Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder to answer your questions as passport strike and border issues hit UK travellers
Ask our expert for advice as Easter travel plans get off to a rocky start
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But things got off to a less-than-ideal start over the weekend as gridlock at Dover saw some ferry passengers endure 18-hour queues.
The Port of Dover declared a critical incident and said it had been “working round the clock with the ferry operators and border agencies to get coach passengers on their way, with extra sailings being put on overnight to help clear the backlog”.
It seems to have finally cleared as of Monday morning, but will the same problems hit the UK’s busiest port next weekend?
Meanwhile, today sees the start of a five-week strike by workers for HM Passport Office, which could result in more than one million passport applications getting stuck in a bottleneck.
How likely is it that your travel plans will be impacted by any of the above? The Independent’s travel correspondent is ready and raring to answer all your questions on this and more this afternoon.
Our expert Simon Calder will be on hand from 4-5pm GMT, on Monday 3 April, to answer all your travel questions in an ‘Ask me anything’ event. He will be answering live in the comments section below.
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