Travel Advise

Know Before you Go

The UK Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has a website for UK citizens travelling abroad. This site is full of information about the latest travelling conditions in every country of the world. It includes advice to travelers as well as warnings about current dangers and is updated several times a day. Click on the logo to link to the FCO or telephone their Travel Advise Unit on 0870 606 0290

get adequate travel insurance
check the FCO’s country travel advice
research your destination – know the local laws and culture
visit your GP as soon as possible before travelling and obtain up to date Travel Health Advise
check your passport is in good condition and valid and you have all necessary visas
make copies of important travel documents and/or store them online using a secure data storage site
tell someone where you are going and leave emergency contact details with them
take enough money and have access to emergency funds

H2O receive regular updates from the FCO on their most current advise relating to destinations that we visit and use this information to keep you informed.

Stay in Touch

H2O has local representation in each of our holiday destinations and in many UK points of departure. These representatives can be contacted should you need advise or assistance whilst on holiday. H2O also operates a 24 hour emergency duty phone system. You can text or call and leave a message and we will call you back or arrange for our representatives to contact you.

Contact Details are included within your Travel Brief, part of the travel documentation sent to you prior to departure.

Locate - Registration of British nationals Overseas

If you are a British national travelling abroad, register with the FCO's Locate service so that British embassy and crisis staff can then give you better assistance in the unlikely event of you being caught up in a major catastrophe. The locate service means that they have an instant record of your details and can contact you to make sure you’re OK and provide advice or assitance if required. You only need to register for the service once and then update your account when you make a new trip abroad or change your country of residence. You can even add planned trips abroad up to a year ahead

www.locate.fco.gov.uk/locateportal