A long term traveller and model who hates Britain’s Brexit ruling claims to have found a loophole that lets her stay in Europe for longer than the 90-day limit.
Honour Spencer, 27, from Cheshire, voted to remain when UK citizens were asked if they wanted to stay in the EU and was devastated with the result.
The travel influencer, @misshonourmay, has since spent £80,000 – and most of the pandemic – turning her Mercedes Sprinter into a sumptuous home for her and her two dogs.
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Her love for Europe means that since August she's been travelling around the many countries that make up the EU – and refuses to come home to the UK until next year.
Spending this time continuously in the EU would break the post-Brexit rules, which allow British citizens to spend 90 days out of 180 in the bloc’s Schengen free-travel zone.
However, Honour claims to have found a way around this and says she won't come back to Britain for three months as the rules usually demand.
She said: “I voted Remain and think Brexit in general was a terrible idea. It might sound harsh but it was voted for by older people who have outdated views on society and aren’t going to be around to see its effects.
“Instead it’s going to hurt my generation and younger people who by-in-large voted to stay.
“I am worried not just about the ongoing situation for me but also for my children’s generation.
“Sadly there’s no point in us trying to fix it so instead we need to figure out a way to explore this beautiful world we have.
“That’s why I looked for a loophole which I hope will work – although we will have to wait and see.”
Honour has gone on to travel through France, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Italy and Hungary with her two cocker spaniels Marcia, four, and her daughter Maria, one.
All these countries are within the Schengen Zone, but Romania and Bulgaria remain out of it which is where Honour's clever loophole comes in.
She is allowed to stay in Romania for three months without a Visa as a British Citizen – just the amount of time she needs to be out of the Schengen area.
So, Honour plans to head to Bucharest, the capital of Romania, when her 90-days in the EU are up.
She will enjoy Christmas and the New Year in the city with friends enjoying everything there is to do from the Christmas Market to traditional bakeries.
After this three month period she can spend another 90 days in the Schengen zone after which she plans on returning to the UK.
She said: “Hopefully this loophole will work but we will have to wait and see.
“When I cross into Romania I have to get them to stamp my passport so I have proof that I have left."
She added: “It’s really important because otherwise I could be penalised or be banned for life from the EU apparently.
“If it works at least I’ve found a way to get around the mess that Brexit has created.
“It’s destroying opportunities for people of my generation and I’m glad to have found a way that can enable us to travel without too much hassle.”
A spokesman for website Guide to Iceland said that Brexit has "undoubtedly" complicated the travel situation for UK residents.
But they pointed out that Iceland remains outside the bloc and many of its residents also enjoy frequent excursions there.
See the rules for EU travel at gov.uk.
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