Liechtenstein added to quarantine list, but Canaries, Maldives, Denmark and Mykonos removed

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• J says:

  22 Oct22 October 19:23

  Someone has probably mentioned this already, but as of tomorrow Germany requires 14 day quarantine (or until negative test) for travellers from all of the UK – previously it was regional.

  • Jan M says:

    22 Oct22 October 20:22

    Yes, and note the new rules coming in early November when you have to quarantine for at least five days before you can take a test… It’s the approach I had hoped the UK would land on as a reasonable compromise.

    • S says:

      23 Oct23 October 07:28

      @Jan M Could you point us in the direction of a source for that please? I can well believe it, but am trying to organise essential travel to Germany at present which will involve flying to Frankfurt before a train to Baden-Württemberg. A 5 day isolation before a test will make things more complex and much more costly so any information is appreciated.

      • GeorgeJ says:

        23 Oct23 October 09:26

        S
        Its not yet a done deal and has been postponed once with Nov 8 being the next earliest date for implementation. I believe it will be two stage either bring a test result with you or take one at the airport and then quarantine for 5 days till the next test.

        https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/germany-delays-mandatory-quarantine-defines-exemptions

        • Pete says:

          23 Oct23 October 10:16

          Slightly more official source: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/coronavirus (scroll to the bottom)

        • S says:

          23 Oct23 October 14:27

          Thank you GeorgeJ, that’s very helpful. Another thing to keep an eye on!

        • S says:

          23 Oct23 October 14:28

          And thanks Pete too, it isn’t showing the “reply” button to your post for some reason

        • Rob says:

          23 Oct23 October 17:13

          There is a cap on the level of indents we allow to stop the formatting collapsing.

• Tom says:

  22 Oct22 October 19:31

  OT: Booking a hotel for friends

  My friend wants me to book a 2 night stay at one of Hampton hotels in London. Can I just book it for them and add one of them as an additional guest? Would it be a breach of the rules? My status does not get me any ‘perks’ at Hamptons.

  • Charlieface says:

    22 Oct22 October 20:44

    Prob is a breach of rules, but they are unlikely to notice.
    If you give them a credit card in your name they can just say they are you. Otherwise put them down as guest and add a note that they will check in first.

  • Georg says:

    22 Oct22 October 21:21

    Last week I booked a room in a nice hotel for my partner so she has some time away from the baby. Booking was in my name (due to additional benefits I get). We went there together, had lunch, I told reception that she will stay and they were fine with this. Maybe not the same with friends but I think it’s a comparable situation.

  • Genghis says:

    22 Oct22 October 22:09

    Perfectly fine
    “ The Reward may be issued to the Hilton Honors Member, or to any other person, as directed by the Member. Once issued, the Reward is not transferable and may be used only by the individual named on the Reward. If a person other than the individual named on the Reward documentation attempts to redeem the Reward, the Reward will be deemed void and accommodations and/or transportation will be denied.”
    https://www.hilton.com/en/hilton-honors/terms/

• Dave says:

  22 Oct22 October 21:00

  so funny that China has 0 person infected for their golden week, something like 6 billion + people travel and it is still on UK quarantine list, this won’t help tourism sector. they test 10 million people in a week and we struggle for a test result, then the bbc News 7k+ for a consultant. don’t what to say to the government

  • Lee says:

    22 Oct22 October 21:36

    I think China requires 21-28 days quarantine for travellers from all of the world, not helping tourism sector anyway

    • Erico1875 says:

      23 Oct23 October 05:46

      I suspect a huge cover up of numbers in China.

      • Dave says:

        23 Oct23 October 08:37

        probably yes, I do agree. but seems their economy is back on normal

      • jil says:

        23 Oct23 October 10:24

        at the begining of pandemic definitely, now given the strength of quarantine and other measures, I think the nearly 0 case is real

    • Dave says:

      23 Oct23 October 08:39

      I think on people travel from abroad need quarantine, domestic travel does not. but they have huge domestic market, so makes sense to have tighter control for international travellers.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    22 Oct22 October 22:17

    I’m sure most of the numbers in this post are made up but 6 billion people travel in a country with 1.4bn population?

    1.4bn people and test 10m in a week vs UK 70m and test c300k a day? Based upon that UK is actually doing a much higher %?

    • Dave says:

      23 Oct23 October 08:37

      sorry I mean 600million people travel, and they test a 10 million city in 7 days because it has 12 positive cases.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        23 Oct23 October 17:47

        Yeah and if you believe their numbers they’ve carried out 111m tests vs UK 31m.

        They have different rules on state intervention and public acceptance via force. You still have idiots here not isolating after they actually test postive!

        • Dave says:

          24 Oct24 October 00:27

          where is UK 31m come from

  • Harry T says:

    22 Oct22 October 22:48

    I agree the UK government is shambolic and dreadful, but I’m not convinced data from China is entirely reliable.

    • Josh says:

      23 Oct23 October 03:05

      Well that data certainly ain’t. Where did the extra 4.6 billion Chinese come from overnight 😂

      • Dave says:

        23 Oct23 October 08:39

        I mean 600 million

• Bob says:

  22 Oct22 October 22:55

  A bit unrelated, but what’s the usual price for a round trip first class ticket to Washington DC from London?

  • Rhys says:

    23 Oct23 October 09:18

    Around the price it currently is I would say. It was a similar price in a sale last year.

• Tom says:

  22 Oct22 October 23:21

  OT Hilton Status match

  I can confirm that the double nights promotion works – I’ve completed 5 nights few days ago and just received an email that I’ve been ‘upgraded’ to Gold status. Now, I’ll definitely try to do 4 more nights so I can receive a diamond status.

• Alan says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:38

  Well I guess one upside to having zero travel booked is not having to worry about the quarantine list hokey cokey! 😕

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