Travel Questions
When will the US open up to tourism from the UK?
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Q What are the chances of the US opening up to UK residents by 1 October? And if “laundering” before entry to the US, where would you recommend? Finally, does your vaccine status and type of vaccine matter to the US on arrival, or is it just that you have to have come from one of their acceptable countries?
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A In the past 48 hours I have asked a number of travel industry chief executives the very important question about when the current presidential proclamation banning arrivals from the UK might be lifted. Their answers and predictions range from “September” to “no idea”.
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