UK holidaymakers scrambling for flights home face exorbitant prices to beat quarantine deadline June 4, 2021 British tourists and holidaymakers scrambling for flights home from Portugal before new quarantine requirements come into force are being charged hundreds of pounds. People arriving in the UK from Portugal after 4am on Tuesday will need to self-isolate at home for 10 days after the Government moved it from the green list to the amber [...]
Brits to splurge an extra £9bn on holidays next year once Covid-19 restrictions ease June 1, 2021 Lockdown savings will allow Brits to splurge an extra £9bn on travel next year, taking the predicted tally for 2022 holidays to £108bn.
Stop, go, stop: Easyjet and Jet2 bosses slam ministers over traffic light travel ‘guessing game’ May 27, 2021 The CEOs of Easyjet, Jet2, and the owner of Stansted airport have slammed the UK Government for its handling of the return of international holidays via a traffic light system where a country must be on the green list in order to facilitate return travel.
Booking.com CEO: Business travel will never recover to pre-Covid levels May 13, 2021 The lucrative business travel market, which sees suited and booted executives fly between London, New York, Frankfurt and beyond and bolsters bottom lines at airlines and hotels globally, will never fully recover from Covid.
Tui offers £20 Covid tests for British holidaymakers May 6, 2021 Tui will offer British holidaymakers cut-price Covid tests following the government’s announcement earlier this week that vaccine passports would not be ready in time for the resumption of international travel. The British airline said it would slash the cost of mandatory PCR tests for travellers returning to the UK to £20 under new plans to [...]
British holidaymakers face expensive Covid tests amid delay in vaccine passports May 6, 2021 British holidaymakers face hefty Covid tests at borders as a result of delays in the development of vaccine passports for overseas travel, Downing Street admitted yesterday. Number 10 said earlier this week that tweaks to the NHS app to display proof of vaccination were unlikely to be made in time for the lifting of the [...]
Italy could welcome foreign tourists from next week, says PM May 5, 2021 Italy will allow tourists to enter the country without quarantining as soon as mid-May, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced, as he claimed the nation was “ready to welcome back the world”. Visitors who have either received a Covid-19 vaccine, have immunity from previous infection, or tested negative 48 hours prior to travelling will be allowed [...]
Portugal, Israel and Greek and Spanish islands get green light for British holidays May 4, 2021 British holidaymakers have been given the go ahead for international travel to Portugal, Israel and some Greek and Spanish islands ahead of government plans to unveil a travel green list later this week. The Foreign Office this afternoon dropped its advice against non-essential foreign travel to Portugal and the Greek Islands of Rhodes, Kos, Zakynthos, Corfu [...]
Coronavirus third wave fears ‘diminishing’ amid UK’s rapid vaccine rollout May 4, 2021 The likelihood of a major third wave of coronavirus infections in the UK is “diminishing” alongside Britain’s rapid vaccine rollout, one of the UK’s most senior scientists said today. Markets responded positively to the news, with the FTSE up three-quarters of a per cent mid-morning. Professor Neil Ferguson, member of the Scientific Advisory Group for [...]
Post-pandemic travel: Flights to Greece, Spain or Italy offer the best bang for your holiday buck April 30, 2021 Which destinations offer the most affordable trip away when it comes to the cost of flying versus the time spent actually in the air? The best short-haul value for money would be a flight to Greece, Spain or Italy, according to hotel booking platform Hoo, which analysed the cost of flying to 15 destinations from [...]