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Restored my faith in my community :)
Everyone talks about local fb groups… a lot of people described as “karens” or “moaning about fireworks”. in the depth of my depression I got myself into a heap of debt… this month paid off my loans but unfortunately due to other bills have been left with £0. (My own fault) I put a post on our local fb group asking about…
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Thankful to a stranger...
I had a parcel go missing with Hermes before Christmas, the company refunded me. Then last week Hermes sent me a message saying it was out for delivery, so I assumed it had been found in a warehouse, perhaps getting lost with all the Christmas parcels. I waited in, no parcel arrived but the delivery information updated to…
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Travel insurance for Test and Trace
I am trying to get travel insurance to cover me if I am contacted by Test and Trace and told I have been a contact of someone who has tested positive. As I am vaccinated I am exempt from having to isolate, but gov.uk strongly advise to limit contact with others outside my home. I would not want to get on that flight,…
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PCR Test Recommendations
I'm flying to Barbados in March and need to take a PCR test within three days of departure. Can anyone recommend a reliable testing company? I'd rather not do a home test but go to a testing site, in or near north London.
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Over 12s to be vaccinated for travel to Spain
Hello. We booked a holiday to Spain in August 2021 for travel August 2022. Since booking Spain have updated their entry requirements that all over 12s need to be double vaccinated. My son isn’t 12 until 9th May, so with the 3 month gap between vaccinations there is no way he can meet this entry requirement before we travel…
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Holiday going ahead but country now wont allow unvaccinated - am I eligible for a refund/free change
I booked my holiday for August last year to Portugal but then had to rearrange it due to their restrictions at the time meaning we all had to isolate. We changed it to Majorca as in July last year, Majorca wasn't an issue to travel to, as long as you had a negative test, all was fine. Now you cannot travel there if you are…
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Need advice re: flight change with KLM & Last Minute.com
My husband & I originally booked a flight & hotel with Lastminute.com for the 20/08/20 - 24/08/20. We could not go due to coronavirus so we sadly lost our hotel money but KLM kindly rearranged our flights to March 2021. As coronavirus was still ongoing and we were in lockdown KLM once again rearranged our flights to Feb…
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Lateral Flow Tests
I have read that in the first 6 months of this year - over 700 million lateral flow tests were given out / posted to UK residents - yet only 70 million results were obtained ie 10% or 90% were not completed / wastedWhat does each test pack cost ? £10+ - what a ridiculous waste of money and resources (£6 billion +) Can…
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Travelling to gran caneria after having covid
Sorry if this has been asked before but just carnt find the answers we have a holiday booked for end of February we have both had covid from New Year’s Day both testing negative and both got our nhs app back with vacations ect booster showing but where not shaw which forms we have to fill in as we will have both had covid…
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Moved: Sun Holidays 2022
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Can someone please help.
My son is due to travel to Bulgaria tomorrow. He is currently on the phone to TUI now and they don’t even know. He tested positive for Covid on the 3rd Jan via lateral flow and then tested positive the day later on the PCR The 10 days is up today. He has tested positive today on the PCR test but apparently that can show…
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£13 Day 2 Rapid Antigen Tests - Chronomics
Just followed the advice on ‘How to find the cheapest Covid tests for overseas travel’ and ordered my £13 test from Chronomics. Slight issue in that the dispatch date on the order is the day I’m due to arrive back in the UK which is a Saturday. ie Day 0. That means the earliest I might receive the test is Day 2 Monday. I…
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Is there an amount of time to go to tenerife after having covid recently .
Heading to the canaries feb 4th . (27 days and counting ) for a weeks break . One member of our party is currently isolating with covid and a few days in . Hoping to be all clear and fit within the next week or so . Would there be anything to prevent her from travelling to canaries ? TIA
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Covid vaccine and travel. 12 year old won’t be vaccinated in time
My 12-year-old had Covid in October and so is only just eligible for his first vaccine which is tomorrow. We are due to travel on the 9th of April and his second vaccine will only be due the week before this. Spain say you should have had your second vaccine 14 days before travel. The regulations for Spain have changed…
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France relaxing travel rules from UK from Friday
But only for the vaccinated, and a negative test within 24 hours of leaving is required https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59977978
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Step by Step - tests?
I need some advice, I know I am not going to Benidorm (Spain) till June - but if the rules tests are still the same now till June, what do I need to do? do I need to take a test when I arrive at Manchester Airport before I get on the plane or do I take a test when I arrive at Alicante Airport before I go to Benidorm? if…
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Simply test me test kits?
Ordered a pre flight " fit to fly test" and also a post 0-2 day return to UK from Simply test me. Just received both, one made and packeged by Flowflex and the other by Healgen. However there is nothing at all to say which is the fit to fly and which is the 2 day return test,instruction leaflet for both are identical.…
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PCR home test missed postal Collection?
Firstly, happy new year all! I ordered a home PCR test the other day (positive lateral flow and no walk in or drive through appointments available). It arrived yesterday morning, I did it straight away and put it in the priority postbox ahead of yesterday's earlier collection time. But, the tracking for it still says…
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Walk in booster shots
Anyone seen or tried getting a walk in booster shot? Can I just go to my local walk in vaccination centre and get one, or is there still an age limit? How do they decide what vaccine to give you?
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Ryanair, law unto themselves?
hello, i have 2 questions to pose re flights. My sister was meant to travel to Scotland last month but a few days before her planned trip Boris Johnson made the announcement that people travelling to the UK would have to do a PCR and self isolate until this was negative. She decided not to travel as she was coming for the…
