June 24th - Passport Problems
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Holidays postponed: most travel bookings last week were for next year.
The Foreign Office drops its warning against travel to China.
And a reminder about passport problems post Brexit.
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| 1:02.4 | Hello and thanks for joining me. It's Thursday the 24th of June and here's the latest on |
| 1:08.3 | travel and destinations from the Greenlist and the travel desk |
| 1:12.1 | of the Independent. As I speak, it's still some hours from the traffic light update, so I'll |
| 1:18.4 | refrain from speculation and talk about it tomorrow. Instead, holidays postponed. Most |
| 1:24.8 | travel bookings last week were for next year. The Foreign Office has dropped |
| 1:29.8 | its warning against travel to China, and if I may, a reminder about passport problems post-Brexit. |
| 1:37.4 | Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email coming out tomorrow, |
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