Testing, screening and the fact that you have to show a form to prove your trip is essential
At the airport perhaps, but 2hours is plenty for that. It’s not like there will be big queues at check in!
Testing, screening and the fact that you have to show a form to prove your trip is essential
How long do you think that showing a form is going to take? Most people will have been tested prior to arriving at the Airport.Testing, screening and the fact that you have to show a form to prove your trip is essential
As you say, that is on arrival, so of no relevance to this thread.Have seen several articles saying immigration is taking up to 7 hours. But they were on arrival and at Heathrow. Mainly due to queues caused by no staff being available
The first two do not apply to leaving the country (although you may have to undertake a test before departure for some destinations).Testing, screening and the fact that you have to show a form to prove your trip is essential
Some airlines and destination countries may require such proof. But it's not the law from a UK perspective, not for outbound departures.Thought you couldn't fly without proof of a negative test to any destination.
Avanti WC are advertising a 08:18 as the first departure from Lime St., but other booking sites and RRT are only showing the 08:38 as the first train. Can anyone explain this please?
On the 22nd March as in your OP? The 0526 is the first one.Sorry just seen the other post for Sunday 21st.
The 0818 is NOT running and is showing as Cancelled in the schedule. First Departure is 1A05 at 0838 Arriving into Euston at 1139.
Presumably they haven't been updated yet?Any idea why all the booking websites including Avani WC are still showing the 08.18 as available on 21st March?
Its not exactly helpful when planning a tight schedule.
Presumably they haven't been updated yet?
The annoying thing is that if I'd wanted to stay over the night before, I could have got an earlier flight from Luton or Heathrow.
I had to advise the Italian government of my travel plans in advance, so I'm now stuck with the afternoon departure from Gatwick.
The whole journey is turning into a nightmare.
Passengers are travelling all over the world, every day, including on routes which, on the face of it, look quite difficult. In the absence of an outright ban, there's a set of published rules, and (usually) a set of exemptions. Follow the rules, meet the requirements or qualify for the exemptions and there's little issue. I say 'little' because there have been the odd instance of airline staff (and even a few border officials in certain jurisdictions) getting a bit confused initially, but I've not had any reports in recent weeks.
One of the main considerations, though, is that the rules in force are the ones at the time of travel, not at the time of booking, so bookings should always be made with that in mind. Ideally, booking should be made as close to the actual travel as possible, to minimise the potential for regulation changes in the intervening period.
Most people travelling into Italy simply fill out a self-declaration form, print it off and carry it with them, along with confirmation of their eligible negative test result.
No-one that I've been involved with has had to 'advise the Government in advance'.
Is there something very leftfield about your circumstances that introduces complications that wouldn't otherwise apply?
If not, it's possible that some anxiousness isn't necessarily warranted, as long as appropriate contingencies for the fact that it isn't simply 'business as usual' in the travel world are made.
Yes, I have to get approval to exempt me from the otherwise 10/14 day self-isolation period. This has to be submitted 7 days in advance with comprehensive transport and accommodation details included.
Self isolation at either end of the journey would make a job of a week take up five weeks of my time otherwise.
I can self certify upon return to the UK, but the Italian authorities take each visit on its merits, thus the additional hassle.
I see; so the trip itself is due to take more than five days in-country?
No, the trip cannot exceed 120 hours otherwise the quarantine is mandatory.
I'm working in Florence, which unfortunately is almost exactly midway between Milan and Rome, the only cities offering direct flights to the UK!
* Any person entering Italy for less than 120 hours, for proven work or health reasons or absolute urgency;
* Personnel of companies and institutions with registered or secondary offices in Italy for travel abroad for proven work requirements of no more than 120 hours;
* Officials and other servants, however, they may be called, of the European Union or international organisations, diplomatic agents, administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions, consular officials and employees, personnel of the Security Information System of the Republic, and fire brigade workers, and military and police staff in the performance of their duties
- may apply for a specific authorization, issued by the Italian Ministry of Health, for proven and non-deferrable reasons.
Correct.Edit: The ticket has the † symbol, so I assume it does.