Paris Breaks

I was asked a question about which UK Documents are needed for Paris Breaks recently, here it is:

I travel myself a lot to Paris. I have a friend who would like to go there one day but his passport expired a while ago, so now he only has his UK driving licence. Do you think that would be good enough?  - thanks for any suggestions.

The answer, I’m afraid is that UK citizens need a full passport in order to cross the border from the UK to France. A driving license, even a modern one with a photo ID does not count as a passport.

EU citizens can travel around member countries with a national ID card, but the UK does not have an ID card scheme at present, nor planned.

If you are taking a car from the UK to Paris, then the car also needs documents, such as the registration document (log book), MOT and insurance, a drivers license and sometimes special equipment that is required in EU countries but not the UK such as a breakdown triangle.