NEW Travel Rules You Need to Know in 2025

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[@Flormansgal3]

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[@brynneholt1990]

Lol you wrote that is if you’re some great loss. On another note, DON’T use Better Help if you need documentation of your visits or the provision of your records for anything important.

[@corrigoates8105]

I renewed my Passport using the online system and it was SO easy. I got the notice it was received on 11/21 and it arrived at my door on 12/2 (and that's with the Thanksgiving holiday).

[@giselemoore4987]

I hold a US passport. I applied for a UK ETA and was approved within 30 minutes! I can use it for two years!

[@kersplat12785]

Yeah my UK ETA was approved almost immediately.

[@Lightfighter1]

Good video - but you didn’t mention the most immediate change - starting Jan 8, 2025 US citizens traveling to the UK will need at ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization).

[@MeiLee-t2v]

I did not realise it was Jan 8, 2025. I thought it was later in the year. Good to know.

[@texasburbs4380]

Even if you are just flying through, I think you need it.

[@susanmckinley771]

If you are flying to UK and then Eurostar to Paris, will you need to apply to UK for ETA and then France for Etias? Or does just applying to UK suffice?

[@Lightfighter1]

@ I’m not an expert but I strongly believe you need both - you will need ETA for the UK and EES (moving to ETIAS in the spring of 2025) for the EU - 2 very different zones now…

[@clarkcalabrese5573]

@@Lightfighter1 flying in May, going thru LHR to BCN (change planes) would we still need to get the ETA for GB?? and/or get it, have it and not needed, to be on the safe side?!?! maybe.

[@raymondbarry4196]

Small correction, when you submit to renew your US passport online your current passport become invalid until the new passport arrives. They said 4 to 6 weeks but mine arrived in 10 days! It was super easy and hassle free.

[@dezyandco5855]

It doesn’t take that long especially with expedited and 2 days shipping. Ours didn’t take any longer than 2 weeks

[@gstlb]

Ours came very quickly too!

[@catherines7553]

Took 4 months for my husband to get his

[@leonply]

Using your passport renewal video, I had the information to obtain a correct digital photograph, use the passport website, create an account, process the application completely online, and relax. Six days (yes, SIX days!) later, my new passport arrived in the post. Thank you for sharing this valuable information.

[@bethearl8686]

The best thing about AirTags is knowing ahead of time your bag is lost. Then you can be first in line to fill out the form.

[@michelehogan7868]

LOVE the luggage tracking. In December 2022, Air Canada lost my luggage checked for a 10-day trip from Toronto to Vienna/Bratislava. After returning to Toronto in early January, having worn my airplane clothing for the whole trip 😞, I was told my luggage came to Vienna the very day I left -- and that there was no way for the Toronto airport to get it back. Fully one month after it disappeared, it was located in Montreal - not a stop on my itinerary - and FedExed back to me. Air Canada did give me a cash award for expenses and several travel vouchers, and they were always very helpful, but still -- a month without my luggage and everything in it!!

[@GDEE6]

That's awful, but I'm happy to hear you finally received your luggage.

[@counterfit5]

Google needs to get their Find My Device network working even half as well as Apple's

[@brynneholt1990]

They fed exed my luggage to me, and it was absolutely obliterated.

[@grimmrad]

AirTags are a gods end! I know exactly where my luggage is. Once fly Austrian to EWR and could see while taxiing that, no, my luggage was in that building over there... I knew what was coming even though the crew lied to me and said they confirmed that the luggage had been loaded (how??). Other times I had even bluetooth connection with the tag, knowing the suitcase is on board and probably below me. Since I am not mostly traveling with carryon I still have it in my carryon, back pack, got one in my wallet, one in my car. Highly recommended. .

[@ms.rlsteele351]

I suggest viewing how criminals use placing air tags on vehicles to steal a vehicle, follow a target, wait until the vehicle leaves home, and then break into the home.

[@christina_21700]

Thanks I had no clue about the ETIAS, and I’m going to Greece in September.

[@MeiLee-t2v]

"Think of it as an RSVP system". Well put. That really does explain it clearly.

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

Think of it like a simplified visa, because that's what it is. Anything other than showing up with your passport and nothing else amounts to a visa, even though they try to pretend it isn't.

[@MeiLee-t2v]

@@LoveClassicMusic0205 True.

[@MsYaabja]

@@LoveClassicMusic0205 ETIAS Validity is 3ears and costs 7$.....Don't forget Europeans travelling to US must also an ESTA....Valid for 3years and costs 21$

[@miziksoca]

Aruba is already doing this, and I'm so glad it was a simple process. I was able to do it when I checked in at the airport.

