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

Randox day 2 self administered tests in the UK are £45. No need to pay any more than that. I’ve used them consistently, they arrive reliably, and are the cheapest I have found. There is also a discount code available on the British airways website (you don’t have to fly)

You do the test and put the swab in the mail in the supplied envelope.

its not bulletproof. Not even close. The equivalent of wearing a string vest in a warzone. You don’t even have to do them. Our ones from when we last arrived in the UK a few days ago are still sitting on the table

its a farce…..nothing more than a money making racket. The rates of actual returns of the tests are very poor. It’s just about getting the paperwork to get on the plane and through border control. No basis in science whatsoever

Its a pcr test.. you need to post the sample

You don't analyse that one yourself 🤣🤣

while I’m here, a note from my few days in Copenhagen last week

very strict on border entry re vaccination cert. but other than that it is as if Covid never happened. Not a mask in sight anywhere, inside or out. In fact, we had ours on when transiting from the airport to the city and the ticket inspector came up to us to remind us that we don’t have to wear them. If you were to wear one in any situation you would feel like you really stood out

No entry or number restrictions inside in bars, clubs, restaurants, shops etc, No vaccination passports. All Covid signage removed from everywhere. Is genuinely back to 2019 and everywhere is buzzing.

worth a visit if you want to get somewhere where all reference to Covid has disappeared

coming back to Ireland and finding my two local coffee shops still not allowing inside seating and vaccination passports and limited numbers inside everywhere else was a real shock. So came back to London for the rest of the month for some normality

Seeing as we are adding experiences

My own recently, Dub Frankfurt mykonos on lufthansa

All docs checked at Dub before boarding passes issued

Did online check-in but required to get bp's at a desk

Passport control at franfurt entering schengen area wanted to see my EU DCC and checked dates

Arrival at Mykonos, EU DCC and Greek plf checked

Island very busy

Long queues to get into night clubs as vaccination certs were checked

Very strict on that

No masks or social distancing once inside except by servers

Street bar strips/beach clubs hopping,no visible sign of covid era only that servers wearing masks

In 34c most people were outside

Ditto in the evening

Return to Ireland,again all docs checked in Greece and again in Munich

Noone got on board the Dublin flight at munich without having their Irish plf ,or EU DCC/pcr result checked, despite mine having been checked in Greece

Transfer bus at Munich rammed but everyone wearing ffp2/N95 masks as is the law there