Wales and Northern Ireland have announced their decisions to align with the relaxed travel rules set out by the UK government and Scotland earlier this week on Monday (24th of January). On Monday the 24th of January, UK Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announced that day-2 lateral flow tests would no longer be required for fully…
read moreFollowing the removal of pre-departure tests for UK arrivals and the demand for further testing relaxation from the travel industry, the government has announced that Covid tests will be removed for fully vaccinated arrivals from the 11th of February. On Monday the 24th of January, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, confirmed to the media that…
read moreWith several announcements over this past week, the travel industry has received the excellent news that Austria, Switzerland, and Thailand will relax entry rules for fully vaccinated Brits. After the spread of Omicron, these destinations had all tightened restrictions for the UK as the Omicron levels had become dominant. However, in the past month much…
read moreSpeculation has come out over the course of the weekend (15th-16th of January) surrounding sources claiming that the government are ready to remove day-2 tests for fully vaccinated travellers in an announcement to come this month. Several sources including The Times have spoken to government sources, and many are anticipating the reveal of this change…
read moreThe excellent news many of us were anticipating has finally come out as France lifts the ban against UK travellers entering the country from January the 14th (Friday). After the speculation that has been ongoing in the past couple of weeks, the French Tourism Minister, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne finally announced today (Thursday the 13th of January)…
read moreAccording to reports in many sources of travel media over the past couple of weeks, there is a lot of heavy speculation that France will ease their restrictions for UK travellers incredibly soon. The travel ban on UK travellers to France was put in place on the 18th of December in response to the number…
read moreItaly recently announced that ski insurance is now required for all skiers and snowboarders who visit. They are the first destination to make this a necessary requirement. Specifically applying to the ski slopes in Italy, the country made the decision that all skiers and snowboarders using the slopes will need third-party liability insurance for winter…
read moreAfter the fantastic update that came out Wednesday, January 5th, there is still more great news to come. Travel can continue to anticipate more certain plans for travel after Grant Shapps revealed government plans to 'stabilise travel' that could be set into motion later this month. Not only this, but Ireland announced over Twitter on…
read moreExcellent news has come out today (Wednesday the 5th of January) as Boris Johnson has confirmed not only that pre-departure testing will be removed, but the day-2 testing will be relaxed for travellers entering the UK as well. Following the talk and suspicions this week that pre-departure tests would be removed for those entering the…
read moreThere is exciting news to come this week (starting January 3rd) as there is a high probability that in the government update to travel restrictions pre-departure testing could be removed this week. Reports in national press sources have revealed this week that it is very likely that the pre-departure Covid tests required for those entering…
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