Find your perfect destination. Select for slide 1 Select for slide 2 Select for slide 3 Select for slide 4 Select for slide 5. Sign In. Don't have an account? Forgot Password? Not an Irish Times subscriber? Update Payment Details Not Now. It is likely that to travel to many countries you will need to show a valid vaccination passport before boarding many flights.
For a paper copy, contact your GP. You can use the card up until the expiry date on it. Booking a holiday is still a risk and not only because of Covid. A Spain holiday travel warning was issued in October due to a volcano closing the airport in La Palma and sharks spotted off the cost of the Costa Brava.
So bear in mind:. It is always important to have appropriate travel insurance in place. But if the threat of the virus is uppermost in your mind, it may be sensible to wait to book a trip until the situation becomes clearer. Find out: Should I book a holiday now? There is no automatic entitlement to statutory sick pay SSP if you need to quarantine when you get back from a red-list country.
It is always best in this current environment to speak to your employer before you travel to get approval. Companies can reserve the right to ask you to take unpaid leave to cover the period of quarantine. Your company can agree to a further period of furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover the time they need to self-isolate. Find out more in our guide to going back to work after lockdown. Receive regular articles and guides from our experts to help you make smarter financial decisions.
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Ryanair adds that its policies are being sold for travel over the next 12 months and that it expects the FCO guidance to be lifted in "days". Rory Boland, travel editor at consumer site Which? Don't miss the latest news and figures - and essential advice for you and your family. Martyn James, of online complaints tool Resolver, added: "Any responsible business should not sell a product like insurance that can't be used in tandem with what you've purchased.
Insurers are of course entitled to sell policies in the expectation the FCO lifts its restrictions in future, and policies should always be taken out as soon as you book to cover any problems in the lead-up to travelling. Unexpected illness that's not linked to coronavirus meaning you have to cancel a trip for next year is an example of why insurance could still be useful despite the travel ban.
From 19 July, the quarantine requirement for the fully vaccinated returning from an amber-list countries will be dropped. However, you could also find yourself in a position where your holiday destination country changes its rules, and announces quarantine for UK travellers upon arrival. Operators do not have to refund you if you are unexpectedly forced to self-isolate. It is best to study their policies before booking, or see whether they can offer some support if you have already booked and want to cancel.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said government advice is not to book any holiday which does not include a refund, in case things change. If the government announces that travel to a particular country is not advised, then airlines and travel companies are likely to cancel any pre-booked flights or holidays there. If this happens, you are entitled to a full refund, and you can choose to receive that refund in cash.
An airline should refund the money within seven days, although some people have waited longer. A package holiday should be refunded, in full, within 14 days.
This is far less clear-cut. If you cancel, rather than your travel provider, then you have no automatic right to a refund.
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