{"id":267278,"date":"2025-07-16T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267278\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T18:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:42:14","slug":"travel-insurance-warning-for-travellers-to-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267278\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel insurance warning for travellers to Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/209021-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Picture credit: countryflags.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            New rules have been introduced by the Spanish authorities\n        <\/p>\n<p>Isle of Man residents planning a trip to Spain are being warned they could face a hefty fine if they arrive in the country without proof of adequate insurance cover for their visit.<\/p>\n<p>New rules, which could land travellers from non-EU countries with a penalty of up to \u00a35,900 (\u20ac6,900), have been introduced by the Spanish authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s Health Minister Carolina Darias said: &#8220;The health of our visitors is a priority. We are committed to ensuring that all travellers, including British citizens, have the necessary coverage to protect themselves and the local health system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the changes, a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), or Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), will not be enough to cover your stay.<\/p>\n<p>Checks are being made at Spanish borders and by transport providers.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Beaumont, a director with Kestrel Insurance, told Manx Radio that insurance documents that show evidence of cover for emergency medical treatment, hospitalisation and repatriation have become a requirement:<\/p>\n<p>                    More from Isle of Man News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture credit: countryflags.com New rules have been introduced by the Spanish authorities Isle of Man residents planning a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[101774,2000,299,28146,101770,101773,28168,1072,101771,101775,104,101772,28170],"class_list":{"0":"post-267278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-biking","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-isle-of-man-radio","12":"tag-isle-of-man-tt","13":"tag-manx-grand-prix","14":"tag-manx-radio","15":"tag-motorsport","16":"tag-radio-tt","17":"tag-southern-100","18":"tag-spain","19":"tag-tt-commentary","20":"tag-tt-races"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114864386564465000","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}