International Travel by air - US peas, would you?

I know the question was for US peas but we have the same rules in Canada…. We were nervous of getting stuck somewhere a and decided we would only travel to countries that are managing Covid well with low numbers, and pretty clear rules for how quarantine is handled.

Under those circumstances I would travel and we’re in Aruba right now.

We have opted not to travel internationally at this point, in large part due to the requirement of a negative covid test to board the return flight. The risk of testing positive and then having to spend up to 14 days in a hotel not of my own choosing - and at my cost - is not a risk I want to take. Mr. Gypsy is uber picky on his hotels! Then add in being trapped in this hotel room 24/7 with him? No thanks! WFH was bad enough! As soon as the world opens up more fully and drops all these requirements, then I'm hitting the road again. Until then, we will travel in the US as there is plenty to see/do here.

So all travelers have to test before re-entry even if vaccinated? No I don’t think I’ll travel internationally until COVID numbers are low enough that there is no testing requirement.

This isn’t new - we had this this requirement in July and
September when we went overseas. You can buy travel
Insurance that covers quarantine costs for extra protection. The county we flew to in July required it - it wasn’t expensive at all.

and FYI, to enter canada at a land border you still need to show a negative pcr test even if fully vaxxed. Only thing proof of vax gets you is no need to do the 14 day quarantine upon return

We've decided to stay in the UK for the present time, at least until spring/early summer of 2022 when hopefully things might be a little better. I know the hot spots in this country so can take action to avoid those places. The delta is far too transmittable to be safe anywhere that I am unfamiliar with and it's a risk we're not willing to take. I'd be a jittery mess if I was sitting on a plane for a few hours with 300/400 strangers!

It's also far too much of a hassle to abide with the testing requirements of any country that we may want to visit and the additional hassle of testing on our return not to mention the extra cost. Not that I disagree with the requirement, I happen to think they are needed to at least try and control the spread and protect us.

I had to have negative tests going and coming back from France in September even though I was fully vaccinated. And I did take out a really good travel insurance policy.

I think the rules are changing too quickly for me to travel internationally. I'll wait a bit until things settle out. I'm just worried about getting stuck somewhere.

I've been traveling all over the US since getting vaccinated.

We’ve just returned from a short break in Dubrovnik (Croatia). Had to give proof of vaccination to get in & to get back to UK, along with filling in a passenger locator form (giving our home address). Need to do a lateral flow test today (day 2) which cost about £17. Whilst there we met lots of Americans (way more than Brits).

I will say that over there they were much more insistent on mask wearing indoors than people are in the UK (which I’m a fan of). The plane on the way out had fewer than 30 passengers (they even bribed us in food & drinks to sit in the emergency exit row!). Flight back was full & masks were non-negotiable but airports were pretty empty.

It’s the biggest “risk” we’ve taken all the way through all of this but given that I’m constantly being exposed to all kinds of families at work (teacher) none of whom seem to be making good choices & am discouraged from even mask wearing at work I figured this was probably the least of my worries.

Those rules have been in place forever.  They aren't new.  If you have trip insurance and you test positive, the cost is on the insurance.  I still wouldn't want that to happen but we are going to Greece in June and I'm fine with taking the antigen test before we leave.  

I just booked a flight from NYC to Toronto in March of next year. So many things can change between now and then but if I have to get swabbed before leaving Ontario, so be it. I'm fully vaxxed and will have had my booster for a while by the time my trip comes up, and I have plenty of masks, so I'm not worried.

I wouldn't go anywhere that wasn't taking precautions seriously, tests required or not.

This is us right now - we're going! And really the vacation spots are so anxious to have tourists return, they made testing extremely easy - a hotel near us converted their spa into a testing center. $20/test and 5 minutes out of our vacation, and we were good to go back home. We're lucky that our county at home is still offering free pcr testing with a 24 hour turn around, so the outbound testing was super easy. We've already planned 2 more international trips for 2022.   

Maybe. I would certainly feel safer about flying to many European countries, Canada and Mexico than I would to many southern US states. My dad recently went to Canada, and said it felt very safe, better masking than here in the US. That said, I wouldn't fly without hella good insurance right now.

We are currently in Dubai, from Germany. We needed a negative PCR test to board the plane, and I have to admit to being a bit nervous in the 24 hour wait for the result to come back, even though I’d done a rapid test the evening before.
Dubai has a very high rate of vaccination and are really strict on masks and sanitation right now. We need to wear mask in all the indoor areas of our hotel, masks are compulsory on public transport and today out at the Expo most people were wearing masks outdoors as well.
We don’t need to test to return to Germany, as we are fully vaxxed and permanent residents. I will do a rapid test a day or two after we get back, as I will need to in order to go in to work on the Tuesday. If we did need to test, we could do it at our hotel here - I haven’t asked about costs or timelines for that, as we don’t need it.