Poland to join the EU 2004...

This is bad news. How will this affect costs of holidaying in Poland?
Should I expect dramatic changes in cost? Or a slow transition?



I was wanting to travel December next year... but now, August seems a
cheaper option.



Any information would be great.


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"Andiii" wrote in message ...

This is bad news. How will this affect costs of holidaying in Poland?
Should I expect dramatic changes in cost? Or a slow transition?



I was wanting to travel December next year... but now, August seems a
cheaper option.

It just isn't going to change overnight. There are too many financial
strings pulling both ways for this to happen. It will equalise slowly
(like over about 10 years)

Tim





Any information would be great.


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Paul Dwerryhouse wrote in message
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"tim" writes:

It just isn't going to change overnight. There are too many financial
strings pulling both ways for this to happen. It will equalise slowly
(like over about 10 years)

...and then we can all travel to Belarus for cheap holidays


If the Belarus officials actually used their brains and addressed their
frustrating visa system, many more folks would be drawn to it. Until then,
why would you bother to go there? Seriously, the inconvenience of getting a
visa makes an enormous difference to the number of visitors a country
receives. What is the point of the visa except for a tit-for-tat exercise?
So they can easily establish that bugger all tourists go there?
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"Paul Dwerryhouse" wrote in message
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"tim" writes:

It just isn't going to change overnight. There are too many financial
strings pulling both ways for this to happen. It will equalise slowly
(like over about 10 years)

...and then we can all travel to Belarus for cheap holidays

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Will Poland (and other new EU members) be modifying their visa
requirements to harmonize with Western Europe? Will the borders be open
as they are now between most EU countries?

"Lynn Guinni" wrote in message
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Will Poland (and other new EU members) be modifying their visa
requirements to harmonize with Western Europe? Will the borders be open
as they are now between most EU countries?

I guess regulations remain about the same for a few following years. No
doubt most/all new member states will join the Schengen protocol.

many countries will join Eu next may 2004
but it will take a long time before they will be accepted in the Schengen
area and in the Euro zone.
I guess free movement of persons and goods will
be an advantage for everybody.
polish people dream about salaries of the nearby countries.. ( and so do the
other future citizens)
and they do not know that salaries depend mainly on productivity ( and how
efficient a state is).-
as to productivity. it will be hard for them to reach our standards, as it
will take enormous investments in technology.. and so on.
investments will be rather made where salaries are very low.. at the moment
the far east.
on the other hand, the growing desire of western goods will provoke a rise
in prices and cost of living.
i think tourists will go where they have the best services.. not where they
have the best prices.
In any case, Romania is at the moment the country with very low salaries.
48 hours a week bring 150 dollars per month to the lucky ones that have a
job.
"Andiii" ha scritto nel messaggio
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This is bad news. How will this affect costs of holidaying in Poland?
Should I expect dramatic changes in cost? Or a slow transition?



I was wanting to travel December next year... but now, August seems a
cheaper option.



Any information would be great.


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Posted via http://britishexpats.com

well
a big difference will be for EU citizens
they will not need a passport to travel to the new member countries..
import and export of goods will be free
on the principle that VAT must be paid only once.
as to Schengen and Euro
I guess it will take another 10 yrs.
"Markku Grönroos" ha scritto nel messaggio
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"Lynn Guinni" wrote in message
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Will Poland (and other new EU members) be modifying their visa
requirements to harmonize with Western Europe? Will the borders be open
as they are now between most EU countries?

I guess regulations remain about the same for a few following years. No
doubt most/all new member states will join the Schengen protocol.

"tile" wrote in message
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well
a big difference will be for EU citizens
they will not need a passport to travel to the new member countries..

Not until they are members to Schengen.

on the principle that VAT must be paid only once.

So it goes already today.

"Markku Grönroos" schreef in bericht
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"tile" wrote in message
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well
a big difference will be for EU citizens
they will not need a passport to travel to the new member countries..

Not until they are members to Schengen.

And even thereafter everybody (including EU citizens) needs a national ID
card or a passport.

Sjoerd