Topics

Cross-cutting comparisons built from the same sourced dataset: one rule, every country, each row linking to the government page it came from.

• How countries count the days of your stay

  Per-entry, rolling window or calendar year — the rule behind every “90 days”, with the government source for each.

  36 rows · 36 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• What staying past your permitted stay costs, country by country

  Fines, entry bans and deportation for overstaying, from each country's own law or immigration authority, with the official sentence behind every row.

  52 rows · 52 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Compulsory government charges beyond the visa, country by country

  Tourist taxes, departure taxes and airport levies set by law, from each country's own authorities, with the official sentence behind every row.

  32 rows · 32 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Digital arrival cards and entry declarations

  Every compulsory arrival card, its submission window, its fee and — critically — the one official URL, since look-alike paid sites outrank most of them.

  101 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Countries where a road vignette is compulsory

  Where you must buy a motorway vignette before you drive, what the cheapest option costs, and the fine for going without.

  9 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• How long your passport must be valid, country by country

  The “six-month rule” is not one rule. Every country's own passport-validity requirement, with the government page it comes from.

  199 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Countries that require travel insurance to enter

  Where insurance is a condition of entry rather than a good idea — including the minimum coverage each country sets, where it publishes one.

  59 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Vaccination certificates required at the border

  Which certificate, demanded of whom, and on what condition — separating the certificates a border actually checks from general health advice.

  107 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• How many blank passport pages each country requires

  The requirement that is checked at the desk and published almost nowhere: blank pages needed on arrival, per country, with its source.

  72 rows · 72 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Where a visa you already hold gets you in somewhere else

  Countries that waive their own visa for holders of a US, UK, Schengen or GCC document — the upgrade path that depends on your paperwork, not your passport.

  39 rows · 34 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Which International Driving Permit each country recognizes

  There are two International Driving Permits, not one, and countries are bound to different ones. The treaty status for every country, with the convention it comes from.

  140 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• What a tourist visa costs, country by country

  The cheapest tourist visa each country actually issues, at the official price, next to how you apply for it and how long it takes.

  156 rows · 160 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• How much money you must be able to show at the border

  The countries that make sufficient funds a condition of entry, with the published figure where one exists and what officers actually ask to see.

  119 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• Where you must show a return or onward ticket

  Which countries make an onward ticket a condition of entry and which do not, for all 199, each row carrying the authority that says so.

  199 rows · 199 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.

• How much cash you can carry before you must declare it

  The customs declaration threshold for cash at each border, from each country's own customs authority.

  184 rows · 184 of 199 destinations researched for this topic.