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Originally Posted by
John2
Avoid leaving the UK at the moment unless you have to. Getting back is a pain.
On returning you have to pay for 3 covid tests (1 before flying, and PCR test 2 and 8 days after landing the latter two a £210 package) and do 10 days in quarantine. I'll be flying back later this month.
If you have to quarantine in a hotel from a red list country its 14 days I believe and costs over £1500. An option is flying to another country in the EU and do a cheaper/less restricted version there for 2 weeks, but then you still need to do all the covid tests and quarantine when you get back to the UK. I think flying back via Ireland is a loophole that people are using to avoid this though.
Travel is just a royal pain at the moment and will continue to be for a while. People should be wary booking anything this year.