BVI Chartering in the Pandemic
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Feb 23, 2021
Photo by Peter Nielsen
The week before I flew out to the British Virgin Islands for a bareboat charter, I was having a few second thoughts. The islands had broken out of their Covid-enforced tourism hiatus in December, but the conditions of entry seemed a little stringent: a negative Covid test within five days of arrival, proof of travel insurance covering Covid, an online gateway for permission to enter, a second test on arrival, a third after four days of quarantine. (For a summary of BVI Covid requirements, click here. When the U.S. government announced you would need a negative Covid test within three days of your return flight, it all seemed a little too much. Would it all be worthwhile?