[@tinahindi]

I just renew my passport in Nov 1st and got it back on Nov 20. The photo was the hard part for me. They accept the photo I uploaded on their site.

[@stevengoomba6490]

Very helpful stuff. I work for an airline and travel as much as possible. These are good to know not only for vacations, but as a staff member. While it’s probably going to be a bit of a hassle getting used to the changes, as long as it benefits more people traveling it makes my job easier.

[@antoniodegregorio2019]

Hey great vid. I'm from NZ so most of these changes won't directly effect me. But, it did make me decide to get an apple airtag for my travels early next year. Cheers :))

[@JP-zk7ye]

Crazy i watch all your videos when they come out and today i googled when etias and ees is going live and somehow you have a video out right after!

[@Thekyleycoyote]

lol awe man i just renewed 6 months ago it was a pain! felt absurdly outdated so stoked on your last segment!

[@tizmehere492]

A long time ago I flew to Kansas City via Dallas. I got paged while I was at baggage pick-up. I went to the counter and was told my bag was in Dallas and they would deliver it to my hotel sometime in my future life. BUT I had to first submit a lost baggage form and give detailed info on its size, color, shape, model, what my luggage tag had written on it, what was in the suitcase, bla bla bla. REALLY, but YOU told me where it is! Just crazy. I did get it though at about 2:00 in the morning, 6 hrs before my meeting.

[@Kbuss2dafullest]

Something you forgot. Starting April 10, US citizens will be required to get an E-Visa to visit Brazil.

[@tnmwheatley]

Uh, he did say top 5 changes, not all

[@chrisholland8226]

The automatic refund for canceled or delayed flights is a great concept. I'm a bit skeptical about them having to refund if it is due to the weather. In the history of commercial aviation crashes, a high percentage were caused by pilots trying to push through the weather or rushing to beat the weather or even pushing through it to land at the scheduled destination rather than divert. This new law is only going to make that pressure on the airline and pilots worse, knowing they'll be refunding entire flights full of passengers. This could easily backfire into loss of life, trying to push a little too hard to avoid that financial loss. I fly 30-35 round trip flights per year for work, and I am perfectly fine with a delay or cancellation due to bad weather or maintenance issues. My life is worth more to me than getting anywhere on this planet by a certain time.

[@Harlow65965]

This is also my concern. Weather IS out of anyone’s control and flyers should expect it. To add pressure to airlines and pilots to make decisions that could be riskier is a bad idea

[@TrishtonCarroll]

If only most Americans thought the way you did 🤎🤎

[@nsbioy]

Indeed, I am a Democrat, but this decision by the Biden administration is bad because it will lower the safety of flights.

[@marisaflores-march7112]

Thank God that is changing. I had a nightmare situation going to Copenhagen via Toronto, starting point San Francisco. My Canadian flight was no longer available, not running anymore, but I was still sold the ticket, no notification! I found this out while checking in at SFO! I had to buy a brand new ticket to Copenhagen. Noone wanted to take responsibility for selling me a fight that no longer existed. I eventually got a refund thru my credit card company 60 days later...

[@chrisholland8226]

@@marisaflores-march7112 That's a pretty extreme situation, including deceitful business practices by the airline. I would even say it was borderline criminal on their part. That is a completely different animal than a pilot feeling he must force a landing at the original destination airport in weather that currently would have them divert to the pre-planned diversion airport to avoid refunding every ticket on the plane. This is a very real scenario that happens daily around the world and will 100% put people's lives at risk until something happens and the inevitable lawsuits fly, and Congress gets involved again and realizes how badly they f'ed this up by making it such a broad refund policy.

[@yolo_burrito]

Real ID was supposed to be done by 2008. I can’t believe we’re here 15 years later

[@melaniem5971]

Great video! Only thing missing is the unification of luggage measurements . I think that will start next year with some airlines & airports

[@awaytogether]

Thank you! Unfortunately there is no unification - that is a rumor/bad journalism.

[@andrew_ray]

ETIAS will NOT be enforced from mid-2025, it will go live in mid-2025. It will not be enforced for the first six months for anybody, and it will not be enforced within the first year for people who haven't traveled to Europe since it went live. This is, I assume, to forestall the inevitable technical issues that will come with initial rollout.

[@redskins1120]

They don’t want ID for voting, but it’s necessary to fly. That makes no sense.

