Frequently asked questions
The questions we get most. If yours isn't here, the fastest answer is usually on the specific rule page — or check /sources for exactly what we've verified and when.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. Everything here is informational and reflects our reading of official sources at the date shown — it isn't legal advice and isn't an official determination of your right to stay or enter. Border authorities decide, not us. For anything consequential, verify with the official source we cite, or a qualified adviser.
- How do you actually verify your data?
- Every fact we publish is checked directly against a primary official source — a regulation, an official government page, a statute — before it goes live, and we record the date it was checked and who checked it. If we can't reach or confirm something against a primary source, we don't publish it; it stays flagged internally as unverified instead. See /methodology for the full policy and /sources for the complete list of what backs every claim on the site.
- Why isn't my destination or nationality covered yet?
- We'd rather show you an honest "not yet verified" than a guess. Coverage grows destination by destination, each one fully researched against that country's own immigration and customs authorities — we don't publish a country until we can cite it properly. The trip-check picker shows what's live now and what's queued next.
- What's the difference between Trip Check and the Schengen Calculator?
- Trip Check (/trip-check) answers the broad question — can you enter a given destination, for how long, with what documents, and what you can bring — across all our verified destinations. The Schengen Calculator (/calculator) is the deeper tool specifically for the EU's rolling 90/180-day rule: multiple trips, residence-permit exclusions, dual citizenship, and a day-by-day timeline. If your trip is only about Schengen days, use the calculator directly.
- Do you store my trip details?
- No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser — your dates never reach our servers, and shareable links encode your trip in the URL itself rather than in a database. Trip Check works the same way: nothing you enter is stored server-side.
- How do you keep this up to date when rules change?
- We watch our official sources on a weekly automated cycle for content changes, and re-verify anything that moved. Every change to our data — what changed, when, and against which source — is logged publicly at /changelog, so you can see our update history rather than just take our word for it.
- Is Odyssway free?
- Yes. The calculator and Trip Check are both free with no account required, and that's not changing — free access to accurate compliance information is the point of the site.
- Are you affiliated with the EU, a government, or an airline?
- No. We're an independent, unaffiliated site. We're not the European Union, any national government, or any airline or visa-processing company, and nothing here should be read as an official channel.
- I think something is wrong or out of date. How do I report it?
- Point us at the official source that contradicts what we have — that's the fastest fix, since every value we publish traces to a specific citation you can check against. See /sources for what's currently backing each claim.