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Brits due to go on holiday to France, the Netherlands and Malta should be aware of their rights.
Emma Coulthurst, travel commentator from holiday price comparison site TravelSupermarket, says: "Now that the FCO advice has changed to essential travel only for these countries, if a flight or train (e.g. Eurostar) or ferry is cancelled as a result, you are legally entitled under EU 261 to your money back within seven days.
"However, your flight or train may still go ahead despite the FCO rule change. Transport providers are allowed to keep operating for people who still want to travel.
"You will need to look to change your journey to a different future date, when you can hope that the rules will have changed (see below for more info on this). If you had travel insurance in place before the pandemic became a known event back in mid-March or you have had an annual policy in place pre mid March which was automatically renewed, then you might be covered."
Those with package holidays booked to these countries have a greater level of protection and should be able to cancel and get a refund under the Package Travel Regulations.