Are we there yet? Your second Travel Megathread (threadbans in OP}

Bellmeister

As someone from the Uk living in Ireland I am also sick of this and it is making me seriously consider moving back to the Uk along with the 20 highly paid jobs I brought with me.

The decision about the CTA is now clearly politically driven rather than health. The indian variant is seeded in Ireland, the north just approved free CTA movement and Ireland is allowing free movement from south to north, so there is no rarrier between Ireland and whatever variants the UK has. Keeping a ban on CTA movement is ludicrous and petty.

cottonsocks wrote: »

I can’t believe this. I live in the UK and haven’t been back to Ireland in 18 months. I was going to go home via Belfast recently, then thought ‘no, I’ll wait for the announcement’ because Dublin is a lot easier for me, and after all this now they seem to be indicating July 19th earliest for the UK?! They can stick it now at this stage. I’ll be coming via Belfast like thousands of others just fed up of this s**t.

Gael23

titan18 wrote: »

Important part there is this imo

He said some other countries will still be on a red or danger list when international travel is allowed, where restrictions will still be tough.

Mr Varadkar warned that for some people who book a trip to a country that is not on the red list, it may be on the list by the time that person is returning home

Is that EU countries included or non EU, cos that's messy

Would that not defeat the purpose of the green certificate which is to allow unrestricted travel within the EU?

Hiwever, flight prices will skyrocket from tomorrow onwards so that will put a lot of people off

stephenjmcd

Gael23 wrote: »

Would that not defeat the purpose of the green certificate which is to allow unrestricted travel within the EU?

Hiwever, flight prices will skyrocket from tomorrow onwards so that will put a lot of people off

They're already up on last night, flights that were 20 quid yesterday evening are 80,90 quid now

Kewreeuss

I hope Aer Lingus are going to increase the flights to Uk!

Gael23

stephenjmcd wrote: »

They're already up on last night, flights that were 20 quid yesterday evening are 80,90 quid now

Yeah just looked at London for august, double in the last week

facehugger99

Gael23 wrote: »

Would that not defeat the purpose of the green certificate which is to allow unrestricted travel within the EU?

Hiwever, flight prices will skyrocket from tomorrow onwards so that will put a lot of people off

I just checked my flights to Spain in August out of interest.

They are about €220 more, for 4 people return, than when I booked back in Jan and I'd say they'll go even higher after the official announcement today

Tazz T

Yeah, flight prices are already flying up. Just booked Corfu 24th July. Had to pay 20 quid extra per seat. Done and dusted. Other options I was looking at were a good bit more.

Gael23

facehugger99 wrote: »

I just checked my flights to Spain in August out of interest.

They are about €220 more, for 4 people return, than when I booked back in Jan and I'd say they'll go even higher after the official announcement today

EI want €240 including a checked bag return to LHR 2nd week of August

cottonsocks

cottonsocks wrote: »

I can’t believe this. I live in the UK and haven’t been back to Ireland in 18 months. I was going to go home via Belfast recently, then thought ‘no, I’ll wait for the announcement’ because Dublin is a lot easier for me, and after all this now they seem to be indicating July 19th earliest for the UK?! They can stick it now at this stage. I’ll be coming via Belfast like thousands of others just fed up of this s**t.

What is it exactly that you are waiting for? Until the need to self isolate is gone is it? Or why would you come back through Belfast instead of Dublin?

Marcusm

FlubberJones wrote: »

Time to get things in place for August and late July... thank f*ck... although I'll be fully vaccinated by end June and in fairness would like to see the UK in early July, wonder if the Uk will get a travel corridor...

From what I heard him saying there will not be any expedition of GB because there is uncertainty re Indian variant. I suspect he really wants it open such that as vaccination extends and it becomes clear that there is no substantial spike in hospitalisations in the U.K. then GB will get a preferred state.

cottonsocks

bubblypop wrote: »

What is it exactly that you are waiting for? Until the need to self isolate is gone is it? Or why would you come back through Belfast instead of Dublin?

What’s put me off Dublin is needing the PCR test (or is it two? I think it’s two, second after fifth day). Needing to isolate yes, but also the fact that I know of a few others living here who tired to go home without an essential reason and were either turned back or put into quarantine hotel.

It all sounds like so much hassle, Belfast is looking very attractive now!

Ms.Sunshine

cottonsocks wrote: »

What’s put me off Dublin is needing the PCR test (or is it two? I think it’s two, second after fifth day). Needing to isolate yes, but also the fact that I know of a few others living here who tired to go home without an essential reason and were either turned back or put into quarantine hotel.

It all sounds like so much hassle, Belfast is looking very attractive now!

I agree with you . Belfast is looking great ! The Irish gov have really made a shambles of this

cottonsocks

cottonsocks wrote: »

What’s put me off Dublin is needing the PCR test (or is it two? I think it’s two, second after fifth day). Needing to isolate yes, but also the fact that I know of a few others living here who tired to go home without an essential reason and were either turned back or put into quarantine hotel.

It all sounds like so much hassle, Belfast is looking very attractive now!

