Your days and your vehicle's.
Two clocks, one answer.
Bring a vehicle to Europe and two clocks start: your 90 days in any 180, and your vehicle's 6 months in the EU. They start on different days and follow different borders. Add your trips and see which one runs out first.
Your trips
Tick the trips your vehicle came onFlew home and left the vehicle in storage? Tick “It stayed behind” on that trip. Its clock keeps running while you're away, and trips you take without it don't restart it.
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Schengen rule checked 11 Oct 2026 · EU vehicle rule checked 11 Oct 2026Same trip, two different maps.
You're counted on the Schengen map. Your vehicle is counted on the EU customs map. They overlap, but not everywhere.
Your clock
90 days in any 180 across the 29 Schengen countries, counted backward from the day you check.
Your vehicle's clock
6 months from the day it enters the EU, across every EU country. Storage doesn't stop it. Don't count on a fresh 6 months just by leaving and coming back. Some countries count it as 6 months in any 12.
Where the maps differ
Norway and Switzerland are Schengen but outside the EU for vehicles. Ireland and Cyprus are EU but outside Schengen for you.
Keep your own record
The Entry/Exit System logs you at the border. Nothing logs your vehicle, so dated photos and ferry tickets are your proof.
Heading outside Europe next?Check the permit your vehicle needs for any country, from your plates.Vehicle permit checker →Stop typing in your trips.
The app logs your crossings as you go, keeps this count current every morning, and reminds you before you run out. The first week is on us.
