test on holiday before you catch yourflight your home home test on holiday before you catch your flight your home home to the uk. you no longer have to do a pcr test on day eight when you get back to the uk and nor do you have to isolate at home. what you still have to do is book, pay for and take a day two cobit test and that is on or before the second day that you get back to the uk covid test. it is hoping to change it to a cheaper lateral flow test this month but hasn t given any specific date for when that will happen. you still have to fill in a passenger locator board before you board your flight to the uk. if you choose to go to a red list country, things get more expensive. you have to pay £2285 for an 11 night stay at a government approved quarantine hotel in the uk. at the moment, there are 50 countries also on the redness. we are expecting the government will take quite a lot of those off the red list this week and that could