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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Family holiday ruined as mum tripped up by Brexit passport rules

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A mother-of-two from Cornwall has warned holidaymakers to double check post-Brexit rules before they travel, after confusion over her passport’s expiry date caused her to miss a £2,000 holiday to Portugal.

Meg Gordon says she and her family were treated “like criminals” at Newquay Airport, where she was told she could not board her Ryanair flight on 23 July.

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