Ontap
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My sister in law and her hubby are having this amusing attempt to spend
the New Year in Tenerife.
All this follows on from 3 previously cancelled tenerife bookings so far this year. I've tried to say why not leave it until next year but they are the type that will not accept that maybe the beach isn't as important as everybody else's health.
So she originally booked to fly from newcastle new years eve , she was instructed to book both of em in for a test no longer than 72hrs before they fly. That in itself was pain because the test was booked for a sunday , monday is a bank holiday and she flies early on the tuesday morning .Test results take 48hrs and you cant fly without em.
Now she has had word that the flight is cancelled so they offered her a flight from manchester. So she drives up to newcastle airport has the tests ( 120 pounds each ) , then drives to manchester airport at 2.00am whilst sweating on the test results.
Now today she has email from the airline saying Tenerife is now back on the restricted destination list. So on return , she and husband hves to have a test again 120 each , then go home and isolate for 5 days EVEN IF THE RESULT IS NEGATIVE, at the end of 5 days she has to have another test and if results are negative she can go back to work. So she has to use an extra weeks holiday entitlement for the isolation period.
Bearing in mind Tenerife has a curfew from 11.00pm so all the bars shut , I said what is the point , but he wont listen , sod the money he says I am desperate for a break in the sun.
Without the government coming out and saying it , surely they dont want brits going abroad and they dont want others coming here, which is why they are putting all these obstacles in the way. Why people cant just do without a trip is beyond me.
the New Year in Tenerife.
All this follows on from 3 previously cancelled tenerife bookings so far this year. I've tried to say why not leave it until next year but they are the type that will not accept that maybe the beach isn't as important as everybody else's health.
So she originally booked to fly from newcastle new years eve , she was instructed to book both of em in for a test no longer than 72hrs before they fly. That in itself was pain because the test was booked for a sunday , monday is a bank holiday and she flies early on the tuesday morning .Test results take 48hrs and you cant fly without em.
Now she has had word that the flight is cancelled so they offered her a flight from manchester. So she drives up to newcastle airport has the tests ( 120 pounds each ) , then drives to manchester airport at 2.00am whilst sweating on the test results.
Now today she has email from the airline saying Tenerife is now back on the restricted destination list. So on return , she and husband hves to have a test again 120 each , then go home and isolate for 5 days EVEN IF THE RESULT IS NEGATIVE, at the end of 5 days she has to have another test and if results are negative she can go back to work. So she has to use an extra weeks holiday entitlement for the isolation period.
Bearing in mind Tenerife has a curfew from 11.00pm so all the bars shut , I said what is the point , but he wont listen , sod the money he says I am desperate for a break in the sun.
Without the government coming out and saying it , surely they dont want brits going abroad and they dont want others coming here, which is why they are putting all these obstacles in the way. Why people cant just do without a trip is beyond me.
