Can I travel against FCDO advice?

The FCDO has two levels of advice: against ‘all but essential travel’ and against ‘all travel’. This advice is designed to let travellers know if the country they want to go to is safe.

At the moment, it’s mainly about Covid, but it can also be due to other reasons such as natural disasters and terrorism.

Travel providers base a lot of their services on whether the FCDO says it’s safe to travel.

When the FCDO says ‘all but essential travel’ is allowed, you can still get a level of cover with our European FCDO Travel Advice Extension if you need to travel.

Most travel to countries where the FCDO advises against ‘all travel’ isn’t allowed.