Well firstly, if the need for tests and self isolation is in place, then it doesn't matter how you get here, you're still supposed to do it.
Nobody is stopped coming into the country without an essential reason, that's just not true. Your friends must be lying to you.
The only reason someone would be out into a hotel is because they came without a negative test.

If Dublin is easier, I don't see how the price of a pct test would put you off?
My cousin came in from the UK yesterday, no issues.

yer man!

Car rental for Ireland has gone through the roof for August, must be everyone and their mother planning on coming home for a visit in that time.

Ms.Sunshine

bubblypop wrote: »

Well firstly, if the need for tests and self isolation is in place, then it doesn't matter how you get here, you're still supposed to do it.
Nobody is stopped coming into the country without an essential reason, that's just not true. Your friends must be lying to you.
The only reason someone would be out into a hotel is because they came without a negative test.

If Dublin is easier, I don't see how the price of a pct test would put you off?
My cousin came in from the UK yesterday, no issues.

Can I ask how long your cousin is in ireland for ? Like are they here long enough to satisfy the authorities that they are doing self isolation for 5 days ?

Tenzor07

yer man! wrote: »

Car rental for Ireland has gone through the roof for August, must be everyone and their mother planning on coming home for a visit in that time.

Car rental in Europe will be very expensive this Summer due to lack of availablity, so it's not just Ireland..
You may get some of the smaller operators giving good deals in Europe still but expect a slightly older car with a few dings in it, and all the small cars will be gone..

Ms.Sunshine

Ms.Sunshine wrote: »

Can I ask how long your cousin is in ireland for ? Like are they here long enough to satisfy the authorities that they are doing self isolation for 5 days ?

Yep, he will be here for almost 2 weeks

Donald Trump

kilns wrote: »

July 19 is crazy, so a fully vaccinated person will have to quarantine if they wanted to come between now and then! Will be interesting to see the fine print later

My own case I will be fully vaccinated by mid June and will return to Ireland early July, I am lucky as I dont mind quarantining but its nuts that I will have to

What hypothetical scenario would you rather. Suppose 10 unexpected family visitors arrive unannounced to your house straight from the airport from 10 different locations, and for whatever reason, you have to host them for a week while they quarantine there:

Scenario 1) You are fully vaccinated but the 10 visitors have no vaccination
Scenario 2) You are not vaccinated, but the 10 visitors have been vaccinated.

You are not worried about passing it on to anyone else. You are just concerned with your own health so as to keep it simple. Which scenario is better for you?

Obviously the best scenario is a third one where you are fully vaccinated and they are fully vaccinated. But that isn't in the list for now

Lumen

Garda statistics on FPNs are now 7 days overdue.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but...

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/news-media/coronavirus-covid-19-.html#COVID-19%20Related%20Statistics

a_squirrelman

bubblypop wrote: »

Nobody is stopped coming into the country without an essential reason, that's just not true. .

I just want to ask about this part, why are immigration asking the reason for travelling to Ireland? If people can't be stopped I don't understand why they ask. Could I have refused to answer that question?

Rosereynolds

Any word on the fine? will it be extended post June?

RobitTV

Will antigen testing be available in Ireland for travel?

The Certificate will be valid if one of the following apply:

Negative PCR test that is less than 72 hours old.
Negative rapid test that is less than 24 hours old.
Have tested positive for specific antibodies within the last 6 months.

https://twitter.com/EPPGroup/status/1395420301916360712

Rosereynolds

RobitTV wrote: »

Will antigen testing be available in Ireland for travel?



https://twitter.com/EPPGroup/status/1395420301916360712

Positive development

RobitTV

This is really sneaky to me

https://twitter.com/alanGbrereton/status/1397863842495991811

Tenzor07

RobitTV wrote: »

Will antigen testing be available in Ireland for travel?

Antigen tests in Ireland? Sure they're only Snake oil!

Tazz T

RobitTV wrote: »

This is really sneaky to me

https://twitter.com/alanGbrereton/status/1397863842495991811

They are going to go tooth and nail against antigen tests for travel. There'll be a big backlash on this, especially if the EC is providing them free of charge, which seems to be the indication.

RobitTV

https://twitter.com/alanGbrereton/status/1397948406027501573

RobitTV

Irish Daily Mail is back with more misinformation on the front page today :rolleyes::rolleyes:

"Irish holidaymakers can also look forward to trips abroad from July 19th, once they are fully vaccinated and provide a negative PCR test"

It's incredible the level misinformation that is currently running through this country. They don't want people travelling. They will continue to deceive people over the summer.

Tenzor07

RobitTV wrote: »

Irish Daily Mail is back with more misinformation on the front page today :rolleyes::rolleyes:
It's incredible the level misinformation that is currently running through this country. They don't want people travelling. They will continue to deceive people over the summer.

Well you can travel now without the Vaccine, just need your negative PCR...

Vaccine should eliminate the need for PCR's.

Rosereynolds

RobitTV wrote: »

https://twitter.com/alanGbrereton/status/1397948406027501573

I guess a positive is that destination countries will allow antigen, so it’s only pcr for the flight home