Why International Travel Should Be Reconsidered This Year Mack Prioleau
INTRO With the pandemic up against the wall of all of the vaccines being administered worldwide, you might be itching to travel internationally again. As exciting as that sounds, you may want to hold off on doing so. There aren't just restrictions on travelers from other countries entering those countries, but restrictions on re-entering the United States. Yikes.
To understand how international travel will work this year, you need to know what you’re up against. Unless you don’t mind and have the resources to stay abroad, you may want to reconsider international travel plans. Here’s why.
THE EU WON’T TAKE YOU. The European Union of countries has shut down its borders from all other countries. Not even Britain is allowed to fly tourists into France and Germany after Brexit and the high COVID numbers Britain has experienced. These countries won’t even admit business “tourists” via plane, so any place you would want to go that is part of the EU is closed to you anyway.
IF YOU CAN’T OR DON’T TEST NEGATIVE FOR COVID BEFORE FLYING HOME, YOU CAN’T FLY AT ALL. The U.S.’s recent flight restrictions have informed all international business flights that people have to get a COVID test three days or less before flying home. They have to have the paper in hand showing a negative test before they board. If you
You might be spending a lot of time in one
can’t get a test before returning, or your
country, which can turn tricky if you are
test is positive, you have to spend fourteen
there for more than a few months. At that
days in total quarantine in that country on
point, you may need a visa. Plan any
your dime and take another test before
business travel well, and hold off on
you can fly home again.
pleasure travel for at least another year.
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