[@lisaflores2016]

Small correction... Not just US citizens...... US legal residents as well! Make sure you bring all original documents as well not copies

[@Monika-ls2qt]

ETIAS is very similar to ESTA. ESTA is what for example Germans like myself have to apply for prior to traveling to the US. The form is quite lengthy and it is 21 Us Dollar. Applications are done online and the turnaround/approval is usually within 48 hours.

[@susanweiner5225]

Sooooo helpful! One thing to remember, Nik: not everyone uses an iPhone. Is there any plan to help Android users who have Tiles instead of Airtags get assistance from the airline to find their luggage?

[@jeanettefrantal]

Tile?

[@lsbautista21]

Smart tags... Android user

[@beanboy89]

Not an iPhone user either, but I picked up an AirTag and a cheap prepaid iPhone SE that runs on WiFi, and that setup works fine for Find My tracking.

[@fr3shSwag]

@beanboy89 That's too much when android phones have the same capabilities ​

[@counterfit5]

You'd be better off switching from Tile to Chipolo, Pebblebee, or the Motorola Tag.

[@timterrazas9897]

Great video Nik. Very useful information and great news for travelers. Keep up the great work and helping us to travel with ease.

[@crrizello5157]

Thanks for the updates! it will be interesting if the dates for RealID and ETIAS stick. They have changed so many times already! I think I got my RealID before the first deadline. With the changes requiring airlines to automatically reimburse if delays, etc, I wonder how this will intersect with travel insurance. I'm assuming people can't double dip with airline reimbursements and travel insurance reimbursements.

[@soriaind]

Thank you nice info

[@MikeBates]

Passport renewal online only took a week for me to get my new passport. I think the hardest thing is getting a photo, if you are not photo-savvy. Walgreens would not even use my own phone to take a photo and I told them I'd pay them to use their background.

[@jenniferwithey6443]

CVS offers (for a small fee) a digital copy of your passport photo when taken there. They can email it to you or give it to you on a thumb drive. I recently used them for my passport photo. I had to send a hard copy due to marriage name change, but remember seeing the digital options.

[@MemorableTravelStories]

Thank you so much for breaking down these important changes! 🙏 This is exactly what every traveler needs to know for 2025. The new European entry requirements and passport rules are definitely game-changers, almost missed these updates! 😅

[@aprilrichards8343]

ETIAS website has an option to sign up for their email list and presumably you would get notice of implementation date.

[@WetPets-gl2ts]

Where is the official website? I only see nonofficial sites and you definitely don't want to provide personal info to those sites.

[@Userkat8]

I’m a dual citizen, thank God!

[@shobhnapatel8406]

Can I leave with USA passport without the evisa and enter the uk with us passport as dual nationality is allowed between USA and uk please help

[@calris4705]

For #1…… this has been “starting this date…” said since 2023…. Every year they say that the following year this will take into effect lol…

[@brynneholt1990]

Yes, many delays. My drivers license has been compliant for years!

[@michaelmanbeck6569]

Good video. Any options if you have an android to replace air tag?

[@finkelisb5754]

I have a Samsung phone and the Samsung SmartTag is brilliant...I travel full-time and have been using it more than a year now. If you have another android I don't think they'll work... TILES is another brand sold for Android.

[@josephclark8514]

Thanks for the heads up!!!!

[@Stonehombre1]

ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications are collected at this point. It is due to start 6 months after EES. Entry/Exit system is currently not in operation. It is due to start in 2025.

[@awaytogether]

correct - shared in video

[@ib9511]

Entry into Europe is due to start in May, 2025: fingerprints and biometric information. ETIAS will start 6 months after that. East European members of the EU are not " sold " on the idea. Also: for six months after the introduction of these measures, travellers will not be penalized for not complying.

[@rambosidi7634]

Great info

[@FinanciallyFreeDeeTV]

This is a great video! As a traveler, this is so helpful😍 Thanks for not gatekeeping this....

[@williamgarcia102]

Thank you for sharing this information….

[@gardengirl6636]

Thank you!

[@vashtihill8010]

Very helpful video. Thank you

[@jessestraube6157]

Thanks for the video!

[@watersfamilytravels]

If your traveling to Europe and are delayed or cancelled visit Airhelp they can get you compensated. This includes any European airlines departing the U.S.

[@yolo_burrito]

It includes any US airlines that depart from EU as well.

[@roberboy55]

There is also an ETA to enter the United Kingdom beginning on January 8th, 2025.. it takes up to 72 hours to be approved. With all these changes, I'm sure a lot people will miss their flughts.

[@Davinebush]

Don't forget - US and Japanese passport holders will be able to apply for an ETA online and will need an ETA to travel from 8 January 2025 for any flights to the UK and any connections through the UK .....

