there's new travel restrictions again i've been traveling since may 2020 and in this video i'm
sharing with you three things one an overview of this rule especially if you haven't heard about it
two at-home tests i think these will be key and some helpful tips so you don't fail at
them like i've seen other travelers get stuck on and lastly whether you've been traveling or not
some helpful travel stories from around the world in what it's like coming back with some
tips to help you navigate your upcoming trips if that's something you're considering coming up
and if you're new here yo i'm christine with where in the world to see how to make travel videos
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in someone you've seen on my channel before travel expert angel let's give an overview so
so that rule what it is is they tightened the testing window for cova test when you come home
so now everyone regardless of nationality or vaccine status
has to get a negative covet test result the day before they arrive in the united states
there are three things that people tend to get tripped up on and i want to walk you through them
one is the timing in the same way that the rule before was three days before not 72 hours before
now the new rule is one day before not 24 hours before so that's one key thing i know a lot of you
guys were asking me in my dms on instagram because you didn't understand that in the past so one day
is key not 24 hours before your flight and lastly we're referring to returning to the united states
not what's the rule going out in other words this is specific for coming back to the us
don't forget the rule for going out to the country you're going to is different everywhere and in the
same way i encourage you i don't want to break down the whole rule for you because things change
so quickly and the government website should be your key source for finding out more and
they answer all the faqs there i'll link that in the description below so you can read up on it
and same thing for the places you're traveling out to make sure you're checking their government
or tourism board websites because it changes so quickly and you gotta do it country by country
it only starts to get tricky if you have like an overnight layover um you know
if you have like an overnight layover in dubai you know and then you're coming home
really two days later then it starts to get really tricky for but for a lot of people like
let's say going to europe it's actually pretty straightforward still i've always recommended
for people to get their tests the day before they fly anyway
all right let's talk about take home tests or at home
test kits because i think this will be key for having
travel when you're coming back if you're not familiar with what a take-home test is
basically it's a box that you're opening in front of a nurse virtually and you're
administering the test yourself and you're getting the test results on the spot
and so that's how my testing results have worked in the past and generally you can
get these kits at cvs and typically they're around thirty dollars or less
but let's talk about the three key things you gotta know and the first one is you
gotta make sure you have the right test and one of the best ways to do that is to check
your airline's website and make sure that they accept that test upon your return so
even though i gave you the example of the test that i've been taking make sure your specific
airline accepts whatever test you are going out to purchase the second thing you gotta have good
wi-fi we'll get into stories about that but it's really important that you have a solid connection
the last one you gotta you gotta have a backup you gotta have to test just in case something goes
wrong because we'll get into that story let's jump in but i think the increase in take-home
tests will become much more popular because it's a great safe and it's a great last minute option
and honestly like you said if you're if you're in rural destinations or remote destinations
you know you can't get to a clinic you can do it right from your hotel room so i actually did two
of those just to try it out for for my different followers and stuff oh yeah i tried a uk brand
that was delivered to my hotel and to my surprise the results that they gave me came back in eight
hours so once i took the test i got an email saying your results will be ready in eight
hours and that was a you know like that's kind of tight you know especially if i was taking that's
actually a long time in the world of take-home tests yeah that's a long right so the one that i
purchased here in the united states that i took with me that is valid for international travel
because there's a couple of different take-home tests i want to make sure people have the right
one i i went to my airlines website looked at the ones that they recommended and bought that
particular take-home test i took it and the process was like 20 minutes i had my results
pretty much instantaneously and it was just so easy as long as you have a really good wi-fi
connection you can take these tests just about anywhere exactly and actually for those at home
tests do you have any tips for anyone who's doing it for their first time i would say for example my
tip would be the internet connection like it must be a solid internet connection you cannot be on a
boat in the middle of the maldives with shaky connection for that to work it will likely be
dropping your call which you can call back you can call back immediately and they'll reconnect
you but you must have good connection do you have any other tips yeah i i would definitely recommend
having more than one test available to you so don't just take one with you because sometimes
because you're administering it yourself you know you may not put in the drops correctly or
something like that something might happen so it's better to have a backup test with you and
the reason we say a wi-fi connection is key is because the person who is administering the test
can see you through your camera but you can't see them and they're giving you the instructions
and you need to show them um the tests and they they need to be able to see through the
camera what's going on on the other side so that that wi-fi connection is critical but my
tip is to always have another one so don't just take one with you take two someone i traveled
