eurotrip

[bizzle]

My and a couple friends are planning on travelling to europe this june. We still have to get our passports and we want to leave in june. We also are planning to travel for a year. What should we know about obtaining visas and what countries we need visas for if we want to have no limit to where we go

[dzug]

You've left out a vital bit of information - where are you FROM?

Some countries require visas, some don't. Some that don't for a short visit do for a long one. Wherever you go there will be limits even with a visa.

Does that help? Probably not much. But it's the best that can be done on the information you have given.

[bizzle]

Well we plan to go all over western europe and possibly even make our way through Spain into morocco.

[dzug]

What passport do/will you hold? Many - even most - countries have differing requirements for visas depending on your nationality.

If you are UK citizens you will only need visas for places like Belarus and Russia. If you are US or Australian a lot more places will want them and/or restrict the time you can stay.

[bizzle]

we are from the usa and will have a us passport. we also want to travel to egypt and greece and make our way east

[bizzle]

basically what im asking is, for a us citizen what countries require visas and how early do you have to apply for them

[bizzle]

Which country is better, panama or costa rica?

[dzug]

Thought so. This is a UK site so you won't get much in the way of expert advice here unfortunately. We can travel visa free to a lot of countries you need visas for.

Your government has set up a web site full of advice for US citizens travelling abroad:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/requirements/re quirements_1233.html

You should find a lot of useful info there plus a bit of research elsewhere.

[bizzle]

thanks. That should help a lot