I have always wanted to visit Sicily, perhaps this is the year??
France Off The Menu.
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You do not need a PCR test to enter Spain until midnight 6th June 2021.
You are advised not to travel to Spain for leisure by the UK Government as they have considered it "orange" on their traffic light system. They suggest as a guide that you only travel for essential reasons. Though this is not law.
If Spain is still Orange, you will be required to take a Covid19 test before you leave Spain traveling to the UK. It does not have to be a PCR test, an antigen test will suffice. You will also be required to take a 2 & 8 Day test, coupled with 10 Days Quarantine. Though you may be able to reduce the quarantine by testing negative.
If The UK Put Spain on the Green list. You will still have to provide a Covid test before you return.
Children under 5 do not have to take any tests.
This is to the best of my knowledge. Please check for yourselves the exact requirements
You are advised not to travel to Spain for leisure by the UK Government as they have considered it "orange" on their traffic light system. They suggest as a guide that you only travel for essential reasons. Though this is not law.
If Spain is still Orange, you will be required to take a Covid19 test before you leave Spain traveling to the UK. It does not have to be a PCR test, an antigen test will suffice. You will also be required to take a 2 & 8 Day test, coupled with 10 Days Quarantine. Though you may be able to reduce the quarantine by testing negative.
If The UK Put Spain on the Green list. You will still have to provide a Covid test before you return.
Children under 5 do not have to take any tests.
This is to the best of my knowledge. Please check for yourselves the exact requirements
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BUT! There are times when the French have allowed UK CITIZENS in and Spain have NOTBecause the Spanish unlike the French, aren’t numpties
Spain have not allowed UK Citizens or any 3rd country citizens into Spain from 22nd December 2020 until 00:01 on 24th May 2021.
What happens at midnight 6th june?
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Is it D Day?
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The Situation is reviewed by Spain
Ahh, i see, with my luck spain will be off limits as well
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I think that France are just doing what they think is best for their own citizens which is surely reasonable. They are trying to reduce the risk to both the health of their citizens and their economy. Seems pretty reasonable to me. If I were them I would also stop transiting it sounded pretty dodgy last year as well.
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No it says here.
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Might possibly need the form filled in? If travelling by sea yes but by road/train then no it says here
IN CASE OF TRAVEL BY SEA, the paper form will be delivered, by the shipping company during the trip or upon arrival at the port of destination in Spain. At the moment there is no obligation to present this form when travelling to Spain by land (car or train).
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https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov/spth.htm
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Can't say i disagree really, like a lot of people just a bit p##ed off.
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I think that we should just let that little shit Macron do what he wants to do for whatever reason he wants to do it.
No one really cares. Some will say he is acting in the best interests of France and others will think he is pathetically playing on Brexit.
I personally don’t give a you know what.
I didn't used to think so but as time goes on i can't help but think there's an element of sour grapes over Brexit
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Previous year's rules don't apply; UK was still in EU and Freedom of Movement Rules plus pandemic prompting Member States to close their own Borders resulted in people being allowed transit to get back home, whilst preventing new entrants from the latter's Home State. UK no longer in EU so perfectly permissible for each Member State to control its borders as it sees fit.
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See post 33, that suggests transiting is allowed.
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My post was in reply to the 'they've allowed it in previous years' rather than in reply to transiting at present. Each Member State has ability to keep its Borders open or closed, but there is an obligation to allow EU citizens to transit back to their Home State.
Steve
I respect countries that act to protect their citizens as well as they can like Australia and NZ. Obviously in Europe with land borders and Schengen its different but why should they let a country outside the EU free access if theres a variant of concern. I would hope we would do the same when a variant arrises in the EU rather than look at short term economic costs.
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Thought so,asked Brittany and still waiting for an answer. BUSBY.No it says here.
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Might possibly need the form filled in? If travelling by sea yes but by road/train then no it says here
IN CASE OF TRAVEL BY SEA, the paper form will be delivered, by the shipping company during the trip or upon arrival at the port of destination in Spain. At the moment there is no obligation to present this form when travelling to Spain by land (car or train).
from here
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov/spth.htm
Why are so many desperate to leave the UK when holidays abroad are going to be, as a minimum, problematic? Travelling to warmer climes is after all supposed to be a holiday not an exercise in logistics management.
The Covid variants are named after the area where they were first identified. There's no reason to suppose that the same mutation would not occur elsewhere. 'Our' Covid will mutate and maybe produce the strain that was first identified in India.
Why is it that every negative consequence of our leaving the EU is the fault of the EU? We are where we chose to be and are therefore treated as any non-EU country is treated.
The Covid variants are named after the area where they were first identified. There's no reason to suppose that the same mutation would not occur elsewhere. 'Our' Covid will mutate and maybe produce the strain that was first identified in India.
Why is it that every negative consequence of our leaving the EU is the fault of the EU? We are where we chose to be and are therefore treated as any non-EU country is treated.
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Hi
For us its about returning to our house in Spain after a 5 month ban.
We want to prepare it for Summer rentals (Spanish and EU Residents). I do have some bookings with Villa Plus, but wether they go ahead or not is another matter.
As for UK touring. It is not really for us. We will take a trip up to Islay to stay with friends and some weekends away. I am not much of an Aglophile, unfortunately . So the motorhome will be mostly parked up.
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More like half a vineyard
You live in Cumbria and you need to ask why people want to go abroad
We ve just had 10 days in Devon, it was nice but we had a coat on all the time, struggled to sit out even in the daytime.
It seems a shame that you can't enter France by surface travel, as this would mainly be the second homers and the Motorhomers/campers most of whom would be double jabbed and self sufficient. Last year yes nobody knew what was going on but surely its time for
You were right first time with NapoleonYou live in Cumbria and you need to ask why people want to go abroad
We ve just had 10 days in Devon, it was nice but we had a coat on all the time, struggled to sit out even in the daytime.
It seems a shame that you can't enter France by surface travel, as this would mainly be the second homers and the Motorhomers/campers most of whom would be double jabbed and self sufficient. Last year yes nobody knew what was going on but surely its time forNapoleonMacron to grow up and assess the situation a little more pragmatically.
And of course in all of this, france is bound to go on our green list now that they have effectively banned us from entering... or am i being cynical??
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Not in the slightest!
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Desperate to leave the UK, not to holiday, but to see family / Grandkids we haven’t seen for a year.
Each country is dictating (as they should) their on entry requirements, whether EU or Non EU residents.
Chris Laing
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It's been cold, miserable, and pissing it down all through May up here in Scotland, and trying to get into any campsites is as difficult as finding hen's teeth. If I don't get my 2 week trip to Germany and the Alps I will lose the will to live.
Me too, although i think europe is off the cards for the short term, i guess it depends how we handle this current covid crisis, doesn't fill me with confidence though, going on past experience sadly.
Unfortunately France has not vaccinated as many of its citizens as the UK so if the Indian variant increases over there then they would have a surge in hospital admissions and deaths. And people are complaining about not being able to go on holiday?
Theres an article on the BBC website about travellers being refused boarding for a flight to Dublin as they were trying to use NHS pcr tests. Evidently one of them then flew to Belfast (no test required) then drove to Dublin. I don't know what the requirements are for tests travelling from Ireland to the EU but are we headed for another Irish sea border issue?
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