Parliamentary Travel Office

The Parliamentary Travel Office provides a comprehensive travel service including:

• domestic and international air and rail ticketing
• hotel booking (both in the UK and abroad)
• passport, visa and currency services
• support with organising travel and accommodation for events.

The Travel Office offers specially negotiated discounts on many fares, in particular on air travel, and on the costs of hotels.

The Travel Office is provided by Reed and McKay and they have an excellent online booking system and a mobile app.  Once you have set up your account, you will have to ask Reed and McKay to add you as a delegate so that you can manage bookings on behalf of your Member or other colleagues.

The Reed and McKay site also has a section called ‘Sherpa’ which gives up-to-date visa and travel information.  Simply put in your destination and it will tell you what visas are required and will let you click through to the correct place to apply.

Taxis

Please note that the Parliamentary Travel Office does not offer a taxi booking service.

Overseas Travel

If you or your MP are travelling overseas on Parliamentary business, you can find information about services available to you on the intranet:

Overseas Travel Advice, Guidance and Vaccination Arrangements – St Thomas’ Hospital

Members and staff of both Houses together with their accompanying staff/partner travelling overseas on office business may obtain travel advice, vaccinations and medication from the Occupational Health Service at St Thomas’ Hospital.

For further information and to book an appointment, click here.

For information on travel insurance, please see the intranet page here: Travel insurance

Important – Post-Brexit British Passport Validity

To be eligible to travel to most European countries, on the day of travel, British passport holders must:

• Have at least 6 months left on their passport, and
• Have a passport that is less than 10 years old, even if it has 6 months or more left

These rules also apply to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. They do not apply to travel to Ireland.

Please check your passport expiry date before booking any travel and renew it as soon as possible if it does not meet the new criteria. Failure to do so may mean your passport is invalid and you may not be able to travel.

You can check here for the country you’re visiting.

Click here to renew your British passport.

Foreign travel advice

Get country-by-country advice about travelling abroad, including the latest information on coronavirus, safety and security, entry requirements and travel warnings.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice