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HOME AT FIRST’S CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAINS
Current Travel Bargains to Home At First International Destinations —
Shopping! Theatre! Escape!
December Weeks!
Holidays
in Festive
and/or
SPECIAL SALE!
LONDON or PARIS OR BOTH!
Enjoy the Holiday Season Run-Up!
• Shopping on Bond, Oxford, Regent, & Carnaby Streets, at Paris’s grand Galeries Lafayette, and at Christmas Markets along the Thames & the Seine.
• Holiday Services at London’s Westminster, St Paul’s, & Southwark Cathedrals & Notre Dame & Sacre Coeur in Paris.
• London Theatre adds many special Holiday shows, like The Nutcracker. Paris, too!
• Join the carolers at Trafalgar Square nightly.
A HOLIDAY GIFT TO YOU!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY SEPT. 5, 2025
• Stroll in the village-like atmosphere of Paris’s Left Bank & in Montmartre.
• Find the Holiday spirit at festively decorated historic pubs and in superb café/restaurants.
• Experience a Holiday high tea, & a traditional roast beef with Yorkshire pudding.
• Discover the wonderful Holiday confections of Paris patisseries.
• Museums in both cities offer special Holiday programs.
TRAVEL to LONDON or PARIS
For Pre-Christmas HOLIDAYS
TRAVEL 1-WEEK BETWEEN 1-24DEC25
London: $AVE 18% – $498/person!
Paris: $AVE 35% – $1,276/person!
$2,330
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package to London or Paris!
Special low rate 18%-35%% below our 2025 Low Season prices.
MORE HOLIDAY SAVINGS!
Queen’s Guard Paddington Photo © Home At First.
SUBTRACT AN ADDITIONAL $50/prs IF YOU MENTION ‘QUEEN’S GUARD PADDINGTON’ WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR BOOKING.
Offer applies to the first ten London Holiday Full-Package bookings made after 23AUG25.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR) to/from London (LHR or LGW) UK, or to/from Paris (CDG). Departures Mo–Th from 1–17DEC25.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS APARTMENT LODGINGS
in a comfortable Home At First Apartment very near London’s iconic Tower Bridge or in safe neighborhoods throughout central Paris.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
• City TransPasses valid throughout at least the central regions of London & Paris on the Underground/Métro, city buses, certain trains (including London’s Elizabeth Line & Paris’s RER system to/from the LHR & CDG airports).
• Tickets for the connecting high-speed Eurostar (Chunnel) train journey from downtown London (St Pancras Int’l.) to downtown Paris (Gare du Nord) This pleasant journey actually gets you door-to-door faster & more comfortably than traveling London to Paris by air. Bad weather? No problem!
• LONDON &/or PARIS ACTIVITIES GUIDES
Comprehensive guide keyed for your Holiday visit with suggestions for sightseeing & touring, shopping, museums, restaurants, cafés, pubs, churches, castles, activities including walks, parks, monuments, and much more.
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OR, COMBINE LONDON + PARIS!
Follow 3 or 4 nights stay in London with 4 or 3 nights in Paris. Connect quickly & comfortably from city center to city center via Eurostar high-speed rail in 2.5 hours. Fly into London (LHR/LGW) and return home from Paris (CDG).
ADDITIONAL COST TO COMBINE LONDON+PARIS:
$292
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
THE FINER DETAILS:
• TRIP PLANNING: HOME AT FIRST‘s London & Paris specialists help you plan an individualized, independent itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, & budget.
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to LONDON, UK, or PARIS, FRANCE. Departures Mondays, Tuedays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays between Deceember 1 & December 17, 2025, from New York City (JFK) or Newark NJ (EWR), USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from all other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport in London, UK, or Paris, France.
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your lodgings in LONDON:
After flying all night from North America to London, you self-transfer via Underground or the new Elizabeth Line (or both) to your London apartment where you will be met by your landlord/host at a specific time introduced to your lodging when you take occupancy.
Alternatively, be met at the airport by our dedicated car service for a comfortable, personalized cross-London drive to your apartment. Your driver will show you and your luggage to your London apartment.
(This service free for guests who upgrade to Business Class airfare. This service option comes for an additional fee to all others. Please inquire.)
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your lodgings in PARIS.:
After flying all night from North America to Paris, you self-transfer via Paris’s RER train line (or taxi) to your Paris apartment where you will be met by your landlord/host at a specific time introduced to your lodging when you take occupancy.
Alternatively, be met at the airport by our dedicated car service for a comfortable, personalized cross-Paris drive to your apartment. Your driver will show you and your luggage to your Paris apartment.
(This service free for guests who upgrade to Business Class airfare. This service option comes for an additional fee to all others. Please inquire.)
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights in your pre-reserved London &/or Paris apartment(s). Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
Your landlord, host, or their representative provides support during your visit if you have questions, or if problems or emergencies arise.
• GETTING AROUND London &/or Paris using your city transit passes requires a little getting used-to. You will find the directions in our “London Activities Guide” and Paris guidebook quite useful in helping you get to your destinations efficiently and securely whether by Tube, Métro, bus, train, or river cruiser.
• ACTIVITY GUIDES: Guests receive Home At First’s “London Activity Guide” and/or an excellent Paris guidebook loaded with scores of pages of suggestions for exploring London &/or Paris by public transport: sightseeing, touring, visiting historic sites, museums, pubs, cafés, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, and activities such as walking, Holiday shopping, and theatre-going.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 5, 2025. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of September 5, 2025. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• NEW! UK TOURIST ENTRY PRE-REGISTRATION & FEE: New for 2025, every short-stay visitor (6 months or less) to the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales, & Northern Ireland) is required to file an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) pay an entry fee of £16 (about US21) prior to departure for the UK. Completing the required form and paying the required fee are the travelers’ responsibilities. Full details are found at UK ETA. HOME AT FIRST can advise you about the process, and answer your questions.
London — Always Surprising!
Autumn Prime Time in —
AUTUMN PRIME TIME
SPECIAL SALE
Daily Departures:
19SEP thru 31OCT 2025
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WHY IS AUTUMN A PRIME VISITING TIME FOR LONDON?
• The weather may be best of the year.
• The throngs of summer visitors have gone home, but all attractions remain open.
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NEW TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package. Independent Travel with Apartment, Flights, & TransPass
SUPER OPPORTUNITY!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY SEPT. 5, 2025
TRAVEL to LONDON
between 19SEP & 7NOV 2025
$AVE 23.15% – $722/person!
$2,397
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package!
Special low rate 23% below our official, published 2025 Main Season prices to London.
NOTE: supplements may apply for 2-person occupancy in larger lodgings.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from NEW YORK (JFK/EWR) to LONDON (LHR or LGW).
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS APARTMENT LODGINGS
in Historic Central London near iconic Tower Bridge.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
LONDON TRANSPORT PASSES for your use on the Underground, Red Buses, certain train lines (including the Docklands Light Railway, and the hyper-modern Elizabeth Line), even certain Thames River cruisers
• LONDON/ENGLAND ACTIVITIES GUIDE
Comprehensive guide keyed for your visit with suggestions for sightseeing & touring, shopping, museums, restaurants, pubs, churches, castles, Royal England, activities including walks, day-trips out of London, and much more.
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CONSIDER A SECOND WEEK!
For a more leisurely trip & more time to enjoy your travels.
ADD 7 NIGHTS LODGING & TRANSPORT FROM:
$1,518
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING 1 WEEK OF LODGING & TRANSPORT. PRICE CAN VARY BY LODGING SELECTED & SEASONALITY. A HIGHER RATE APPLIES IF CHANGING LODGINGS OR REGIONS. LOWER RATES APPLY FOR MORE THAN 2-PERSON OCCUPANCY.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• TRIP PLANNING: HOME AT FIRST‘s London specialists help you plan an individualized, independent itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, & budget.
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to LONDON, UK. Daily departures between September 19, 2025, & October 31, 2025, from New York City (JFK) or Newark NJ (EWR), USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from all other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport in London, UK.
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your LONDON lodging.
After flying all night from North America to London, you self-transfer via Underground or the new Elizabeth Line (or both) to your London apartment where you will be met by your landlord/host at a specific time introduced to your lodging when you take occupancy.
Alternatively, be met at the airport by our dedicated car service for a comfortable, personalized cross-London drive to your apartment. Your driver will show you and your luggage to your London apartment.
(This service free for guests who upgrade to Business Class airfare. This service option comes for an additional fee to all others. Please inquire.)
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights in your pre-reserved London apartment. Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
Your landlord, host, or their representative provides support during your visit if you have questions, or if problems or emergencies arise.
• OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL LODGING: Although this special package is priced for 7 nights of lodging, you may add a week in the apartment, or change locations to other regions of ENGLAND or WALES where HOME AT FIRST has lodgings. We are British Isles specialists and can custom-make all the arrangements.
Please inquire!
• GETTING AROUND LONDON using your London TransPass on London’s comprehensive transport network requires a little getting used-to. You will find the directions in our “London Activities Guide” quite useful in helping you get to your destinations efficiently and securely whether by Tube, bus, train, or river cruiser.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive Home At First’s London “Activity Guides”, loaded with scores of pages of suggestions for exploring London by public transport: sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums, pubs, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, and activities such as walking, shopping, and theatre-going.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 5, 2025: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of September 5, 2025. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• NEW! UK TOURIST ENTRY PRE-REGISTRATION & FEE: New for 2025, every short-stay visitor (6 months or less) to the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales, & Northern Ireland) is required to file an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) pay an entry fee of £16 (about US21) prior to departure for the UK. Completing the required form and paying the required fee are the travelers’ responsibilities. Full details are found at UK ETA. HOME AT FIRST can advise you about the process, and answer your questions.
There’s No Place Like Iceland!
Autumn Prime Time in —
SUPER AUTUMN SALE!
Explore Iceland as the night skies morph from the Northern Lights to the Midnight Sun and back.
VISIT ICELAND’S CAPITAL, REYKJAVIK, PLUS A 2ND ICELANDIC DESTINATION. CHOOSE FROM:
• AKUREYRI & THE FAR NORTH: Iceland’s 2nd City, set on a north coast whaling fjord near the Arctic Circle.
• VIK & THE SOUTH COAST: Glaciers, volcanoes, black sand beaches, lava fields, thermal spas, ice lagoons, & waterfalls.
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package Independent Driving Tour of Iceland with Flights, Lodgings, Rental Car
OUR BEST PRICES EVER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN BY SEPT. 5, 2025
TRAVEL to ICELAND
AUTUMN 2025
WOW! Best Ever Autumn Sale to Iceland!
The Aurora comes back in Autumn!
• FALL TRAVEL 12SEP – 31OCT25
$AVE 38.1% – $1,230/person!
$1,999
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
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1-Week, Full-Package to ICELAND!
THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from JFK, EWR, BOS, or BWI to KEF (Reykjavik, Iceland).
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• AIRPORT BUS TRANSFER ARRIVAL DAY.
From Keflavik Airport to your Reykjavik hotel.
• 7 NIGHTS LODGING (INNS) with BREAKFAST.
Choose 2 of 3 exceptional regions of Iceland:
1. REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s outstanding capital city, plus
2. AKUREYRI: Iceland’s 2nd city on an arctic fjord, or
3. THE SOUTH COAST, packed with volcanic wonders
• 5 DAYS USE of CAR RENTAL
following first 2 nights in Reykjavik city.
Pick-up in Reykjavik; drop-off at Keflavik Airport.
Includes taxes, unlimited mileage, & liability insurance.
• GUIDEBOOK FOR TOURING ICELAND
Sightseeing, Activities, Restaurants, Scenic By-Ways.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to REYKJAVIK, ICELAND : Departures (at these sale prices) are 12SEP-31OCT25 from New York City (JFK), Newark (EWR), or Boston (BOS). Departures also available for non-stop flights (supplemental fare required, please inquire) from: Baltimore (BWI), Chicago (ORD), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW), Miami (MIA), Minneapolis (MSP), Nashville (BNA), Orlando (MCO), Pittsburgh (PIT), Portland (PDX), Raleigh-Durham (RDU), Seattle (SEA), Toronto (YYZ), Washington DC (IAD), & Vancouver (YVR). Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please ask us about flying to Iceland from your home airport!
Arrive the following morning at your destination airport in Reykjavik/Keflavik (KEF). Self-transfer by pre-paid airport bus to your reserved hotel in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city. Take occupancy at your first Iceland lodging, the hotel in Reykjavik, that afternoon.
• RETURN FLIGHT 8 DAYS LATER: Daytime flight from Reykjavik/Keflavik (KEF) back to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Boston (BOS), Baltimore (BWI) or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days & nights in Iceland.
• LODGINGS: 7 total Nights Lodging in pre-reserved hotels &/or inns at your choice of 2 of 3 set locations: Reykjavik city plus either Akureyri in the far north on a whale-filled arctic fjord, or on the South Coast region dense with volcanic wonders, active geo-thermal sites & amazing waterfalls.
• HOME AT FIRST‘s Iceland specialists will help you plan an individualized, independent Icelandic fly/drive itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, and budget. Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
• NOTE: for this 7-night visit you visit two regional locations: the Icelandic capital Reykjavik plus either Akureyri (small city in the far north of Iceland near the Arctic Circle), or in locations along Iceland’s dramatic, tectonically active South Coast. All three locations offer remarkable scenery and a wide selection of activities. By limiting the amount of driving you do, you will have much more time to pursue activities like whale watching, thermal spa-ing, visiting waterfalls, glaciers, geysers, lava fields, and geothermal sites, and, if the weather permits, seeing the Northern Lights.
• GROUND TRANSPORT: Guests in Iceland have use of a RENTAL CAR for 5 days. Pick-up the car conveniently in downtown Reykjavik following 2 days in the city where you get around on foot, by public transport, or by taxi. At the end of your week in Iceland, return your rental car at Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport. Rental Cars come with unlimited mileage, basic liability insurance, and most taxes included, but rental may be subject to some locally charged fees. Note that you will find pre-paid gas cards the best way for obtaining fuel as you circumnavigate sparsely-populated Iceland. We recommend purchasing gas cards in Reykjavik prior to setting off for the driving journey.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests staying in Iceland receive an Iceland guidebook with dozens of pages of suggestions for touring by car, walking/hiking, whale watching, national parks, geothermal & volcanic sites, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, villages, towns, cities, and scenic inland and coastal byways.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT SEPTEMBER 5, 2025: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to midnight September 5, 2025. This special price — our best savings ever for Iceland travel — is a superb travel value, but is non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer earlier than the posted expiration date for any reason.
• GOOD NEWS ABOUT TOURIST ENTRY FEES: Iceland, along with all Schengen member countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have postponed plans to require visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee until possibly late-2026 or perhaps sometime in 2027.
Save Big $ – Book by Oct 31!
OUR ANNUAL
Early-Bird Special!
2026 TRAVEL at 2025 PRICES
MAJOR TRAVEL BARGAIN!
Reserve your Home At First
2026 Full-Package Trip Now.
Get the Best Selection of
Destinations, Lodgings, &
Travel Dates You Want.
Confirm your 2026 trip plans by OCTOBER 31, 2025,
& avoid any 2026 price increases!
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CURRENTLY BOOKABLE
INTO LATE-JULY, 2026!
RESERVE YOUR 2026 TRIP BY OCTOBER 31, 2025
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CURRENTLY APPLIES TO THESE DATES & DESTINATIONS:
FRIDAY DEPARTURES 09JAN25 – 25JUL26
7-Days or Longer Independent Full Packages to Quality Hosted Home At First Destinations in:
• BRITISH ISLES: London, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
• EUROPE: Iceland, Italy, Paris, Portugal, Switzerland
FULL-TRIP PACKAGE =
Independent Travel with Round-Trip
Transatlantic Flights + Lodgings
+ Car Rental or other ground transportation
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TWO WAYS TO BUY YOUR
2026 HOME AT FIRST TRIP
1. BUY NOW — PAY NOW
• On/before October 31, 2025, confirm your provisional 2026 trip reservations by paying for your 2026 Full-Package trip using current 2025 prices.
• Pay any trip costs for any extra things you may have added 90 days before your trip start date.
• Airline Tickets will be issued in November 2025 once your Full-Package Payment is received.
THE UPSIDE:
• Make reservations for the time & location of your choice. Confirm your 2026 reservations by paying the 2025 price for your 2026 Full-Package Trip. By locking in the 2025 price you avoid any potential price increases that may affect your 2026 trip’s international airfare, lodgings, &/or ground transportation.
THE DOWNSIDE:
• Once paid, your payment for your 2026 trip becomes non-refundable. At this point, consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance in the full amount of your trip.
2. BUY NOW — PAY LATER
• On/before October 31, 2025, confirm your provisional 2026 trip reservations by paying your $1,000/person non-refundable deposit.
• Pay the balance of your trip costs 90 days before your trip start date.
• Airline Tickets will be issued once your 90-Day Payment is received.
THE UPSIDE:
• Make reservations for the time & location of your choice without having to pay fully until 90 days prior to the start of your trip. Only once your 90-day Payment is made do all trip costs become non-refundable. At this point, you should consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance in the projected full amount of your trip.
THE DOWNSIDE:
• Although you pay 2025 trip prices, you do pay for any airfare increases that may occur before the issuance of your flight tickets (usually 90-45 days prior to departure). Be advised that airfares rarely go down, and can rise significantly.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• INCLUDED TRANSATLANTIC AIRFARES are based on fares from the lowest-priced East Coast USA gateway airports, usually New York (JFK), and/or Newark (EWR) to your overseas arrival destination.
If your trip will begin/end at an airport other than JFK or EWR, when making your provisional reservations, be sure to request a quote for supplemental airfare from your home (origination) airport. Once flight reservations from your home airport have been made and ticketed, they, too, are locked in at fixed rates.
• LODGINGS & GROUND-TRANSPORTATION PRICES are fixed in place when your trip is purchased. In some cases local taxes for lodgings and/or ground transportation (car rentals) may be payable only on-site and cannot be fixed at time of payment. Car rental prices include basic liability insurance coverage. You pay for any additional car rental insurance coverage (e.g. comprehensive) you require on-site when you pick-up your car.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT OCTOBER 31, 2025: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book & pay for your trip by the end of October, 2025. Your payment must be received no later than midnight October 31, 2025.
These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• Travel Insurance policies offer a wide variety of coverage options. Most travelers who insure their trips obtain coverage for trip cancellations, trip interruptions, and accident & medical costs (with or without medical evacuations).
Although we can provide limited advice regarding insuring your trip, HOME AT FIRST does not provide travel insurance, nor are we party to any travel insurance policy purchased by our clients. We recommend contacting a travel insurance specialist to help you obtain the coverage you prefer.
• TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN: Children under various age thresholds (2, 12, 16, even 26 years old!) may qualify for discounts on some aspects of your trip: airfare, lodging, &/or transportation passes (rail &/or city transit). Be sure to ask about any potential child discounts when you reserve your trip.
• TOURIST ENTRY FEES FOR THE U.K. AND EUROPE: The United Kingdom has already placed in effect, and the Schengen countries (basically, Western Europe except the UK) have announced tentative plans to require 2026 visitors from North America to pre-register on-line and pay an entry fee.
Entry fees (often called “tourist visas”) that are in effect during the times of your planned trip are not included in Home At First’s 2025 Early-Bird prices.
For the U.K., every short-stay visitor (6 months or less) to the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales, & Northern Ireland) is required to file an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) pay (currently: August, 2025) an entry fee of £16 (about US21) prior to departure for the UK. Completing the required form and paying the required fee are the travelers’ responsibilities. Full details are found at UK ETA.
Completing any required forms and paying any required fees will be the travelers’ responsibility. HOME AT FIRST will be able to advise you about the requirements, once they have officially been announced.