Travel after having Covid

[redtulip12]

I have booked a family holiday to Spain. For half term. My dd had Covid in August and have just been told it is likely she will still test positive on the fit to fly pcr test she needs to have.
Does anyone have experience of travel after Covid. Unfortunately Spain won't accept the Covid pass you can get which shows she has had it.

@redtulip12

Thanks *@Livvygator*. I did think about that but we don't want her to miss school if she comes back positive.

Would it be better to miss school or the holiday? With ours we will lose our holiday if my dd's test positive within 72 hours of leaving so wanted to try the PCR's sooner and if they were positive best to isolate anyway and get to go on a holiday? Obvs there's still a chance they may test positive if they happen to catch it between now and then. but crossing all our fingers

@Livvygator we won't lose the holiday if she tests positive, would just have to move it. If she tests positive now, she would likely still test positive before we go and then would end up isolating twice. I couldn't make her do that.

@Altonbeck If I was 100% sure we could travel with the recovery certificate I wouldn't bother with the pcr test but my holiday company are still saying it won't be accepted. Something to do with the UK being slow at signing an agreement with The EU. Haven't booked anything yet as really hoping something might happen before half term but very much doubt it!

I have the same issue but when we rang 119 we were told they won't issue a Covid recovery certificate for under 16's. So if you are 12-15 you are screwed as you can't get a double vaccine and you can't get a certificate to show you have immunity for infection. So if you test positive for a while you are essentially banned from travel .

My understanding is that Spain only accepts recovery certificates from other EU countries, and children cannot get Covid passports where recovery from Covid is shown anyway.

My DD tested negative within 12 days of testing positive for Covid. If you live near an airport, lamp tests are worth considering. Acceptable for Spain and less thorough than a pcr. (I have only seen them available at drive through sites near airports).

I’m almost at the point of moving our holiday into next year😞.
However, I do wonder about switching to another country, I’m that desperate for some sun.

A friend is going to Crete and seems to think that the NHS email will be enough to get her daughter through.
They booked a package via a travel agent so they think the comeback will be on the operator and that’s good enough for them to go for it.

We on the other hand are going to Tenerife have if booked the flight and hotel ourselves 😕

I should add they mean the NHS email saying she was positive.

I’ve also looked into getting an official recovery certificate for my daughter from a private clinic (£) but they cannot categorically tell me that she can travel with one.

DH, teen and I all had Covid in July. We're in one of the Covid studies so do regular PCR tests. We all produced-ve PCRs 7 weeks after being ill with Covid.

We considered not testing, but decided to risk it. LFT's were negative by day 10 for DH incidentally.

Not especially scientific, but I did a post about this on here and others reassured us.

Just make sure you have watertight travel insurance and do a pre-flight PCR.

Hope it works out for you.

@Altonbeck I considered moving my holiday to Greece as they do accept the recovery letter but the weather isn't as good so am just going to risk it. Tui told me if she tests positive I can move the holiday so that's what we will have to do. Really hope it doesn't come to this though

@Altonbeck

I’m almost at the point of moving our holiday into next year😞. However, I do wonder about switching to another country, I’m that desperate for some sun.

A friend is going to Crete and seems to think that the NHS email will be enough to get her daughter through.
They booked a package via a travel agent so they think the comeback will be on the operator and that’s good enough for them to go for it.

We on the other hand are going to Tenerife have if booked the flight and hotel ourselves 😕

I have been in messenger conversation with the Canary Islands website which produces the official information for the islands My concern was that you also need to fill in the Spanish form saying that you have not been in contact with a covid positive case in the 2 weeks before travel Which of course we have, we live with her! They consider someone to be a positive case for 11 days . So overall that’s at least 14 plus 11 days, meaning that you need a full 25 days between them testing positive and you arriving in the islands Sorry……

Thanks that’s useful.
Travel agents are very uninformed I’ve found!