Covid and travel discussion

[M18CTID]

got back from Budapest yesterday, at no point traveling there Thursday night was I asked to show my negative PCR test I paid £54 for
I looked on same site I booked fit to fly PCR how much the day 2 and day 8 return test was and it was £80, booked it in Budapest day after new plans had been announced and they’ve put the price up to £126

Fucking robbing twats mate. It was obvious these PCR testing costs were going to go up. Why the hell we can't use the NHS testing sites and pay, say, £20-£30 with all funds going to the NHS is beyond me

 

[bluesmith]

Just booked my day 2 test for our holiday at Christmas, using biograd at the airport £19.99. Results within 24 hours. Seems more than reasonable, they've said I can get a full refund if I need to cancel too.

 

[stevemacca]

got back from Budapest yesterday, at no point traveling there Thursday night was I asked to show my negative PCR test I paid £54 for
I looked on same site I booked fit to fly PCR how much the day 2 and day 8 return test was and it was £80, booked it in Budapest day after new plans had been announced and they’ve put the price up to £126

As Rees-Mogg said right at the start of this pandemic - 'there will be opportunities to make a lot of money'
Usually his and Boris's pals from Eton

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Sturgeon can fuck off. Going to the states on the 15th, first holiday I’ve booked for 2 years because of all this bollocks. Can see it being canned unfortunately. Had my jabs yet still can’t go on holiday, they’re going to keep filling us with boosters for years.

 

[Maccblue]

Sturgeon can fuck off. Going to the states on the 15th, first holiday I’ve booked for 2 years because of all this bollocks. Can see it being canned unfortunately. Had my jabs yet still can’t go on holiday, they’re going to keep filling us with boosters for years.

Still makes me laugh. Her nickname of Seaweed!!
Even the tide wouldn’t take her out

 

[feedthegoat27]

Fucking robbing twats mate. It was obvious these PCR testing costs were going to go up. Why the hell we can't use the NHS testing sites and pay, say, £20-£30 with all funds going to the NHS is beyond me

Because that would line the pockets of the NHS.
And not line the pockets of the Government charlatans and their dodgy contracts and friends.

The shitshow continues.

 

[Maccblue]

Just booked my day 2 test for our holiday at Christmas, using biograd at the airport £19.99. Results within 24 hours. Seems more than reasonable, they've said I can get a full refund if I need to cancel too.

Nice one. Just booked ours too !!! Lanzarote here we come !!!
hopefully

 

[shackattack]

Hard not to be cynical around the current pcr test for travel. I am tested weekly using the NHS pcr kits, but if I travel back from another country I cannot use the same test kit, but have to pay for an identical pcr kit.

 

[kinkyblue]

Why can’t test be done on the plane and handed in for processing on arrival?

 

[shemnel]

Yes you can. There's an excellent article in The Independent that explains things very clearly with no ambiguity. One of the points being yours about when you can take the test on arrival:

I thought I had to take the test on day two:

That is a widely held but mistaken view. You can take the test any time from immediately after arrival in the UK to the end of the second full day after arrival.

There will be a strong incentive to have the test at the airport. While PCR tests take much longer to analyse than the lateral flow variety, some airport testing centres can process the results in less than three hours, allowing travellers to leave self-isolation soon after arrival in the UK.

Full article with further info that may be of use here:

How the return of pre-departure tests, PCRs and self-isolation for travel works

Travellers to the UK must take a pre-departure test and, when they arrive, self-isolate until their post-arrival PCR delivers a negative result

www.independent.co.uk

Can't read this (paywall), but is the jist the test can be done at the airport, with a booking I presume, and you can go to your hotel/house and wait for what seems a speedy result?