Travel Updates

As we have all been anticipating since Monday, October 4th after the announcement of the Red and Rest of the World lists to replace the traffic light system, Grant Shapps has presented to us the move of 47 countries off the red list and onto the Rest of the World list. This leaves only 7 destinations left…

As of yesterday, October 6th, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have lifted their advice against 32 travel destinations. Now that the FCDO have lifted advice against these destinations, this means that travel insurance will begin to cover these countries again. Lifting the advice based on the Covid rates in these countries and territories…

After the huge travel changes that set in place on Monday, October 4th, the travel industry is buzzing with excitement since the news came that we may see a significantly reduced red list on Thursday, October 7th. The red list could be reduced from the current 54 countries and territories down to as low as…

Some fantastic news came out today, October 1st, as Turkey and Croatia both revealed that they will no longer require PCR tests for entry from vaccinated UK travellers. This is great timing, with Turkey having left the UK's red list on September 22nd and Croatia an awesome destination that many UK travellers flock to. The…

On the 28th of September, the FCDO officially lifted the advice against all but essential travel to Egypt, Maldives, Sri Lanka. The lift of this advice from Egypt, Maldives, and Sri Lanka is excellent news both for the travel industry and the consumers. Removing the conflicting advice not only means that travellers can have more…

With October 4th coming up, the PCR testing updates and scrapping of the traffic light system is soon to be put into action. Yesterday, September 27th, we got some great additional news from the Welsh government confirming their plan to follow most of these changes and remove pre-departure tests from the 4th of October. After…

Recent news on the 27th of September suggests that the UK travel industry is very close to joining the scheme for the EU vaccine passport. This is great news for the industry and all the British travellers looking forward to a holiday in Europe in the near future, with the scheme holding the potential to…

The travel industry is bursting with excitement at the moment after the news on the 20th of September that US travel is open for European and UK travellers from early November. This includes EU and UK travellers that are double vaccinated.  Not only is this excellent news for all the travellers who have been waiting…

As the summer comes to an end and the world is beginning to open more and more to international travel, a lot of changes are going underway for the future of UK travel. Not only is there discussion over taking down the traffic light system and replacing it with a simple pair of 'do' and…

So many of us are incredibly excited about the recent lift of restrictions on the 2nd of August 2021 that allowed cruise travel again. However, it's fair to say some will be asking about cruise covid safety. Not only this, but what covid safety measures do cruise companies have in place, and what measures should consumers…