Summer Holidays 2021

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Chris Stott

13,339 posts

197 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Pete102 said:
croyde said:
When you say the LFT, do you just have to show the stick thing with a negative result?
No, needs to be administered by a certified organisation and certificate issued. Around 40 euros or so
My wife had her today prior to returning to the Uk on Saturday... no appointment, €45, result in 15 mins.

Get a certificate to take away.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,579 posts

155 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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fk the British Antarctic Territory I want to go to the USA frown

Deep Thought

35,792 posts

197 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Surprised the Canaries didnt make the cut.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Deep Thought said:
Surprised the Canaries didnt make the cut.
Me too.

soxboy

6,189 posts

219 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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El stovey said:
Deep Thought said:
Surprised the Canaries didnt make the cut.
Me too.
Too much riff-raff

Ashfordian

2,044 posts

89 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Deep Thought said:
Surprised the Canaries didnt make the cut.
Will they maintain this farce all the way through the School holiday season?

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Next review is in 3 weeks I think?

Bill

52,690 posts

255 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Did they announce the plan to allow people to dodge quarantine if they've had two jabs? Or just leak the plan? rolleyes

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Bill said:
Did they announce the plan to allow people to dodge quarantine if they've had two jabs? Or just leak the plan? rolleyes
I think they’ve just said they’re looking at it or it’s going to happen later.

Pretty useless information to plan anything based on it though.

DoubleSix

11,710 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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So, what’s the odds of Macron following Merkel on quarantine for UK visitors?

Trustmeimadoctor

12,579 posts

155 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Thought he already had earlier today

DoubleSix

11,710 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Wife said that, but I couldn’t see anything officially confirmed

croyde

22,853 posts

230 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Any good all inclusives on Pitcairn?

Bill

52,690 posts

255 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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El stovey said:
I think they’ve just said they’re looking at it or it’s going to happen later.

Pretty useless information to plan anything based on it though.
yes A stshow as usual.

jesusbuiltmycar

4,535 posts

254 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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DoubleSix said:
So, what’s the odds of Macron following Merkel on quarantine for UK visitors?
If Germany or France tested as many people per day as the UK I am sure their numbers would be similar or higher than hours (we are testing 10x more people a day than Germany) ..



Pete102

2,045 posts

186 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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DoubleSix said:
So, what’s the odds of Macron following Merkel on quarantine for UK visitors?
Cant see it changing, either jabs work…or they dont. Politics bks per usual.

duckson

1,241 posts

182 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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jesusbuiltmycar said:
DoubleSix said:
So, what’s the odds of Macron following Merkel on quarantine for UK visitors?
If Germany or France tested as many people per day as the UK I am sure their numbers would be similar or higher than hours (we are testing 10x more people a day than Germany) ..
Correct.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/positive-rate-d...

Although dates are a number of days old but you get the jist.

Muddle238

3,886 posts

113 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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El stovey said:
Bill said:
Did they announce the plan to allow people to dodge quarantine if they've had two jabs? Or just leak the plan? rolleyes
I think they’ve just said they’re looking at it or it’s going to happen later.

Pretty useless information to plan anything based on it though.
I believe I read that it’s planned to happen later in the summer. Why not now, I have no idea. The biggest hurdle would be how to identify who’d had both jabs - however I’d wager there is already the IT in place that can link your passport number to your NHS number. We don’t need a complete NHS history being available to the UK Border Force, just a green tick if both jabs are recorded.

The thing is, once FCO advice is amended to no longer prevent non-essential travel to amber countries and the double-jabbed don’t need to quarantine, we suddenly have the industry back in the game again. Unless you’ve not had both jabs, there’s suddenly less to differentiate between green and amber destinations, from the passenger point of view.

By the time this quarantine exemption arrives (and I’d wager the travel industry applies pressure to govt to expedite the introduction of it), I’d have thought a majority of the under-30s will have had their second jab by then anyway, so the passenger demographic won’t be entirely skewed towards older age groups.

Muddle238

3,886 posts

113 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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El stovey said:
I wonder why no canaries or Greek islands there? I don’t suppose the N I released any info about their decision making?
I wonder whether the Balearics were added purely to appease the industry, a day after the Travel Day of Action took place. Given their status on the green watch, combined with this governments affinity for a U-turn, I’m half expecting them to “quietly” put the Balearics back on amber at the next review. Not wishful thinking, just a complete lack of trust in the government to actually help the sector. I hope they remain green however.

The sooner we can have quarantine-free travel from amber destinations for the double jabbed, the better I say.

Shnozz

27,467 posts

271 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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Muddle238 said:
El stovey said:
Bill said:
Did they announce the plan to allow people to dodge quarantine if they've had two jabs? Or just leak the plan? rolleyes
I think they’ve just said they’re looking at it or it’s going to happen later.

Pretty useless information to plan anything based on it though.
I believe I read that it’s planned to happen later in the summer. Why not now, I have no idea. The biggest hurdle would be how to identify who’d had both jabs - however I’d wager there is already the IT in place that can link your passport number to your NHS number. We don’t need a complete NHS history being available to the UK Border Force, just a green tick if both jabs are recorded.

The thing is, once FCO advice is amended to no longer prevent non-essential travel to amber countries and the double-jabbed don’t need to quarantine, we suddenly have the industry back in the game again. Unless you’ve not had both jabs, there’s suddenly less to differentiate between green and amber destinations, from the passenger point of view.

By the time this quarantine exemption arrives (and I’d wager the travel industry applies pressure to govt to expedite the introduction of it), I’d have thought a majority of the under-30s will have had their second jab by then anyway, so the passenger demographic won’t be entirely skewed towards older age groups.
The NHS app already has this feature. Shows date/serial number of your vaccination(s) and at the touch of a button allows you to turn it into a QR code as a vaccination passport for scanning.

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