Travel to France advise please ….

My 14 year old DGD is keen to have the vaccine whenever it becomes available.

My 14 year old DGD is keen to have the vaccine whenever it becomes available.

Yes I agree Ellianne.
It is very clear from the data that the infection rates are highest in the 10-19 and 20-29 groups now. The schools break up in a couple of weeks so I guess that they will be hoping that the children have dispersed if/when the Delta variant starts to grow here.
One item on the news made me laugh - they are offering second vaccine centres in holiday resorts so people don't miss out. So French!
Pfizer is about 80% of vaccinations here now and normally done 4 weeks after first, so hopefully that will help too.

One item on the news made me laugh - they are offering second vaccine centres in holiday resorts so people don't miss out. So French!
If they can find any vaccinators prepared to work during August Mamie, as that is usually put your feet up month in France!
Mind you a month's work jabbing people on the Côte d'Azur sounds appealing and worth it if you are a nurse from Paris or Lille!

Yes exactly - with time to get to the beach as well! Lots of pompiers involved as well as nurses here.

Won't travel insurance be an issue if going to an "amber" destination? (It might be invalidated?) That alone would put me off, never mind all the other significant issues!

My son has a residency permit and a property to look after, and he can't go.

Well said Davida my thoughts exactly!

If your son has a Carte de Sejour he should be able to travel home with no problem. Everyone is allowed to travel home.

Yes like Mamie ,we were (are,let’s stay positive !) looking forward to a family wedding in the uk ,but in September,haven’t seen my children or grandchildren for over a year now ,thank goodness for FaceTime!
Planning to go back to uk end of July ,the tests we need there make it very expensive,although Mamie , I have been told we can reclaim the cost of the return p c r from the social security so that would save a couple of hundred pounds ,but it’s the 10 day quarantine in the uk that causes the biggest headache ?

Just search on the Gov.uk website for travel to and from France. It’s all there. Multiple tests mandatory and read information very carefully.
In my opinion, if you have young grandchildren in France and have been fully vaccinated, then all the obstacles are worth it.
Have to say if we were still in the EU then restrictions would already be lifted so it can’t be that dangerous !

Madness to leave the UK at the moment!

It’s now 2 years since we were last at our house in France. We are desperate to go over to check all is ok. I honestly can’t see us going though not for a while. As others have said it’s an Amber list country. Even though both had the two vaccinations. Think we’ve come this far a short while longer to wait may be best. Hopefully things will change for the better.

Never mind all the Covid testing etc for France and Spain you will need an official certificate (sometimes from local Mayor) giving permission for you to stay unless you are booked in through a holiday company. Sometimes a letter from whoever will be hosting you will be accepted. These papers should be applied for a month in advance.

A friend of mine travelled to France on 1st June . She had had both jabs and had done all the necessary tests. She was staying with relatives and had arranged to isolate with them before going to see the tennis. She was refused entry at the border and had to come home. She says they were only letting in French nationals and everyone else was turned away. It might have changed since then of course,

I think that was quite common - refusing people at border control - a few weeks ago. People living in France with children studying in U.K. were sending them paperwork to prove the family lived in France.
Sometimes the people on the front line of various departments do not necessarily understand all the rules - this has increased with Brexit for British nationals - who in fact retain all their rights pre Brexit until the end of October. The new residency card works wonders fortunately but some people are still in the system and have yet to receive their cards.

I live in France, cases are falling and vaccinations rising. We had our first jab in May and our second last week (Moderna). The vaccination centre is working 7 days a week and was packed.
France is opening up, tourist attractions and cafe terraces are open.

U.K. nationals no longer need a “compelling reason” to travel to France as they did earlier in the year, and if France is your main residence you have always been allowed to return home, but, as we did in January, you had to show “proof” - we used our impots declaration and EDF bill.

France classes the U.K. as “Amber” the chart shows the entry requirements depending on if you are vaccinated or not.

Of course you have to do the 10 day quarantine and testing when back in the U.K., depends how much you want to travel as to how off putting that is.

My NHS daughter has informed me the 4th wave has arrived. Vaccine does not stop all.

Here from tomorrow we don’t have to wear masks outside if not in a crowd and the curfew is being lift from Sunday.

Action replay, Delta will come in via tourism and we will be in lockdown again.

It's on the amber list they could go but it involves testing and quarantine I'd not go unless it was absolutely imperative

She would be well advised to phone the French Embassy in London and ask what documentation the French authorities require and whether their restrictions are likely to be changed.

I too feel it is too early to be going abroad, but it is of course her decision.

mokryna

My NHS daughter has informed me the 4th wave has arrived. Vaccine does not stop all.

Here from tomorrow we don’t have to wear masks outside if not in a crowd and the curfew is being lift from Sunday.

Action replay, Delta will come in via tourism and we will be in lockdown again.

We haven't had a third wave yet.

Or were you meaning a fourth wave in France? Sorry, when you quoted your NHS daughter I assumed she was talking about the UK? Some scientists are warning that we've now entered our third wave.

I desperately want to visit my family in UK but I’m not going to until it’s very, very safe. I know it’s difficult but please people just stay in your own country. I live in a low case area but the last thing I want is another peak/lockdown.

Anyone travelling abroad in the middle of this pandemic has to be prepared for ANY changes/conditions put in effect by the government of the country they are travelling from and too….

It’s already here unfortunately… and there will be other variants too.