What should you pay attention to when traveling to the UK?

What do you need to prepare for traveling to the UK? What are the customs and habits of the UK? Here are the things that the editor has compiled for you to pay attention to when traveling to the UK. Let’s take a look. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

Prepare items before departure

1. Customs regulations restrict or prohibit items from being carried:

A. China Customs restricts exports Items

Gold and silver and other precious metals, and their products; RMB (limit 6,000 yuan); foreign currencies and other securities; cultural relics; radio transceivers and communication security equipment; valuable Chinese medicinal materials; and others Items subject to limited control by customs.

Special attention:

a. Valuable items: If you are carrying valuable items such as video cameras and long-lens cameras with a unit price of more than 5,000 yuan, please declare them to the customs before checking in your luggage.

b. Foreign exchange: If the amount of foreign exchange brought out is within the equivalent of 5,000 U.S. dollars (including 5,000 U.S. dollars), there is no need to declare to the customs for release. If the amount to be taken out is from the equivalent of US$5,000 to US$10,000 (including US$10,000), you should apply for a "Portability Permit" from the bank. When leaving the country, the customs will inspect and release the goods with the "Carrying Permit" stamped with the bank's seal. For those who use multiple "Carrying Permits", if the cumulative total of the "Carrying Permits" stamped with bank seals exceeds the equivalent value of 10,000 US dollars, the customs will not release it. If the amount to be taken out is more than the equivalent of 10,000 U.S. dollars, you must apply for a "Carrying Permit" from the branches of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the foreign exchange bureau) where the deposit or foreign exchange purchasing bank is located. 》Inspection and release. For safety reasons, it is not advisable to carry large amounts of cash. It is recommended to prepare 2 credit cards and 1 UnionPay card.

B. Items prohibited from export by China Customs

Manuscripts, printed matter, films, photographs, records, videos, audio tapes, CDs, VCDs, and computer storage involving state secrets Media and other items; precious cultural relics; all items prohibited from entry; endangered and precious animals, plants, and their specimens, seeds and propagating materials. Firearms and ammunition, controlled knives, police equipment, flammable and explosive items (such as lighter gas, alcohol, paint, fireworks and firecrackers), corrosive items, highly toxic items and other dangerous items.

Special Note:

a. Sharp objects such as fruit knives and nail clippers and lighters cannot be taken out of the country.

b. Power banks must be the same as lithium batteries and are strictly prohibited from being placed in checked luggage. Power banks with a capacity of 20,000 mAh to 4 volts must be carried with you and must always be turned off on the plane. Above 20,000 mAh In principle, your power bank cannot be taken out of the country.

c. China Customs regulations on carrying liquids out of the country: Passengers taking international and regional flights departing from airports in China, the volume of each liquid item they carry shall not exceed 100 milliliters (ml) . Containers for liquid items should be placed in resealable transparent plastic bags with a maximum volume of no more than 1 liter (L). Each passenger is only allowed to carry one transparent plastic bag at a time, and the excess must be transported.

d. British Customs Entry Regulations: Non-British citizens can bring the following items into the country duty-free: 200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 500 grams of tobacco; one or two bottles of hard liquor with an alcohol content of No more than 22% wine; 50ml of perfume and 250ml of toilet water and other items with a total value of ￡32. Persons under the age of 17 are not allowed to bring tobacco and alcohol products into the country. If the quantity or variety exceeds the above limits, you should go to the red channel and pay customs duties as required. Personal belongings and travel expenses brought into the country are generally not subject to restrictions within a reasonable range. Items that are not allowed to be brought into the UK include: plants, vegetables, fresh meat, animals, controlled medicines, drugs, ammunition, arms and other prohibited items.

2. Preparation of items before departure

A. Documents: passport, air ticket itinerary, insurance, passport photo. If you drive by yourself, you need to bring your driver's license and notarization. For business visas, you need to bring the invitation letter with you. Original or copy of proof of funds, UK address, phone number and other important information.

Passport: It is recommended that each group member should make 3 copies of his or her passport and visa before leaving the country, and prepare 3 2-inch passport photos in case the passport is lost, so as to report the case to the police station and to the local consulate in my country. Apply for reissue from the embassy.

