Travel Question: How will Brexit affect travel?

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UK passports will be valid until their expiry date, but there are many unknowns about what will happen from 29 March 2019 (Getty)

Q I love my holidays but I wonder in what way Brexit will alter travel – by which I mean airport processes, customs, passports and costs? I spoke to a travel agent and they think there is nothing to worry about, and a frequent traveller acquaintance agrees. Yet I see occasional remarks within Facebook conversations saying “we’d best get a holiday in before Brexit”. I’m concerned. Is it unfounded?

Joanna S

A Almost 30 months after the referendum in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, anyone who says that there is no need to fret about post-Brexit travel is, frankly, deluded. I have closely followed everything that has been said on both sides – the EU and the UK – and can say that we have a few certainties, some very strong likelihoods and many unknowns.