Originally Posted by
Clapper
My wife is Estonian and when we got married so she took on my family name. Her passport is on her maiden name. Now were are going to travel to Europe and our entry point is through Netherlands. I was worried about the whole name change, and called and talked with the Netherlands Embassy. They told me and I quote " you only need to have a valid passport to gain entry into the country. We will not look at any U.S papers" What this means is as long as she has a valid not expired passport she is good to travel as long as she has her marriage certificate. So bring your marriage certificate along and any other supporting documents to show that she/he is the person in question.
I have never had an issue entering a country with a passport - they have never looked at any airline ticket etc. The problems I have heard of come when your ID at the departing airport doesn't match the ticket (at the counter, boarding the aircraft etc, as they as supposed to verify the ticket against the ID).