We must've been fucking mad or in denial or both, but we've booked a trip to the Netherlands for half term. We'll use Eurotunnel to get over and then drive through France and Belgium to get there, then staying in Belgium for two nights on the way home.
Trying to get my head around what we need in terms of covid documentation for each place has honestly made me want to cry and scream and cancel the whole thing, but I think I'm nearly there now. If there's anyone here with recent experience or expertise in the area, I'd really appreciate if you could fill in some of the gaps. Two adults, fully vaccinated, and four kids under 12.
To enter France:
- We need paper proof of vaccination - does this literally mean printing off the PDF copy of our covid travel pass from the NHS app?
- The sworn statement (from here: www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Certificate-of-international-travel?fbclid=IwAR1ABwmuv_01IixjW9yKeESmW0dzahE_W3-AH_cvV4dPnqrtzhtVyi_0aHE) do we need this for every traveller or just the adults?
Belgium:
PLF form, antigen test (will do this 24 hours before departure) and NHS covid pass, which they thankfully recognise. Easy peasy (I think!)
Netherlands:
Antigen test - will have done
Quarantine declaration form - done
Paper vaccination proof- question as per France, is this just from the NHS covid app?
Does this seem OK? I'm not even certain whether the full covid rules apply if you're just transiting through the country on the way out and/or if I'll need to do a second set of antigen tests for our return trip through Belgium, but I'm honestly going a bit mad from looking at what seems to be completely different information from various sources (don't even get me started on the Eurotunnel info!). Also aware we'll need to book day 2 tests for our return, but I'm not even worrying about that yet.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help. 