- Hey, what's up, y'all?
It's Kim with workhardtravelwell.com,
and I'm coming to you with a new video today.
We're gonna talk about The Bahamas,
health travel visa costs,
some of the updates going on
with Bahamas travel requirements since I lasted did a video.
My last video was in the summer of 2021.
I visited last year.
So there has been some changes of course,
due to the surge of COVID cases unfortunately.
Let's talk about, what's changed since my last video.
If you want to know how to apply
for The Bahamas travel visa,
go to the video right after this for more details.
So when you're traveling to The Bahamas,
there's different requirements
based on if you're vaccinated
and if you're unvaccinated I talked about this before.
No matter if you're unvaccinated or vaccinated,
you must take a COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours
before your arrival.
Since my last video Bahamas travel website has updated
to provide you with a chart to understand
what are the requirements,
but for visitors they have it broken down.
Like I said, versus unvaccinated and vaccinated.
If you all go through the process that I talked about
in other videos,
but for vaccinated travelers, 18 and up,
you must create a Bahamas travel visa profile,
submit for a Bahamas travel health visa application,
upload a negative PCR test.
You have the option if you're vaccinated
to upload a rapid antigen tests.
I'm gonna just go ahead and get a PCR test if you can.
I know those take a little bit longer to get back.
I had COVID recently unfortunately,
I took an antigen test
as well as a PCR test on that same day.
The antigen came back negative,
I had symptoms that same day
and the PCR came back positive days later.
I just want you to make sure that you know
that which ones are acceptable for vaccinated
versus unvaccinated.
If you're vaccinated you can either upload a negative PCR,
or a negative rapid antigen.
The cost of The Bahamas travel health visa,
is $40 if you're from North America
and then everyone else is $50.
Then there's for travelers, 12 to 17.
You have to add to the parent or a guardian profile,
and you have to basically follow the same steps as 18+,
but you're added to the parent or Guardian's profile.
Now, if you are an unvaccinated traveler 18 and plus,
you'll notice, like I said,
you'll go through the same steps of having
to create The Bahamas travel visa health profile,
but you will only be able to upload a PCR test
no more than 72 hours.
Like the tests cannot be taken no more than 72 hours
before your arrival date.
Then it has here if you're staying longer than five days
that you, you know, must take a day five rapid tests.
But if you go over to their travel updates,
and if you go to During Travel
instead of the day five,
it says effective January 4th 2022,
the test will be replaced with a rapid antigen test
for fully vaccinated travelers staying longer
than 48 hours, two nights.
So, whereas before it was like a five day thing,
now they're doing two nights.
And that goes the same for unvaccinated travelers.
So there's a little contradiction, you know,
before it was a five day, now it looks like it's 48 hours.
Back to this chart,
the costs for vaccinated travelers 12 through 17
is the same $40 and $50.
The cost for unvaccinated 18 plus is $40 and $50.
And then five plus nights is $60 for north America,
$70 for worldwide.
And then for unvaccinated 12 through 17
is basically the same cost.
Travelers, two through 11,
have that option to do the optional PCR,
or they have the option to the PCR,
or the rapid antigen tests.
No charge for travelers two through 11,
aren't any charge for travelers under two.
And as you can see,
there's no test and requirements for travelers under two.
Oh, I just went over some of the updates
for The Bahamas travel visa application,
and also like the process for traveling
to The Bahamas right now.
Also like you still have to do the daily questionnaire
that I talk about.
Make sure you look at the other video to understand
what I'm talking about,
and you have to wear a mask.
And you know, there's some things that are still in supply,
but I wanted to go over like just some changes.
There's no longer a curfew as of now,
but you should always check the website
that I'm going to link in this video,
to understand what their requirements are.
They're always changing.
People are going on my posts
and saying "there's no more curfews,"
but is a video that I filmed in summer of 2021.
So make sure you stay abreast.
I try to update you as, as much as possible.
You always wanna double check with the site
because things are changing.
We're at that point where cases are surging.
Let me know if you have any more questions
about visiting The Bahamas.
I have tons of videos on like, what I did while I was there.
The process I went through to bring a drone into The Bahamas
because it's not as simple as just packing
that drone and more.
My name is Kim.
I'm the creator of workhardtravelwell.com.
Be sure to subscribe to this channel,
and check out additional videos
about traveling to The Bahamas.
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