The stay-limiting rules which the UK requested with Brexit are triggering a move to non-EU nations for British travellers seeking to spend winter abroad.
A couple from Kent who have a second home in Spain are currently in Egypt. Brenda and John Stewart-Davis spent the maximum 90 day at their Mediterranean villa before Christmas – at which point they were legally obliged to leave Spain and every other country in the Schengen Area for another 90 days.
“Normally we would have been in Spain from January to March,” said Ms Stewart-Davis. “We’re putting our property on the market.”
While the UK was part of the European Union, British citizens could spend as long as they wished in any EU nation.
But under the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, the UK government negotiated for British passport holders to be subject to the standard EU rules for “third country nationals”.
The maximum stay is 90 days in any 180 days within the…
