question about cutsoms

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Apr 17th, 2007 | 04:45 PM

mayerfan83

Original Poster

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 29

Likes: 0

question about cutsoms

We are American, and leaving Rome to go to Barcelona. DO we get checked at Rome customs or Barcelona Customs?

Apr 17th, 2007 | 05:32 PM

nytraveler

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 57,886

Likes: 0

You only go through customs when you enter a country - not when you leave. But, since Italy and Spain are both Schengen contries there will be no customs.

Being a US citizen is immaterial.

Apr 18th, 2007 | 04:48 AM

mayerfan83

Original Poster

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 29

Likes: 0

No customs? Are flight is from Atlanta to Barcelona. 3 hour layover, then Alitalia to Rome. SO you are telling me there will be no customs at all? Not even in Barcelona. This might give us time to go outside and see a little bit of it.

Apr 18th, 2007 | 05:00 AM

ira

Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 74,699

Likes: 0

Hi M,

You didn't ask about ATL to Barcelona.

You will go through passport control and Customs on arrival in Spain.

You will go through passport control and Customs on your return to ATL.

No PC or C between Spain and Italy.

Apr 18th, 2007 | 07:14 AM

nona1

Joined: Apr 2005

Posts: 5,056

Likes: 0

Of course there will be customs when you arrive in Europe but that wasn't what you asked. You've also reversed the direction of your travel within Europe.

Are you getting a bit stressed about your arrangements and losing it a little?

Apr 18th, 2007 | 07:27 AM

janisj

Joined: Oct 2005

Posts: 74,969

Likes: 50

I don't think you are even asking about customs. The only place you will even know you are going through "Customs" Is when you re-enter the States (unless you have something to declare elsewhere)

What you probably are concerned about is IMMIGRATION (passport control)