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Camping trip
Asking for a friend. A friend of mine is down near me on a camping trip on a proper camp site, but their app has pinged asking them to self isolate for 9 days, yet they are due to leave the site on Saturday. How can they self isolate if they are due to drive home half way through the self isolation period? I was due to…
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Not recieving the 6 digit code to login to my account on gov.uk
I'm in the process for claiming the SEISS 5 grant but I'm not receiving the 6 digit code to login. Anyone else have this problem or know a way forward? Thanks.
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3 Night Stay - Amber Country - Testing?
Hi All, My colleague is planning a trip to Majorca on 6th August, leaving at 6:30am, arriving back Monday 9th August at 11:30pm. He and his partner are both double vaccinated so understand no quaratine is needed. The question they have is timings of the tests on the return. The government website states that a test must be…
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Are people not learning any lessons re travel bookings?
Shaking my head a bit right now. It seems like every day we are getting posts from people asking for help with refunds when the travel rules change (as they do every 5 minutes it seems). However this is despite them having done one or more of: 1) Made their original booking during the pandemic 2) Booked with a travel agent…
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Day 5 test to release & passenger locator form
Hi, .my teenage daughter is currently on holiday in Greece. She has only had one covid jab so far so has to quarantine on return. However she is due to take an exam on day 8 of her return, that can't be changed to a different date (unfortunate but a consequence of them having flights cancelled 3 times) so we have paid for…
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5rg SEISS grants email
Has anyone NOT had an email off HMRC with advance advice for claiming, though claims arent open yet?
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Depart and arrive back to England but live in Scotland confused.
Doubly vaccinated and looking at flying from Newcastle to Greece. Tui offer the test before travel back to England and day 2 pcr package. Will still be in England on day 2 of return will I be under Scottish or English rules? CTM test £170 for Scotland or Tui £50pp
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Coronavirus Travel Insurance
Hi, i was just wondering if anybody had found any luck with finding good coronavirus travel insurance. The worrying things about being denied travel are: 1. Testing positive before travel 2. Testing positive at the airport 3. Testing positive whilst on holiday and having to self isolate abroad 4. Flight/holiday…
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SEISS 5th Grant Criteria
I am a self employed and I work at Heathrow airport as a consultant. The airport was closed since the first lockdown and hence I had not worked since then. The company I work for is now asking me to work starting August 1st but not as a self employed but as "employed on a zero hour contract" (I think in compliance with…
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SEISS turnover instructions seem contradictory
There appears to be a MAJOR discrepancy in the instructions just issued via the YouTube video from HMRC this afternoon in the link "new turnover test" Page 15 confirms exactly what was in the SEISS guidance on the GOV.UK website - turnover for the 12 months starting between 1 April and 6th April 2020 (which will normally…
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Covid Recovery Certificate - Help
Hi there, My wife and I have just finished isolation after testing positive. Apparently the recovery certificate will show up in the NHS app after a few days after our isolation finishes. We're due to go to Gran Canaria is about 3 weeks time. Currently the Gov website says we have to provide a negative test 2/3 days before…
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Covid and Travel Insurance
Hi. Has anyone been able to take out travel insurance that would cover them should they test positive for Covid within 72 hours of their return date, but not be unwell, and be unable to return to the UK as a result? I’ve taken out insurance with the Post Office, which includes Covid cover, but on checking with them they…
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Test info - Scotland to Portugal
I am hoping somebody can help. I am travelling to Portugal from Glasgow airport (we live in England and my wife and I are double vaccinated) on the 17/8/21 returning 29/8/21. I am a little confused after researching what tests we need to have before and during our holiday and after our return for my 11 year old daughter. I…
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Randox postal test service is very poor
warning to others that I have ordered pre-departure PCR test + other day 2 test for return, from Randox website. I still do not have them a week later. I have spent 2 x days trying to call them, simply impossible to get through on phones to speak with customer support. I have emailed today, as yet no response. There is no…
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Lastminute.com issue
Hello We recently had our flights cancelled by LM due to the pandemic. We were told we would only receive a refund for the price of the flights which was £742 and not the add on we paid for luggage which totalled £99. After several phone calls to customer services it was explained that they would only refund the money that…
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SEISS Claim Question 'do you intend to keep trading in 2021 to 2022'
One of the questions in the 4 SEISS claim forms was 'do you intend to keep trading in 2021 to 2022' My honest answer on all four claims was 'yes'. However, my sole-trader work had now trickled to nothing and I feel I will have to take a PAYE job. Am I likely to be penalised? My intention was always to keep trading but…
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Travel Insurance Help
Hi all, Apologies if this has been asked a thousand times but does anyone know of any travel insurance companies that would cover you if the rules changes re local or national lockdowns for UK staycations. I am assuming not and it is a risk you take but thought it was worth an ask. Thanks Kelly
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Day 2 Tests from Amber list countries (fully vaccinated)
If I am planning to fly and order a Day 2 Test before departing, when are the test kits delivered? If they are delivered before you return home (ie whilst you are still out of the country), do they not require a signature? Am I missing something here? There are some wild variations in prices (£28 to £100+). Are there any…
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What is the Process for travel / PCR tests ?
Hi all, Might seem a repeat thread, but after reading different info pages on different websites, including the GOV website, i am slightly confused! :( For ref, we are both "Fully Vaccinated" + Both use the NHS App (aka: Covid Pass / Domestic Pass / Travel Pass), in England...... We are doing 5 nights in Lanzarote (spain)…
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Travel to Spain with Ryanair
I am really confused about the requirements for travel in early August. We are both double jabbed and understand that a negative test is needed 2 days before returning to the UK. It seems an antigen test is sufficient? Is anything else required?
