October 10th - Entry-exit system starts on Sunday – hear from Abta's EES expert
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This weekend it's not exact all change for British holidaymakers going to the European Union and wider Schengen area – but some of us will have our fingerprints and facial biometrics taken. I've been talking to Luke Petherbridge, director of public affairs for Abta, the travel association, who – like me – has been reading EU directives and regulations on the subject for the past few years.
This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Think of shaving cream. |
| 0:01.7 | Essential with nachos or as a dip for potato wedges. |
| 0:05.0 | Now you're thinking, that's not shaving cream, that's sour cream. |
| 0:08.5 | If you think sour cream is shaving cream, then you must be a supermarket delivery substitute. |
| 0:13.6 | Akado has 99% order accuracy. |
| 0:16.5 | So when you think of shaving cream and order shaving cream, you'll get shaving cream. |
| 0:21.1 | Akado, life delivered. |
| 0:22.7 | 99% average order accuracy, Jan to April 2025. |
| 0:25.9 | Geographical restrictions apply, minimum spend plus charges apply, terms at akado.com. |
| 0:32.0 | This is a paid advertisement from American Express. |
| 0:35.8 | The Marriott-Bonvoy American Express card could help you make more of every journey. |
| 0:41.7 | Earn six Marriott-Bonvoy points for every one pound of eligible spend at hotels participating in Marriott-Bonvoy, |
| 0:49.8 | and two points for every one1 of other eligible spend. |
| 0:59.7 | As a card member, you'll also enjoy automatic Marriott-Bonvoy Silver Elite status, |
| 1:04.8 | which means 10% more on points on every eligible hotel purchase, |
| 1:07.8 | and a chance at priority late checkout. To find out more information and apply for a card today, please search |
| 1:12.6 | Amex Marriott Bonvoy. Representative 53.3 APR variable, annual fees apply, 18 plus, subject to status, |
| 1:20.6 | terms and conditions apply. |
| 1:21.6 | Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Gawler. It's Friday the 10th of October, |
| 1:27.9 | the final day of my stay out in Mallorca for the 2025 Apta Convention. And it's very timely |
| 1:37.3 | to be talking to Luke Petherbridge, who is the Director of Public Affairs for Apta, the Travel |
| 1:43.7 | Association, because in two days' time, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Independent, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Independent and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.