Christmas Travel Plans

badger09

Pollycat said:

I don't really care what anyone else does but personally I like to look forward to a holiday and having the possibility of Spain making (even more) changes to entry requirements, possible curfews and early closing of bars & restaurants, not to mention any measures introduced by our own government before or after travel would not constitute a nice, relaxed build-up to a holiday.

But I've never wanted to be away on holiday at Christmas anyway.

We've spent several Christmases and New Years with my son who lives in Hong Kong. So a sort of holiday. Obviously that's completely out of the question, and even if it was allowed, if I wouldn't risk travelling to see him, then I certainly wouldn't contemplate going anywhere else at the moment.

cubegame

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Pollycat

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

cubegame

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Not in the slightest. Students don't need to go home at Xmas, like people don't need a holiday.
Students can afford to go to university, so they should pay for a test.

I'm lucky, we've been able to have two long breaks to Portugal and two weeks in Italy. COVID has been a boon to those who don't like crowds. People who aren't scared deserve the opportunity to get away at Christmas.

NottinghamKnight

Students can'r afford to go to university, they take out loans that will be written off over the next few decades. 

Pollycat

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Not in the slightest. Students don't need to go home at Xmas, like people don't need a holiday.
Students can afford to go to university, so they should pay for a test.

I'm lucky, we've been able to have two long breaks to Portugal and two weeks in Italy. COVID has been a boon to those who don't like crowds. People who aren't scared deserve the opportunity to get away at Christmas.

Well, it appears that the government disagrees with you about students paying for tests.
And about people going on holiday needing tests.

And it's not about being scared.
It's about not wanting the uncertainty and hassle.

I don't think this thread is going the way you expected.

TELLIT01

cubegame said:

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Testing of students is to reduce the risk of people in the UK passing on the virus whilst travelling within the UK.  Providing free tests for people to travel outside the UK would be potentially increasing the risk to those staying in the UK.

cubegame

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Pollycat said:

cubegame said:

Pollycat said:

silvercar said:

Most countries that require a PCR test require the certificate to show full name and passport number. Luckily the NHS is hardly likely to agree to print your passport number on the results.

Good.

If somebody needs a test for travel purposes, they should pay for it.

Not use NHS resources.

And yet we're being told that 10s of thousands of thousands of students will be tested for free so they can travel home for Christmas.......

Traveling home from university to be with your family at Christmas is very difficult to jetting off on a holiday.
If you can afford to pay for a holiday, pay for a test.
A test that will guarantee you entry to the country that you have chosen to visit.
Assuming of course that your test is negative...

Not in the slightest. Students don't need to go home at Xmas, like people don't need a holiday.
Students can afford to go to university, so they should pay for a test.

I'm lucky, we've been able to have two long breaks to Portugal and two weeks in Italy. COVID has been a boon to those who don't like crowds. People who aren't scared deserve the opportunity to get away at Christmas.

Well, it appears that the government disagrees with you about students paying for tests.
And about people going on holiday needing tests.

And it's not about being scared.
It's about not wanting the uncertainty and hassle.

I don't think this thread is going the way you expected.

Posts like this make me despair about how ingrained the Covid cult group think has become.

Why are people no longer capable of anger?

Pollycat

cubegame said:

Posts like this make me despair about how ingrained the Covid cult group think has become.

Why are people no longer capable of anger?

I regret that you feel despair, although I have no idea why you feel that way.

I really believe you have no understanding how I and other people think.

I am capable of anger.

Not going on holiday isn't - for me - cause for anger.

There are far more important things for me to get angry about.

Care home visiting, for example.

You asked for people's opinions about going on holiday.

Posters have - quite rightly - pointed out potential problems in booking to go abroad.

Why have you then introduced the irrelevant topic of student testing?

sheramber

It is  the UK that is asking for the tests  for the students so thy cover the cost just as they cover the cost for those with symptoms.
A tests required by another country is not the  responsibility    of the UK so they do not cover the cost.