Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
Re the Day 2 test, some of the gossip is true; I received my result as the return ferry came alongside at Calais, but a negative result is academic anyway.
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
I set off with my "Green Pass" and a certificate, from a chemist's, of a negative lateral flow test. I knew of the need to complete the PLF before reaching the Uk border, had started the process but hadn't been able to finish it, planning to do it on the ferry. The hassle arrived at P&O check-in at Rotterdam; their requirements were that I had to present the completed PLF. plus evidence of having booked and paid for the Day 2 test or they wouldn't issue the ticket! And it was their boat. Luckily I had arrived early and the problem was sorted. Lesson: make sure the ferry company warns you what they need and, if you book through an agency, check with the ferry company. At the UK border I was asked only for my passport.
Re the Day 2 test, some of the gossip is true; I received my result as the return ferry came alongside at Calais, but a negative result is academic anyway.
Re the Day 2 test, some of the gossip is true; I received my result as the return ferry came alongside at Calais, but a negative result is academic anyway.
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
At the moment Randox are doing the day 2 test for 43 GBP Day 2 - Covid Randox . I've used them a few times and not had any of the nightmares. I've also used Brunswick but they're a bit sneaky with their pricing.
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
Thanks for all the information, and another heads up. Did you have to do another test on the way back. My understanding is we will have to do a test at the ferry terminal before boarding. My other understanding is that you cannot do the PLF more than 48 hours before, which means we will have to do it "en route", and may not be able to print it. I plan to book home 2 day tests from Boots, sent to my son's address - how did you book the 2 day test?
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[QUOTE=jiminalpago;13049569]
Yes I could thank you. We are only going to be in the UK for 3 days, for a wedding, so I have to get everything right. We arrive on Friday, so I guess Sunday (the day of the wedding) is day 2. Can't see the point of it when we leave again on Monday afternoon.
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[QUOTE=Margaret M;13049581]
At least you won't lack for table talk!
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
[QUOTE=Margaret M;13049581]
If you arrive on Friday, Saturday is Day 2.
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
[QUOTE=jiminalpago;13049740]
No it isn't. Arrival day is day 0.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-q...ive-in-england
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-q...ive-in-england
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[QUOTE=Lorna at Vicenza;13050452]
That's what I thought too, Lorna.
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Re: Driving from UK to Italy July 2021
We have just arrived home in Piemonte after driving to the UK for a short visit. It was like planning a military exercise! We got our Lateral Flow tests from the local farmacia (€15) on Saturday and these were good for the ferry on Monday night (Hook of Holland to Harwich). I ordered two home PCR tests to arrive at my daughters house for us to use on day 2 (Biograd Diagnostics £50 each plus p&p). I completed the passenger locator forms on line and was able to insert the reference number provided by Biograd - I then received an email with the authorised form attached.
So - ferry = covid test ✓, PLF ✓ (they were happy to see the form on my phone, no need to print)
Day 2 self administered PCR ✓
For coming back, I booked two lateral flow tests to be taken at Lloyds pharmacy on Monday morning, ready for boarding the ferry on Monday night. I had previously printed off and completed two copies of the Quarantine Declaration form required by the Netherlands, and their Vaccine Declaration form.
So - ferry = covid test ✓ (NB NHS or self administered tests not accepted), Quarantine Declaration form x2 ✓, Vaccine Declaration form ✓ (not required when boarding but also not asked for on the other side!)
Passenger Locator Form for entering Italy ✓
We stopped overnight in Germany on the way up and back but on the way back, we were asked for proof of a negative test when booking in. I wasn't aware we needed this but the one taken in the UK just before we left was fine.
Regarding getting personal household items through customs, we had a car-full of our last possessions that our daughter had been keeping and was a bit anxious. However, at border control we were given a brief inspection and waved on our way. There was no inspection on the other side. When we reached the Italian border just north of Como, the guard asked us where we had been and what we had done but didn't ask for any paperwork. He also asked usapproximately how much money we had on us. I pulled out my remaining €35 and said that's it!
I hope this is helpful to anyone travelling in the near future - it was a pain doing the paperwork and having the tests but overall, I think I worried too much and the actuality was not too bad. I am now unwinding with a large glass of wine!
So - ferry = covid test ✓, PLF ✓ (they were happy to see the form on my phone, no need to print)
Day 2 self administered PCR ✓
For coming back, I booked two lateral flow tests to be taken at Lloyds pharmacy on Monday morning, ready for boarding the ferry on Monday night. I had previously printed off and completed two copies of the Quarantine Declaration form required by the Netherlands, and their Vaccine Declaration form.
So - ferry = covid test ✓ (NB NHS or self administered tests not accepted), Quarantine Declaration form x2 ✓, Vaccine Declaration form ✓ (not required when boarding but also not asked for on the other side!)
Passenger Locator Form for entering Italy ✓
We stopped overnight in Germany on the way up and back but on the way back, we were asked for proof of a negative test when booking in. I wasn't aware we needed this but the one taken in the UK just before we left was fine.
Regarding getting personal household items through customs, we had a car-full of our last possessions that our daughter had been keeping and was a bit anxious. However, at border control we were given a brief inspection and waved on our way. There was no inspection on the other side. When we reached the Italian border just north of Como, the guard asked us where we had been and what we had done but didn't ask for any paperwork. He also asked usapproximately how much money we had on us. I pulled out my remaining €35 and said that's it!
I hope this is helpful to anyone travelling in the near future - it was a pain doing the paperwork and having the tests but overall, I think I worried too much and the actuality was not too bad. I am now unwinding with a large glass of wine!
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