Here are the countries where you can travel without quarantine …. if they let you in

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• Alan says:

  4 Jul4 July 00:46

  No immediate travel plans for me – don’t really see the point when there’ll be so many restrictions/closures in the destination countries. The downside to countries coming off the FCO list is they also won’t be covered for cancellation. I’ve got a USA trip booked for September that won’t be happening – given how things are going will be interesting to see if they’re off the FCO list by then or not!

  • Jeff 99 says:

    4 Jul4 July 09:25

    Same for me. I’ve been off work for three months and the weather has generally been good so I’ve enjoyed myself. It’s also easy enough to find things to do (if you’re capable of adapting/using your initiative) so I don’t feel like I need a trip abroad.

    • Lady London says:

      4 Jul4 July 13:37

      +1 will be a different story if the virus lashes back in winter especially as the economic damage will be coming through then

• Phil Gollings says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:33

  So we can return from the Seychelles without quarantine but won’t be insured as it’s not on the second list.
  Just like registering as many deaths to Covid as possible, this does not make sense

  • Nick_C says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:06

    Sitting in a confined space with a crowd of strangers for 12 hours during a pandemic is what doesn’t make sense.

    • TripRep says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:32

      +1 – Nailed it Nick

• Simon Cross says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:40

  I completely fail to see the point in a country being removed from the FCO no non essential travel list (so presumably “safe” in uk gov eyes) but NOT being included in the uk gov list where you don’t need to guarantee on your return (so presumably not safe).

  This just makes this even more confusing and absurd.

• Michael_s says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:50

  Can an American citizen with an American passport now travel from UK to Greece and back on a direct flight? Will she be allowed to either country or refused / required to quarantine?

  She does not have UK or EEA residency but hasnt been to US for years

  • bookish says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:25

    If not living in the USA, where does she have residency now? And is that country on Greece’s list of accepting visitors?

    • Michael_s says:

      4 Jul4 July 07:39

      No residency, just extended sabbatical. Will travel from australia to UK but unsure if she can travel further onwards

      • bookish says:

        4 Jul4 July 07:45

        I’d think that without a government issued residency permit from a country that’s on their list, she would struggle to get into Greece and possibly even the plane. She could always contact the Greek consulate and ask given her circumstances.

  • Chris says:

    4 Jul4 July 09:21

    There are no direct flight from UK to Greece at the moment as there is a ban in place imposed by Greek Government; they will reconsider it though over the next few days. Having said that, all citizens can travel to Greece via other airports (I.e. Zurich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam etc)

• Simon Cross says:

  4 Jul4 July 06:50

  Biggest issue with any potential travels is the apparent fact that travel insurance will NOT cover cancellation is you have to cancel due to catching covid here in the uk before departure on the grounds that this is now a known risk.

  I see no difference between this “known risk” and the “known risk” of contracting any other disease – such as cancer, flu, breaking a leg, etc.

  This seems manifestly unfair especially given the now relatively low incidence of new cases here in the UK.

  Only way around this seems to be by only booking fully refundable trips (e.g. using avios and independent hotels on fully refundable rates through hotels.com) and NOT buying packages unless the package has some special refundable deal.

  • Phil Gollings says:

    4 Jul4 July 06:58

    That is definitely the way forward.
    Using Emyr Thomas for hotel bookings has been very useful as they have all been cancellable as well as getting the extra benefits when you get there

    • Simon Cross says:

      4 Jul4 July 07:08

      Unless you don’t have enough avios or you want to fly somewhere BA does not go to.

      I have so far been extremely lucky having had 2 big and extremely expensive trips booked for this year on this basis long before covid was a twinkle in the eye which I have had to cancel.

      While it was a major hassle having to deal with multiple suppliers I have managed to get full refunds on the first trip (£14,000 in Latin America) and am in the process of doing the same now for Papua New Guinea and indonesia.

  • Nick_C says:

    4 Jul4 July 07:41

    “This seems manifestly unfair especially given the now relatively low incidence of new cases here in the UK.”

    Relative to where? Sweden? We still have one of the highest incidences of Covid-19 in Western Europe.

    • Rob says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:54

      Depends where you live. Lambeth in London is zero cases, the City is zero cases, my bit is 8 per 100k. You should move!

      • Jeff 99 says:

        4 Jul4 July 09:38

        Pretty much no one lives in “the city”.

        The rest is correct though.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      4 Jul4 July 09:57

      4th in Europe for total new based on yesterday’s reporting by John Hopkins.

      If you then adjust by per 1m residents then we fall to 24th out of 48 european nations

      Below Portugal, Switzerland, Iceland, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France as well as many others.

    • Simon Cross says:

      4 Jul4 July 10:16

      Relative to the case rate in the uk a few weeks ago.

      Anyway – the point is curtailment cover if available for any other illness or accident reason preventing one travelling so why not covid?

  • Frenske says:

    4 Jul4 July 08:50

    Knowingly travelling while having Covid is strictly forbidden. Knowingly travelling with flu is allowed. It is illegal and you can get penalties for it. Should insurance cover travelling with illegal substances too?

• Qwertyknowsbest says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:08

  Has anyone obtained any clarification from Amex platinum insurance re medical cover (not concerned about cancellation) for travel to countries no longer on the foreign office advisory list?

  I have called Amex twice and received vague answers.

  Thanks

• EJH says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:14

  Any ideas why Canada isn’t on both lists – reciprocity? Bizarre

• Jeff 99 says:

  4 Jul4 July 07:43

  All this marketing nonsense being quoted by news outlets about how flight bookings have “exploded” over the last week. Are they incapable of applying a bit of critical thinking before quoting numbers?

  Everything seems to be “versus the previous week” or “versus April”. I wonder why they’re not giving year on year numbers 🙄

  The only company I’ve seen giving yoy numbers is eurotunnel who actually saw an “explosion” in bookings.

  • Nick_C says:

    4 Jul4 July 08:01

    Eurotunnel makes sense. I would rather spend 24 hours in my own car than 3 hours on a plane right now.

    • Jeff 99 says:

      4 Jul4 July 08:04

      Yes and they had they’re busiest day of bookings last weekend, so clearly a lot of people agree with you.

      I’m not saying that nobody will be flying but people who take marketing nonsense without even questioning it, regarding the increase in flight bookings need to stop being so naive.

      • Simon Cross says:

        4 Jul4 July 08:30

        Also extremely cheap if you use Tesco vouchers which convert at three times value into a eurotunnel voucher.

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