Question re travel from US to UK in Aug

[FeckTheMagicDragon]

I moved to the US from the UK about 3 years ago. I’ve been vaccinated. I work for the same company and it is planned that I come back to the UK - probably August time for a couple of weeks to handover work I’m currently supporting remotely (local hand and eyes). The handover and training will take about 2weeks. I should have been able to hand over this work a couple of years ago, but I think they are requiring this in person handover as they don’t really want me to stop supporting it. Do you all think we will still have the 10 days quarantine in Aug this year, for people who are vaccinated?
Just trying to plan how long I’m going to be away from home. What do you all think?

If the US is on the green list or the green watchlist, then no. At the moment Paul Charles (of the PC Agency) thinks US may be on the green list. 🤞
You may need a test on return, but by August it may just be a lateral flow 30 min test or similar.

If the US is on the Amber or Red lists then it would be 10 days at home or 10 days in a hotel at your expense respectively.

I’m hoping for a reciprocal air corridor so I can travel to the US late July.

My elderly parents (live in CA) want to come in September or October. I doubt it will work out.

@lljkk

My elderly parents (live in CA) want to come in September or October. I doubt it will work out.

Your parents could come now. Why wouldn’t it work out? If it’s just due to testing and potential isolation, that a choice you’re making.

I have zero knowledge about quarantine rules today. But... These things would put my rellies off:

My household not fully vaccinated.
They will assume most people they encounter aren't yet vaccinated.
I'm not sure how they are about crowds; I'll let you know on US Mother's Day which is the next big event I expect the relatives to gather -- if my parents go along to that. I doubt very much they will.

They only want to come to UK in warm weather -- early May is the very earliest they would consider. They think of every month as likely to be freezing. About 15 October is the end of the conceivable time window, and 15 September would be better.

They want to come on a cruise ship, they hate the jetlag. Are cruise ships running from NYC to Southampton?

Dad is being investigated for some kind of neck surgery. I have doubts it's required but heyho.

That's without me not having a clue what the current quarantine rules are.

If the current rules are that they would be allowed to quarantine at my home for 10-14d my home isn't big enough & they wouldn't want to pay lots ££ to be stuck in a hotel. oh, and they get bored. Even when they come over to visit my town, they typically only see us for 2-3 hours/day. Not really sure what they do rest of the time enjoy their space? Read books? Old people need a lot of time to do anything. My dad often catches a poker game & step-mum goes walking or swimming.

My TV isn't big enough for them, either.

As for me going there I'm not fully vaccinated, they can't house me + all DC, someone might insist I quarantine quarantine would screw with my mental health. I would like to visit but I'm very unhappy about any isolation periods. Can't make myself deliberately endure isolation for non-essential trip. The high cost & bad jetlag are awful enough.

I completely understand and it’s all such a shame, but all of these reasons are completely personal to you and your family. When you said ‘I doubt it will work out’, I assumed that you were talking about the UK/US corridor.

I really hope this all gets sorted soon and you will be able to have your family visit, or go to them without restrictions. I can’t imagine what it must be like parted from them in this way.

The US-UK corridor situation might still involve long quarantine.

I mean anything is possible if we sacrifice enough (or lie or fake some details to evade controls), but as it is, with the controls likely to be in place, which are supposed to be due to the epidemic status, many people are going to find it hard to travel. That part is generalisable.

Thank you for the replies. I would love a reciprocal US/UK air corridor! But looking at how some people in both countries are behaving around masks and vaccines I’m not holding out much hope :)

If it means nearly a month away from home, cooped up in a hotel room - so be it 😊

@lljkk

The US-UK corridor situation might still involve long quarantine.

I mean anything is possible if we sacrifice enough (or lie or fake some details to evade controls), but as it is, with the controls likely to be in place, which are supposed to be due to the epidemic status, many people are going to find it hard to travel. That part is generalisable.

It may involve a 10 day quarantine.

For me, I spend the summer in the states usually. We have well over a month planned there this summer and we also have the capability to quarantine for the 10 days on return if necessary.

However, I believe that IF we open a corridor with them, quarantine is not likely.
4.5 million American tourists visit us and 4.8 million UK tourists visit the US. I don’t think we’d expect all those tourists to spend 10 days of their vacation time quarantining. The reciprocal relationship we have with the us is very different to the ones with have with places like Greece and Cyprus. Therefore, I think we will either have open doors to both countries by the summer...or we’ll have to wait longer for the corridor to appear.

Just my personal opinion of course.