with had an inconclusive test did not have a backup test and so there was a little bit of a
frantic find of a testing center prior to going to the airport and so an example would be we were
going directly from the boat to the airport now a testing facility needed to be a stop along the way
i treat my channel similar to yelp or amazon reviews where it's really important to have
lots of different perspectives so that you can understand like is this the right restaurant or
is this the right product for you right so what i want to do next is bring you through some examples
angel has traveled uh if i were to name it off this video would probably be five hours long
but let's just call it he has traveled 250 000 air miles in the last year and so we are going
to go through a couple of the examples that he and i have had but i have shared all of my pandemic
travel experiences in the full playlist link in the description below let's bring it over to angel
so a lot of people that watch my channel haven't had the opportunity to travel just yet and they
really want to know like what that experience is like trying to come back it's been a very
difficult question for me to answer because literally in every place i've been it looks so
so so different so i was wondering if you could share just a couple of your experiences on what
that's looked like for you yeah the process has completely changed and i think it's a whole lot
easier now for people to to travel because there are systems in place i found that in latin america
and in the caribbean you know the hotels do a very very nice job with putting you know covet
centers within their resorts even and allowing um people who are staying there to test in the
resort in the dominican republic in punta cana at the western punta cana i tested on the third
third floor of my resort in costa rica uh one resort had a partnership with a local clinic so
there's a lot of that happening now so you can get a lot of information at your hotel in that part of
the world and when it comes to testing in europe you know there's so many different testing sites
as an american it'll be shocking i think to see how many testing sites there truly are especially
in the big cities like london paris rome amsterdam i've never ever ever had a problem getting tested
coming home but that's mostly because i do the research ahead of time and i make sure everything
is in order before i actually leave and that's really really key because i hate to be stressed
out on a trip and i hate to like you know just like you know struggle to find information or
something like that so i take care of that ahead of time and it just makes it a whole lot easier
for example in france every single pharmacy or private clinic has to be registered with
their government so there is a government website that will list every single place in france that
offers a covet test whether it's a rapid antigen or a pcr so once you start actually doing the
research you'll see that it's a pretty plain painless process and now with the take-home tests
you know that's that's really a great backup or for people who are you know in rural destinations
on this very last trip coming home here in november i actually took one of those self
take take home tests because i didn't have time to go into florence or rome to take a test and
and that was like super super easy do you have any tips for anyone who's considering traveling now
where they can have that smooth vacation and not get stuck somewhere do you have any tips for them
i i think that the main source of information should always be the government websites that are
out there so i typically start at the u.s state department and they typically link to whichever
foreign government's website that i'm going to also tourism boards have relatively informative
sites where you can look up covet information and things like that and um you know when it comes to
travel insurance i'm a big proponent of having travel insurance these days i'm
you know not affiliated with any travel insurance brand but i do use a website called
squaremouth and uh they um will take all of your information for your particular trip and tell
you what kind of insurance you might need so some countries may require extra insurance for
covid just in case you do test positive and you need a quarantine in that particular country they
want to make sure that you're covered so i think travel these days is all about the information
that we get how to get it and how to process that information apps like verify to upload their covet
documents and instead of being in the you know business check-in lane or economy check-in lane
there's a dedicated verified lane and that lane was empty and sure enough i skipped the queue to
check in and people were like yo i'm flying first class like what are you doing and i and i just to
be polite i asked the the the check-in person hey am i allowed to do this you know and they're like
sure enough yeah if you're using the app if you have all the information so i was like you guys
know i love helpful travel tips so if you have more please add them in the comments below so we
can all help each other i have one more helpful tip and it's around understanding your costs so
obviously if you get your at-home tests and travel with it then you've already taken care of that
cost but if you're going to be testing on-site in the place that you're at make sure you know
where you're going and how much that's going to cost i have experienced seeing large families
traveling together not realizing how much testing was going to be in that country versus how much it
was to get over from the united states and it was a huge huge hit to the wallet for them and so make
sure you know your costs in advance huge thanks to angel he's awesome isn't he this is where you
can find him i'm at angel's travel lounge.com on instagram on angels underscore travels yo if this
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if this new rule changes your upcoming travel i'm genuinely curious i for example i actually did not
book a trip i was planning to do doing a diving expedition in the galapagos
because it will require me to do an overnight stop in quito in ecuador and it's just a little
bit too complicated given what's going on right now and you don't want travel to be complicated
anyway i'm christine i'm here every week with new videos and i'll see you in the next adventure ciao