In reply to Post #513
So from today .. if your double vacinated you can head back to France without an exceptional reason .
Perhaps someone who's gone / going could answer this ... you still have to have either a PCR test ( 72 hours out ) or an Antigen test ( 48 hours out ) . Can that Antigen test be a self test rapid one ?
So from today .. if your double vacinated you can head back to France without an exceptional reason .
Perhaps someone who's gone / going could answer this ... you still have to have either a PCR test ( 72 hours out ) or an Antigen test ( 48 hours out ) . Can that Antigen test be a self test rapid one ?
In reply to Post #514
As far as I am aware the fit to travel test has to be via one of the approved Gov suppliers resulting in a negative certificate. It can be a LFT but still needs to be sent off via post/courier.
As far as I am aware the fit to travel test has to be via one of the approved Gov suppliers resulting in a negative certificate. It can be a LFT but still needs to be sent off via post/courier.
In reply to Post #515
Agreed. I checked and found the same as confirmed for example on the eurotunnel website. A self test doesn't have any validity or confirmation from someone 'official' (although there are very obvious ways around this anyway)
Agreed. I checked and found the same as confirmed for example on the eurotunnel website. A self test doesn't have any validity or confirmation from someone 'official' (although there are very obvious ways around this anyway)
In reply to Post #516
What I don't understand is why it states you can not use a NHS facility for LF Test . I am not really sure what that has to do with the French Government, I can go to a drop in center and get the results email to me for Free
What I don't understand is why it states you can not use a NHS facility for LF Test . I am not really sure what that has to do with the French Government, I can go to a drop in center and get the results email to me for Free
In reply to Post #517
You can do a NHS LFT test at home and when you report the result you get an email back confirming whatever the result is. It should be enough but its a significant risk turning up at the tunnel with it and getting turned away. There is no test facility there so you would be buggered.
You can do a NHS LFT test at home and when you report the result you get an email back confirming whatever the result is. It should be enough but its a significant risk turning up at the tunnel with it and getting turned away. There is no test facility there so you would be buggered.
In reply to Post #518
I have looked all over the Web and can not find any supply of LF Test that you send off for results.
I have looked all over the Web and can not find any supply of LF Test that you send off for results.
In reply to Post #515
Still a licence to print money then !
FFs !
Still a licence to print money then !
FFs !
In reply to Post #520
As i suggested half way through this thread, perhaps we should have a seperate thread for those that have successfully been and returned to France. What tests they had and when, what paperwork, any challenges they got, cheapest government website found for all the tests including day 5 early release, how long for tests to be turned around etc etc?
As i suggested half way through this thread, perhaps we should have a seperate thread for those that have successfully been and returned to France. What tests they had and when, what paperwork, any challenges they got, cheapest government website found for all the tests including day 5 early release, how long for tests to be turned around etc etc?
Not sure it needs a separate thread but it may be worth a mod posting a sticky at the top of here with maybe places to purchase / get tests and the prices
I've looked at a few of the government approved providers today in preparation and for me, the below seems the best option (there was one cheaper but currently requires an approx 30-40 min drive from mine to drop off the tests for return)
Anyway, for £81 this place will send you a day 2 and 8 test kit with prepaid return royal mail packs that you simply drop in your nearest priority mailbox (these can be searched for) and I have one at the end of my road!
https://www.rtdiagnostics.co.uk/product/day-2-8-test/
Now to find a cheaper fit to travel test, but these seem to be comfortably over £50 currently and I'm fed up of trawling test sites for today lol
Ps priority postbox search, just tick the box for show my nearest priority boxes
https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you#/
I've looked at a few of the government approved providers today in preparation and for me, the below seems the best option (there was one cheaper but currently requires an approx 30-40 min drive from mine to drop off the tests for return)
Anyway, for £81 this place will send you a day 2 and 8 test kit with prepaid return royal mail packs that you simply drop in your nearest priority mailbox (these can be searched for) and I have one at the end of my road!
https://www.rtdiagnostics.co.uk/product/day-2-8-test/
Now to find a cheaper fit to travel test, but these seem to be comfortably over £50 currently and I'm fed up of trawling test sites for today lol
Ps priority postbox search, just tick the box for show my nearest priority boxes
https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you#/
In reply to Post #519
Thankfully, ive got a full box of Lateral Flow tests here as i deal with apprenticeships as an approved government provider then
Thankfully, ive got a full box of Lateral Flow tests here as i deal with apprenticeships as an approved government provider then
In reply to Post #523
If they're nhs test kits then they're no use for travel anyway
If they're nhs test kits then they're no use for travel anyway
In reply to Post #524
Book your day 2 and 8 tests well in advance
I felt there were various risks to me actually getting into France so decided to book them while I was over there. It wasn't a problem but the cheapest 5 providers were sold out for the days of my return so I had to pay a little bit more
Book your day 2 and 8 tests well in advance
I felt there were various risks to me actually getting into France so decided to book them while I was over there. It wasn't a problem but the cheapest 5 providers were sold out for the days of my return so I had to pay a little bit more
In reply to Post #525
I'll be looking to book mine a few weeks in advance for all of the tests
Will sort the return home one in France once there
I'll be looking to book mine a few weeks in advance for all of the tests
Will sort the return home one in France once there
In reply to Post #526
UK has higher daily infections than France and most other EU countries now.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
UK has higher daily infections than France and most other EU countries now.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
In reply to Post #506
That is certainly my view, after all, brex****, covid and the cost (eventually to the taxpayer) of course there will be a desire to reduce stirling being spent overseas by a large proportion of holidaymakers, especially to the eu. Nothing better in the treasuries eyes to retain it and tax it.. Same as with testing..
That is certainly my view, after all, brex****, covid and the cost (eventually to the taxpayer) of course there will be a desire to reduce stirling being spent overseas by a large proportion of holidaymakers, especially to the eu. Nothing better in the treasuries eyes to retain it and tax it.. Same as with testing..