International Flights & Passport Validity Requirements
Whether you are booking a direct flight or a multi-city journey with layovers (for example, flying from Asia to Europe via a Middle Eastern transit hub), you will always require a valid international passport.
The 6-Month Expiration Rule: While many international destinations and transit hubs require your passport to be valid for at least six (6) months from your return date, it is entirely the customer’s responsibility to check and verify the exact passport expiration requirements for every country on their specific itinerary. Travala cannot check these individual border policies for you.
Machine-Readable Passport Verification: Many countries strictly require passports to be machine-readable to clear customs. The customer must verify if their current passport meets the digital scanning requirements of their destination and layover airports before completing a booking.
Transit & Visa Requirements: The customer must manually verify all visa, entry, and transit checkpoint rules for all destination and connection airports before completing a booking.