Europe’s new entry rules are still causing airport issues — this is how SkyVIP can help

It has been a stressful travel year for a plethora of reasons, and the rollout of the European Union's Entry/Exit System hasn't made it any easier. The new EU immigration checkpoint system gathers travelers' biometric data to replace the physical passport stamps involved in the passport control process.The end goal is to make the immigration process much more efficient for travelers visiting Europe. For now, though, delays and long lines at airports across the continent persist as airport staff and travelers navigate the new process.When some travelers, including some of my TPG colleagues, began reporting EES wait times upward of three hours earlier this summer, I started to get nervous about my upcoming trip to Sicily. I was flying from New York City to Rome, where I'd have a two-hour layover before making the quick hop to Sicily.I considered rebooking my second flight because I wasn't sure whether two hours would leave me enough time to pass through EES. But instead, I was lucky enough to try SkyVIP's Meet & Greet service, which provided a designated escort through passport control and to my connecting gate.Here's what my experience was like using SkyVIP.What is Europe's Entr...