For travellers to the USA (and probably other parts of the world as well) there is added stress these days.
The UK government recently stopped the requirement for travellers to be tested before entering the UK. The tests had to be taken two days before flying home. These resulted in many people having to stay on in the States, in isolation, until they tested negative. Thankfully that is gone.
However the US government require everyone to have a negative lateral flow test 24 hours before flying to the States. This means at the last minute your holiday could be off.
It is very stressful and nerve wracking.
My hope is that before we fly in April Joe Biden may relax this rule. Who knows if he will though.
So, unless he does, we will all have to pay lot of money to take these supervised tests and hope, pray and cross our fingers.
I intend to mix as little as possible in the days leading up to our trip, to minimise any risk of testing positive on the Friday. I will have to see my mum, as two weeks with no visit for her will be long enough. I won't do my library stint or go to the pool or do anything apart from collect the children from school and see mum. We would normally have our hair trimmed before we go but we won't. I will have my toe nails done a couple of weeks before.
I hope that the tests are abandoned by then, and if not that all eight of us test negative!!
I wish I had that crystal ball to tell me if I am worrying for nothing!
The UK government recently stopped the requirement for travellers to be tested before entering the UK. The tests had to be taken two days before flying home. These resulted in many people having to stay on in the States, in isolation, until they tested negative. Thankfully that is gone.
However the US government require everyone to have a negative lateral flow test 24 hours before flying to the States. This means at the last minute your holiday could be off.
It is very stressful and nerve wracking.
My hope is that before we fly in April Joe Biden may relax this rule. Who knows if he will though.
So, unless he does, we will all have to pay lot of money to take these supervised tests and hope, pray and cross our fingers.
I intend to mix as little as possible in the days leading up to our trip, to minimise any risk of testing positive on the Friday. I will have to see my mum, as two weeks with no visit for her will be long enough. I won't do my library stint or go to the pool or do anything apart from collect the children from school and see mum. We would normally have our hair trimmed before we go but we won't. I will have my toe nails done a couple of weeks before.
I hope that the tests are abandoned by then, and if not that all eight of us test negative!!
I wish I had that crystal ball to tell me if I am worrying for nothing!
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