother did it to me and how unreasonable I thought she was being....I don't have any real advice to give you other than I understand your predicament and that maybe in future honesty is better prior to making any holiday plans. I hope you get it sorted.

Bob_the_Saver

mrsg26 wrote: »

My mum did the very same thing to me when I was 18, we had fallen out and she took my passport, I even had to get the police involved but she denied she had it so I had no option but to go to the passport office and get a same day passport. However I don't know what the implications of that would be If you are under 18 if you need your parents permission to get a new one. I guess you could try and talk to your parents and see why they do not want you to go away on your own, we all went away at age 17 to Corfu for a fortnight and we all had to get permission from our parents prior to going so I am assuming without their consent there is not a lot you can do. I'm 29 now and married with my own daughter and as a parent I can see why you would want to refuse a request such as this in order to keep your children safe, however I also remember how I felt when my mother did it to me and how unreasonable I thought she was being....I don't have any real advice to give you other than I understand your predicament and that maybe in future honesty is better prior to making any holiday plans. I hope you get it sorted.

Police won't want to know because it's not theft apart from anything else.

MrMiagia

yeah i meant zante not mallorca, my bad!

My mum was never really in support of it but i managed. I booked it way back in January.

My dad doesn't live with me and he's kinda distant. He found out yesterday after my mum told him.

@Bob The Saver

yeah i'm not going to do that anymore. They don't even id people out there.

Bob_the_Saver

MrMiagia wrote: »

yeah i meant zante not mallorca, my bad!

My mum was never really in support of it but i managed. I booked it way back in January.

My dad doesn't live with me and he's kinda distant. He found out yesterday after my mum told him.

@Bob The Saver

yeah i'm not going to do that anymore. They don't even id people out there.

Now we know!!

So you booked in January, have been selling everything to pay for the holiday,
oh and writing articles to sell but don't even remember where you are going.
Were you selling articles to the Daily Mail by any chance?

MrMiagia

mrsg26 wrote: »

I'm 29 now and married with my own daughter and as a parent I can see why you would want to refuse a request such as this in order to keep your children safe,

I see what you mean but your daughter must be young, wouldn't your mindset change if your daughter was around 18 and paid for the holiday all by herself.