10 Day Hotel Quarantine on arrival back to the UK

[Ruskie]

Anyone had the pleasure? Preferably flying into Manchester. I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best, as long I have some space to do a basic workout and maybe a supermarket delivery/deliveroo I think I will manage. Unfortunately all routes are red as is my current location. Deep joy!!

[Ruskie]

Crumpet said:

Manchester isn’t (or wasn’t) on the list of approved airports for arriving from red list countries.

Why not take a holiday somewhere where they don’t have a ‘red list’ (ideally a green list so you don’t need to quarantine) and then fly back to the U.K.? Could even work out cheaper and at least you have some freedom!

Thank you, I had incorrectly assumed all major UK airports would have that facility. Holiday is difficult to swing because of my current location, and the cost of flights to get anywhere. It’s a good shout though.

[Ruskie]

All thoughts of avoiding this are out the window, as the country I am residing is now red.

Sounds like a deeply, deeply unpleasant experience but I will just have to get on with it!

https://twitter.com/lisataljard/status/14055479198...

[Ruskie]

Kiribati268 said:

Ruskie said:

All thoughts of avoiding this are out the window, as the country I am residing is now red.

Sounds like a deeply, deeply unpleasant experience but I will just have to get on with it!

https://twitter.com/lisataljard/status/14055479198...

Depending on where you are in the world, come back through a green or amber country. You've lost the time anyway as you would have to stay in a hotel, so you might as well serve it in the freedom of a green, or at home from an amber. Although if coming through amber I think you'll have to serve 10 days there, then 10 days at home. Still much better than paying a fortune to stay in HMP hotel.

Yeah that idea has been floated today. Costs are covered, so its less of a money thing, more a make it as painless as possible. I have heard Scotland is nicer, so may arrive in UK there and do it.

[Ruskie]

GT03ROB said:

andy_s said:

kiethton said:

Or just fly to a yellow/green and book a completely separate flight the next day, being realistic - how would they know....

And get your covid test done again...

And use your 2nd passport to enter......

Now there is an idea, dig the fresh crisp second one out!

[Ruskie]

GT03ROB said:

Hugo Stiglitz]No offence but do you really [b said:

need[\b] to fly now?

You know some of us actually do. I suspect based on what Ruskie has written he's in this category. Not all travel is off to Magaluf for cheap beers & holibibs.

I've done 24 flights since August last year, not one leisure. And if you look at the latest data it's really not a great risk. Out of 167 amber countries, only 16 returned any cases of CV over a 3week period covering end May/early June. And not one of those cases was a variant of concern.

Yeah, I am not sure my current location is on many holiday makers list

Amazing how judgemental people can be.