As consumer demand for vacations increases, we wanted to share a list of popular travel destinations requiring COVID-19 negative tests in order to be able to travel.
- Antigua & Barbuda is requiring a negative COVID-19 test within 7 days of arrival. Without proof, the government can require visitors to to be tested and pick up the $100 expense. Masks must be worn until you arrive at your hotel.
- Aruba is having travelers upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken between 12 and 72 hours before flying or they won’t be allowed to board their flight. Aruba is also requiring mandatory Aruba Visitors Insurance be purchased.
- The Bahamas requires all arrivals to present a negative COVID-19 test that is less than 7 days old. Those without proof will have to pay for a test on arrival, or quarantine for two weeks. Exceptions are children under 10 years old, private pilots who do not deplane and residents returning after less than 72 hours or from an approved country.
- Barbados is opening up on July 12th. Travelers are expected to have a negative COVID-19 test performed no more than 72 hours prior to arrival.
- Belize plans to reopen on August 15th. Arriving guests will need proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 3 days of travel. Otherwise, you will have to pay for and have a test done at the airport. Visitors must stay at a “Tourism Gold Standard” hotel. Face masks are required in public.
- Bermuda requires a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours prior to your arrival, but that’s just the beginning. Bermuda has an extensive screening process in place and requires a $75 fee to cover the cost of mandatory in-country Covid-19 tests given at the airport and again on day 3, 7 and 14 of a traveler’s stay. Those with proof of a negative test still must quarantine at their hotel for about 8 hours pending the results of their airport test. Those arriving without proof of a negative test are confined to their accommodation for three days.
- French Polynesia with popular places like Tahiti and Bora Bora will require visitors either proof of a negative COVID-19 test, or an immunity certificate proving they have recovered from a previous infection. Travelers must also complete an electronic entry form attesting that they have travel insurance that would cover coronavirus expenses, or agreeing to personally assume all costs.
- Hawaii visitors starting on August 12th, can bypass the state’s quarantine requirement of 14 days by presenting a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival. The release did not specify how close to the traveler’s date the test must occur. We are going to assume it will be 72 hours like most places, but we will update the post once we have more information.
- Alaska requires a test to be performed within 72 hours of departure & requires retesting upon arrival for anyone with a test older than 5 days.
- Jamaica which had given travelers a choice between getting tested prior to departure or upon arrival at the airport, changed its protocol Monday night. As of July 10, travelers from Florida, New York, Arizona, Texas and other high-risk places will be required to take a molecular COVID-19 test 7 days before arriving in Jamaica.
- Puerto Rico visitors will require a negative COVID-19 test result within 72 hours of arrival.
- St. Lucia will require visitors to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within seven days of travel, unless they are traveling from the government’s designated travel bubble, which includes Antigua, Barbuda, Aruba, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Monsterrat, St Barts, St. Kitts, and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos. Visitors must have confirmed reservations at a Covid-19 certified accommodation provider for the duration of their stay.
- Turks and Caicos government has launched TCI Assured, an online portal where international travelers will be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test from their destination of origin a maximum of 72 hours before travel, travel medical insurance including emergency assistance and COVID-19 medical repatriation and completion of an online health questionnaire.
We recommend checking with the tourist board, asking your travel agent or reading up on travel policies prior to making plans, as the situation is ever changing, and protocols will likely change.
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