Ticket itinerary: You only need your passport to apply for a boarding pass, but it is also recommended that you print an electronic ticket itinerary and carefully confirm your name, passport number, departure date, time and route for preparation When needed.

B. Due to environmental reasons, European hotels do not prepare disposable items such as toiletries and slippers, so please bring your own supplies, rain gear and conversion sockets (the plugs in the UK are different from those in China, and the hotel There is no conversion plug, it is recommended to purchase the British standard conversion plug in advance).

E. Carry important medicines prescribed by doctors, as well as daily medicines such as mosquito swelling medicine, aspirin, bandages, antidiarrheal medicine, band-aids and anti-motion sickness medicine. Please also bring a copy of the instructions issued by your doctor explaining the use of each prescription, in case customs officers ask why you are bringing the medicine. It is also a good idea to ask your doctor to list a personal medication note (allergies, chronic diseases, general prescription drugs) and keep it with other identification documents. In case of an accident, this kind of information will be of great help to the medical staff who rescue you.

F. Other clothing: shirts, T-shirts, underwear, socks, sweaters, folding umbrellas, mobile phone Sim card holders, power banks, etc.; I would like to remind you that it rains a lot in the UK and it rains very randomly. , be sure to bring rain gear with you at all times, because it may be cold even in summer when it rains, so it is recommended to prepare a sweater or thick coat. If you need to attend a formal business event or a special occasion, bring formal attire. According to customs regulations and for security reasons, it is not recommended to carry large amounts of cash. Please prepare 2 credit cards and 1 UnionPay card. Bring an extra credit card so that you have a backup card to use when credit card swiping is not smooth, which is convenient for your consumption needs. Some shopping malls already support UnionPay payment, which can save exchange rate fees.

2. What should you pay attention to when traveling to the UK

UK entry process

1. Please bring the completed entry card, customs declaration, passport, visa and other documents Put them together and submit them to British immigration officials for inspection when you arrive at the port of entry.

2. There are three channels at the British port of entry: British Citizens Channel (BRITISHPASSPORT), European Community Citizens Channel (ECCOUNTRIES) and Citizens of Other Countries (OTHERPASSPORTS). Chinese citizens should generally choose the channels for citizens of other countries to handle entry procedures. Immigration officers will generally first verify the identity or reason for coming to the UK (such as students, business, visiting relatives, etc.), and then ask for relevant supporting documents (such as admission notice, invitation letter, hotel check-in form, air ticket order, itinerary, insurance policy, etc.).

3. Please go to the baggage conveyor belt of the flight you are taking to claim your baggage. If your baggage is found to be lost, you should report it to the airline with the baggage check-in slip immediately, and you can only leave customs after obtaining the certificate of loss declaration. Entry. Special reminder to you: UK entry is very strict, so please be fully prepared and answer questions based on your visa category and itinerary.

4. British Customs, like other countries, is divided into red and green customs channels. Those who need to declare and pay taxes should go to the red channel, and those who do not need to pay taxes should go to the green channel.

3. British Travel Guide

Accommodation

a) Personal expenses in the hotel, such as telephone charges, fax charges, laundry charges, room refrigerator and beverage charges, etc. , you should check out by yourself before leaving the hotel, and be careful not to take hotel items out of the hotel. TVs in European hotels have premium channels (P or PAY button on the remote control). If you want to watch premium channels, you have to pay for them yourself. Every time you arrive at a hotel, please remember the room number of the accompanying tour guide and get a hotel introduction at the front desk, so that you can successfully find the hotel where your team is staying if you fall behind; special reminder that the items in the refrigerators of most hotels are It's computer monitoring. Even if you don't use the food in the refrigerator, you just change the position, or look at it and put it back, you will be charged.

b) Compared with the international-class hotels in my country, the three- and four-star hotels in the UK generally have smaller lobbies, no shopping malls, and some even have no elevators. Some hotel elevators are very small and can only take two people and luggage at a time. Please queue up consciously when using the elevator;

c) Due to the mild climate in the UK, many hotels do not have air conditioning equipment. Please understand.

d) Generally, the lobby of a hotel is called the L floor, and the first floor is actually the second floor as we understand it.