[@Elephantine999]

Great info, especially about ETIAS. (By the way, I can think of a lot worse travel nightmares than the airline losing my luggage. Let's keep a sense of perspective. 🤔)

[@angmatin288]

Thanks for the info enjoy watching your content

[@blackie-jm9tr]

Great video, thank you

[@KakAnny-e5r]

Ok thanks very much❤

[@DarTamaddon]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing 🙏☝️👌✌️🪬🧿🫡🌹💯❤️

[@ms.rlsteele351]

Re air tags, I suggest viewing how criminals use placing air tags on vehicles to steal a vehicle, follow a target, wait until the vehicle leaves home, and then break into the home. The info I found noted that criminals are also putting air tags on vehicles in the parking lot. This enables them to locate a vehicle they plan to steal.

[@2shelm]

Your phone tells you if you are traveling with an unknown airtag.

[@garytheosophilus]

Bs another urban legend

[@nabeelkhan00]

great info 👍

[@MiaHessMusic]

Thank you so much for all your hard work

[@vondez10]

Just got my global entry card, now im not driving to Mexico or Canada but glad I can use it in place of a real ID

[@UnCommonScentz]

Welcome to the GE Fam

[@TheSicilianLife]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, ~ Croce & Carol Amato 😊

[@NewHorizonsTravel]

Automatic weather refunds initially seem beneficial, but airlines tend to proceed with flights in inclement weather, resulting in reduced safety. Thank you for sharing💕

[@tommason8104]

Good tips. Yes you can renew your passport online but at regular speed only…a few weeks to get it. If you want expedited service, you still have to renew by mail. So if you have plenty of time (e.g. a couple of months) until you need your renewed passport then online will work for you otherwise you’ll need to use the mail based renewal.

[@ymcairedellbball]

What do you bet the Real ID deadline gets pushed back again, as has happened several times over the past four years. I have one, so I'm not worried, but I'd hate to see folks rush out to get one only to have the deadline pushed back yet again.

[@hellendoodles]

every little rush of people getting their realid now reduces the chaos when they finally do start enforcing it.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Doubt they will push it back again. Everyone has had enough time to get it or a passport. A lot of states switched to RealID only so that’s less people they need to worry.

[@steverhodes82]

It already was back in September. May 2027

[@CharleneCTX]

Last four years? It was originally to take effect in 2008.

[@ymcairedellbball]

@@steverhodes82 DHS website still has May 2025.

[@greyosprey4096]

Great information. Have you heard anything about England/UK? requiring ETA's (electric travel authorization?) starting in early 2025? If I remember correctly, it will apply to US travelers.

[@janicestockard8012]

I am a corporate travel agent and yes as a US Citizen, if you are traveling to the UK, you will need to apply for an ETA. www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

[@luisalbertocastro5940]

Thank you very much, this content play's nicely in English language, no more spanish translation

[@pg618]

If you are not in the US there are numerous countries where you are not allowed to do it online you must go to the US embassy at least twice but perhaps three times or four times because their instructions are extremely scrambled. I know because I just did it in the country of Georgia.

[@ccshello1]

A valid US Passport or Passport Card can also be used as the form of identification for domestic flights in lieu of Real ID driver license (according to travel state gov)

[@yanqiao5896]

can you add countries that you cover in your video title?

[@tivonutdc]

They already have a ETIAS type system for the Schengen state to travel to the US, this year 2024, called, ESTA, Electronic System for Travel Authorization.

[@crecasens]

Then Southwest Airlines better fix their system for lost items. I left an iPad on the plane once you get off they don’t let you back on even though I had just gotten down the jet bridge. Then you can’t call anyone you have to fill out something online and they only communicate with you through email. I followed my Tagged item out of the airport and into some neighborhood in Oakland, California, therefore never retrieving it.

[@jogolaz4490]

How much are those AirTags

[@rabbivj]

I renewed my passport online. I got approved in like 2 weeks

[@JohnDoe-sr1dd]

Haven't seen a firm date on the ETIAS website - any idea when?

[@AL5520]

There no dote. The EES (Entry/Exit System) is planned become operational in 2025 (no specific date) and the ETIAS should start 6 month after the EES starts. The only answer is check before you travel and keep checking for changes. I assume that this site, and others like it, will publish a video when there will be an official date.

[@CoreyLewis-guitars]

Washington state also uses enhanced drivers license with no star.

[@09069lalo]

What happens if your first flight is late and makes you lose your second flight?

