Travel guides for people leaving the UK.

hellosafe.co.uk helps UK travellers prepare a trip: the documents a British passport needs, where to go and when, how to drive abroad, and the practical details that make the difference.

One question per page, answered from the official source, with the date we checked it.


2019

Founded in France

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Paid placements in our guides

100%

Facts dated at the source

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Topics every trip starts with

Our mission

Make travel rules easy to read.

Entry rules, fees and documents change often and are spread across many official sites. We bring them together, in plain English, and keep them up to date.

Everything before you go, in one place.

  • Visas and travel authorisations
  • Passport validity rules
  • Where to go, and when
  • Driving abroad and ferries
  • Cabin bags and packing
  • Destinations, country by country
From the UK

Spain

Visa
None for 90 days in 180
Passport issued
Less than 10 years ago
Passport valid
3 months after you leave

Source: GOV.UK foreign travel advice for Spain

Checked on 28 October 2026

Signed by Antoine Fruchard
What we stand for

Three principles behind every guide.

01

Independent

No airline, tour operator or visa service can pay to appear in a guide or to be placed higher in one.

02

Sourced and dated

Every fact comes from an official source, and every table says when it was checked.

03

Signed

A named editor stands behind every guide, and you can reach the team through one form.

The editors

The people behind the guides.

Antoine Fruchard

Antoine Fruchard

Co-founder & CEO

Pauline Laurore

Pauline Laurore

Co-founder & Editor

Travel rules are public, but they are scattered and they change. Our job is to read them at the source and say clearly what applies to you.
Antoine Fruchard, Co-founder & CEO, HelloSafe
Our story

From a French start-up to a UK travel guide.

  1. 2019

    Founded

    HelloSafe is founded in France with one idea: make the small print of travel easy to read.

  2. 2026

    Cited by the press

    Our data studies, such as the Prosperity Index, are cited by Euronews, Time Out and Express.co.uk.

  3. 2026

    hellosafe.co.uk

    A travel guide for people leaving the UK, written from official sources.

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