Fly me to the Moon - your 3rd travel Megathread - read OP

Also interested. As I've booked them for the kids on Friday.

Edit: Thanks to the previous poster for the update

How is the algarve? Much in the way of masks and restrictions being reinforced? Thinking about a visit in 5 or 6 weeks!

Hey again everyone.

I completed my covid-19 test with letsgetchecked. for anyone who is considering:

I ordered the test in advance.

Took the test around 10:00am. First scheduled collection with UPS, then completed the test. A driver collected the test at around 10:20. The test arrived at lab 7am next day for processing. Got the results at 13:30 same day they arrived at lab.

It was a RT-PCR test.

If you don't hear from me then I'll be off holidaying, otherwise it wasn't accepted 😀

Thanks for the update. We are travelling to Lagos in 3.5 weeks so hopefully all will go well.

Stayed in Alvor for a week, hotel/hotel pool was quiet enough. Beach was busy..main strip with restaurants etc noticeably busier since Monday with places closing at 10.30. Would recommend.

also another one just went to book a Covid test in Seville on the Monday as I'm comin home on the Tuesday but it said all appointments are booked up.

I've had my first Pfizer vaccine jab and obviously the PCR test coming over. What are my options?

Of course you can, nothing has changed.

I wonder if Ireland going red will impact our ability to enter any countries, including non-EU ones.

Looking at the Delta outbreak in Sydney and now developing across Australia we are very fortunate to be at the level (and continuing) of vaccination we are, had we have been in the current situation Australia finds itself with a more transmissible variant with previous lockdown methods not working and very low levels of inoculation with the wrong vaccine bets, and us with an open border - It boggles the mind where we would be going or what we would be doing in our country right now.

Off tomorrow on two-week trip to Greece involving 3 Islands, Lisbon booked for a weekend in late Sep, LA for a week in early Nov and hoping to do a Christmas market in Dec either in Austria or Germany. Not half optimistic. 😂

And there goes Eilish again banging her anti travel gong.

No breakdown whatsoever on those numbers. Considering we're not doing any random testing at the airport, how many of these 'travel related' cases happen weeks or months after the travel has occurred. Also weird how vaccinated people seem to become more vulnerable to infection as soon as they go overseas.

More awful propaganda for ISAG masquerading as journalism.

I've noticed that masks are being worn outdoors in Spain by the vast majority of locals in crowded areas like city centres. Most of the people not wearing them seem to be tourists. I think the rule is they are supposed to be worn if you can't guarantee 1.5 metres distance but there does not seem to be any enforcement of that rule.

Another thing, I asked a few weeks ago what do I do with my driving license (abroad) that was supposed to expire a couple of months ago but whose validity was automatically extended. The NDLS finally got back to me and they will provide anyone in that situation with a "Driver Statement" which I presume is an official looking letter explaining the situation. As it happens, I didn't need it for car hire, but if I was stopped by the police, I'd definitely want to have it.