[@williamelliott7517]

Good morning from Canada 🇨🇦…I was wondering if you know that the UK 🇬🇧 also has a similar visa you must have to enter the UK even if you’re just entering the UK on a connecting flight ✈️. They have an app you can download on to your phone.📱..safe travels. Cheers 🍻

[@KkKKkKKKKK709]

If bags are delayed 12 hours domestically and 15-30 hours international, then what are they refunding, the ticket price?

[@simonhardern4276]

You dont mention the the Visa Exemption required if you are entering the UK from 8 January 2025!

[@fabeaux8623]

Can you expand on what an airline owes you for delayed baggage?

[@renacotti_art]

Do you need ETIAS for a layover country if your destination country doesn't require it? Going to Scotland via Amsterdam. Will have a 5hr layover in Amsterdam. Wil I need ETIAS for that? Thanks.

[@galelagace9256]

What about the states other than Michigan or New York that issue enhanced driver’s licenses without a star in the upper right hand corner, such as Washington State? There must be other states that issue enhanced licenses without stars besides Washington, New York, and Michigan that you didn’t mention.

[@2196luc]

Just want to add that Washington State has also enhanced driver's license.

[@yorgunsamuray]

Many parts of the world it’s almost mandatory to carry your ID on you at all times, and it’s just being implemented for domestic flights in the US? Wow.

[@leobui437]

How about stolen item from their staff?

[@carmenroxas5404]

My ETA to the UK took a minute to be approved

[@pd6569]

Thank you. Is it your understanding for Americans traveling to the Senhgen zone, they first have to apply to ETIS and after approval, then buy tickets?

[@camera7339]

Nobody knows the ETIAS start date. That's the big questions.

[@susancedio3801]

I did my online 4 years ago! This is nothing new

[@jairotrejo77]

nothing for South America?

[@gnomedex]

ETIAS will never happen. Europe is a mess. It was slated for 2023. Then early 2024. Then November 2024. Now 2025. It won’t happen.

[@rickcruz6887]

How can I help getting a refund from Turkish Airlines. I have been trying to get a refund for a month and they are sending down a rabbit hole!! Help!

[@BeardedFordTech]

Never understood the real ID (I do have one) but isn't the id they gave me before all this real? I had to prove who I was. Only difference is there's a star on mine with some hologram security features and it sounds like metal when you drop it

[@jim7953]

What happen if you are from Puerto Rico and want to traveil to Vietnam?

[@clement2780]

gilbraltar british or european Visa?

[@ele4853]

ETIAS “it’s supposed to be easy” I’ve seen this movie before…. 😂😂😂😂😊

[@iceman9678]

It's safe and effective

[@Mockbaboy]

6:49 I thought you were gonna say Sitting next to a crying baby 😂😂

[@awaytogether]

@@Mockbaboy hahaha

[@Ivyb076]

How/where to complain if the airline does not issue a refund for a 13 hour flight delay from United Airlines?

[@LeslieBurkhammer]

What if you're not using an Apple product for the "airtag"? Are the airlines partnering with Samsung, etc?

[@clarkcalabrese5573]

I use Samsung Smart Tag 2. They work very well tacking your luggage. But NO airlines partnering at this time.

[@peggywoods4327]

Yeah I have no plans to buy any iProducts - they all cost too much!

[@seamanjack2448]

@@peggywoods4327to each his own m, but $20 bucks for an AirTag is cheap insurance if your bag gets lost.

[@Charlie1x]

Samsung will probably partner with airlines, too. After all, Samsung's SmartTag even keeps your location history stored, which Apple's AirTag does not. In my opinion, every company that makes tracking devices like AirTag/SmartTag/Tile should partner with airlines to provide this service.

[@lailaazzuz2356]

For many years 18y can travel with ID to domestic travelers

[@grl57]

You are still stuck without your passport if you do it online. If you submitted online it becomes invalid. Check out the rules.

[@Ben-Bzrt]

So Americans need the same for Europe that Europeans needed for the US for years.

[@graywolf6498]

Unless you have dual citizenship

[@idepowas3329]

Geez…Americans did that long time ago. Europe is paying and filling out forms when they would like to visit US. That’s why EU is doing same thing to them . It’s called ESTA. US always required ESTAS visas. So EU just doing the same what US has been doing since always to them…. It’s kind of even now

[@Ben-Bzrt]

@ absolutely

[@jenevong9240]

WHAT ARE ALL THE BOOKS IN THE BACKGROUND?

[@pdiddy869]

Why not tell people about the terms and conditions of the real ID

[@Stanf954]

Are the Samsung air tags for Android phones getting the same consideration?