If you are driving to, or as part of, your holiday, you also need to check:
1)
Rules relating to UK driving licences – most people with a card-style UK driving licence do not have to do anything. However, if you have a UK paper licence or if your licence was issued in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or Isle of Man, depending on which countries you are visiting (including any you are transiting through), you may need to apply for at least one type, but possibly both types, of International Driving Permit (see
www.gov.uk/driving-abroad/international-driving-permit).
2)
Arrangements for taking your car abroad – you will need to:
• check that your car insurance covers you to drive in Europe
• inform your insurer of the dates of your holiday
• ask your insurer to supply you with an insurance green card (there may be a charge for this and you should allow 6 weeks for your request to be processed)
• display a GB sticker on the rear of your car if it is UK-registered and it does not have a GB indicator on the number plate (if you are driving your car in Spain, Cyprus or Malta you will need a sticker regardless of what is on the number plate)
• take your vehicle registration documents (V5) with you
You may also wish to take out European breakdown cover.