Jul 1, 2026 · 30 min · 11 segments
This week, I first discuss the top trending news in travel of the last week, including EU border entry/exit issues, new cruise ships on the horizon, and more. Later, I interview Geoff Freeman…
So the EU should, quote, stop pretending, end quote, that the entry and exit system is working.
So the system's rocky rollout, which fully launched in April, should be put on hold for the peak summer travel months and be entirely rethought.
He said, quote, we urgently need full flexibility for border control authorities to suspend the EES whenever needed to avoid further chaos, along with a rethink of those processes, end quote.
But others, the situation has wreaked havoc on arriving and departing travelers, people missing flights, the system just causing backlogs.
So travelers should be prepared to wait up to six hours this summer, according to one estimate from AviationBody.com. iata so over in rome though the issues are expanding big time too and it may actually be suspended as what their airports the head of their airport company said that allowing passengers to skip the new biometric entry system is the only way to avoid sheer chaos amid italy's peak summer travel months so This is definitely going to be one to watch over the coming months to see what sort of delays continue to happen that have already been happening throughout the spring.
More people visit during the summer, so it's going to be very high traffic and very long lines in some cases.
But travel advisors, be sure you're prepping your clients of all this, packing their patience.
You'll find out how long those layover times are that they have and if there's any buffers, anything that changed.
This was not set yet, my European trip this year back in March, but it will be when I travel back in Europe in September for Century Cruises' new ship debut, the Century Star.
We'll have a full video up later this fall of that, but hopefully by September they've got this system improved.
Rethink the process, because I mean, a whole summer of just, you know, not only bad press of it, but just just everything being horrible on this.
So the EU should, quote, stop pretending, end quote, that the entry and exit system is working.
So the system's rocky rollout, which fully launched in April, should be put on hold for the peak summer travel months and be entirely rethought.
He said, quote, we urgently need full flexibility for border control authorities to suspend the EES whenever needed to avoid further chaos, along with a rethink of those processes, end quote.
But others, the situation has wreaked havoc on arriving and departing travelers, people missing flights, the system just causing backlogs.
So travelers should be prepared to wait up to six hours this summer, according to one estimate from AviationBody.com. iata so over in rome though the issues are expanding big time too and it may actually be suspended as what their airports the head of their airport company said that allowing passengers to skip the new biometric entry system is the only way to avoid sheer chaos amid italy's peak summer travel months so This is definitely going to be one to watch over the coming months to see what sort of delays continue to happen that have already been happening throughout the spring.
More people visit during the summer, so it's going to be very high traffic and very long lines in some cases.
But travel advisors, be sure you're prepping your clients of all this, packing their patience.
You'll find out how long those layover times are that they have and if there's any buffers, anything that changed.
This was not set yet, my European trip this year back in March, but it will be when I travel back in Europe in September for Century Cruises' new ship debut, the Century Star.
We'll have a full video up later this fall of that, but hopefully by September they've got this system improved.
Rethink the process, because I mean, a whole summer of just, you know, not only bad press of it, but just just everything being horrible on this.
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