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Coronavirus travel Q&A

A weekly series answering readers' questions about how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting on their travel plans and holidays

  • Passenger wearing a mask at an airport

    Coronavirus and summer travel: how to stay safe on holiday

    With infection rates rising again in the UK, should you test before you fly – and do you need a mask?
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    Mystery bird: black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos, a latin birds

    This lovely southeast Asian mystery bird is a distant relative of another mystery bird that I shared this week.
  • Money / How to / Book a holiday WEB

    How to book a holiday during the Covid pandemic

    Read the small print, particularly about cancellations
  • A PCR coronavirus test kit.

    Will a work trip to Poland mean I have to isolate for 90 days?

    I had the virus a month ago and can’t find guidance on what I should do
  • A couple arriving at Heathrow from Croatia, who must self-isolate for 14 days.

    How is quarantine enforced for UK arrivals? And other travel questions answered

    The government’s quarantine list is growing but what checks are being made on those self-isolating on their return?
  • City centre, Nice, France on 13 August 2020

    Q&A: all you need to know about UK's quarantine rules for France

    Travellers across the Channel face growing uncertainty due to rise in Covid cases in the country
  • Chesil Beach in Dorset.

    Can I get a refund on my UK holiday accommodation?

    Many people do not take out insurance for self-catering holiday homes in the UK, so what happens when it gets cancelled?
  • A Redrow new development in Ebbsfleet

    We paid £14,000 to a developer even though our house purchase collapsed

    Redrow insists on keeping the cash for upgrading an unbuilt home after coronavirus sinks deal
  • A motorhome driving through Banff national park in Alberta, Canada.

    Can we claim insurance now UK advice against travel is ‘indefinite’?

    The Foreign Office’s updated advice warns against all but essential travel until further notice. One reader asks how that will affect their holiday in July
  • Empty lounge chairs at a deserted beach in the Florida Keys, US.

    Why ‘can I get a refund?’ is travel's biggest issue: Coronavirus Q&A

    Customers are asking the same question of an industry in freefall. As one tour operator says, how firms respond will shape whether or not they have a future
  • Daily life amid coronavirus pandemic in New Delhi<br>epa08323691 A view on empty New Delhi Railway station in New Delhi, India, 26 March 2020. India is facing the first day of the 21-day national lockdown decreed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an effort to slow down the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. There have been over 600 confirmed coronavirus infections throughout India and 10 deaths derived from the disease so far. EPA/STR

    Can I get a cash refund instead of a credit note? Coronavirus travel questions answered

    Among the hundreds of questions we have received one reader expressed concern over accepting a credit note
  • City officials have closed Hallandale Beach, Florida, an area popular with college spring breakers.

    What happens if our tour operator goes bust? Coronavirus travel questions answered

    We have received hundreds of questions from readers whose travel plans have been cancelled, or who are unsure what to do about future trips. This is the first in a series of weekly Q&As
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