Holiday air-bridge lift-off: France, Germany and Italy are on list of quarantine-free destinations

Air bridges allowing tourists to travel to France, Italy and other countries were confirmed late last night. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will today set out exemptions from a number of countries from its ‘all but essential’ travel guidance from July 4. However the measures exempting travellers from quarantine will not be in force until … Read more

Government set to announce quarantine-free ‘air corridors’

Holidays within a FORTNIGHT: Government is set to announce quarantine-free ‘air corridors’ to countries such as France, Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey Details of holiday ‘air bridges’ to be published before June 29 quarantine review First UK holidaymakers have been arriving in Spain after it lifted quarantine France, Greece, italy and Turkey could also be … Read more

Quarantine-free ‘air bridges’ allowing Britons to holiday and not isolate could arrive in two weeks

Quarantine-free ‘air bridges’ are set to be put in place by June 30 which would allow Britons to travel abroad without needing to isolate on arrival.  The UK Foreign Office placed a ban on all non-essential travel to other countries in the middle of March but the regulation is expected to be scrapped in the … Read more

Portugal ready to offer quarantine-free holidays to Brits from this weekend and Greece could follow

Viva Portugal! Holiday hotspot is ready to offer quarantine-free holidays to Britons from this weekend… and Greece could follow suit within days Officials in Lisbon want quarantine-free travel between Britain and Portugal Greece’s tourism minister says the country could allow Britons in from June 15 Automatic 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the UK set … Read more

‘Coronavirus passports’ and quarantine-free travel pacts could be introduced

Virus passports and travel corridors could allow families to travel abroad this summer. A quarantine regime will be introduced on June 8 requiring arrivals to the UK to self-isolate for 14 days. But ministers hope to strike quarantine-free pacts with summer destinations – such as France, Spain and Greece – by August and possibly July. … Read more

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron’s WhatsApp messages on quarantine-free travel blindsided officials

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron spent a weekend exchanging WhatsApp messages about quarantine-free travel between Britain and France – blindsiding officials on both sides of the Channel Boris Johnson uses WhatsApp to regularly converse with Emmanuel Macron  The two world leaders were in touch throughout last weekend on messaging app PM announced travellers from France would … Read more