How to get a Covid PCR test for travel and what else you need to go abroad
Everything you need to know about PCR swabs, prices and how many tests you ll need to travel
18 May 2021 • 6:25am
If you want to holiday abroad this summer, tests will be involved
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While huge question marks linger over summer holidays abroad, one thing is clear: there will be Covid tests.
Although some countries, such as Greece, have already suggested that fully vaccinated travellers will not have to provide proof of a negative test, many others may still demand evidence that holidaymakers are Covid-free. And with those under 18 unlikely to be jabbed for some time to come, families could be facing huge added costs to their holidays.
How to get a Covid test for travel and what else you need to go abroad
Everything you need to know about PCR swabs, prices and how many tests you ll need to travel
12 May 2021 • 6:37am
If you want to holiday abroad this summer, tests will be involved
Credit: Getty
While huge question marks linger over summer holidays abroad, one thing is clear: there will be Covid tests.
Although some countries, such as Greece, have already suggested that fully vaccinated travellers will not have to provide proof of a negative test, many others may still demand evidence that holidaymakers are Covid-free. And with those under 18 unlikely to be jabbed for some time to come, families could be facing huge added costs to their holidays.
How to get a Covid test for your summer holiday
Everything you need to know about PCR swabs, prices and how many tests you ll need to travel
12 April 2021 • 5:13pm
If you want to holiday abroad this summer, tests will be involved
Credit: Getty
While huge question marks linger over summer holidays abroad, one thing is clear: there will be Covid tests.
Although some countries, such as Greece, have already suggested that fully vaccinated travellers will not have to provide proof of a negative test, many others may still demand evidence that holidaymakers are Covid-free. And with those under 18 unlikely to be jabbed for some time to come, families could be facing huge added costs to their holidays.
‘British Airways rejected negative Covid test and threw us off our flight’
Has a company treated you unfairly? Our consumer champion, Katie Morley, is here to help
20 December 2020 • 5:00am
Our readers were offloaded from their flight to Hong Kong after a final check of their Covid test documents at the gate
Has a company treated you unfairly? Our consumer champion, Katie Morley, is here to help. For how to contact her click here.
Dear Katie,
My wife and I booked a British Airways flight to Hong Kong for November to see our daughter who lives and works there. We have not seen her since January, so we wanted to spend Christmas with her out there. We were able to travel before tighter restrictions became law in Scotland. Our flights were cancelled and rebooked, our quarantine hotel dates changed, and our covid test booking also changed.