July 8th - When Amber Turns Green
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
When Amber turns Green – I’ve got all the details of the new “vaccination vacation” plan.
When does it start?
How will it work, especially for children?
And how does the travel industry respond?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Thursday the 8th of July and thanks for joining me for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent. |
| 0:10.6 | Well, what a day when Amber turns green. I've got all the details of the new vaccination vacation plan, as I call it. |
| 0:20.2 | When does it start? How will it work? Especially for children. |
| 0:23.7 | And what does the travel industry think of it all? Of course, this podcast is completely free, |
| 0:29.7 | as is my weekly travel email. Do sign up at independent.co.com.uk forward slash newsletters. It's been quite a morning because finally many months |
| 0:43.2 | after other countries started allowing vaccinated travellers to avoid the most onerous travel |
| 0:48.4 | restrictions, the UK says it's going to catch up on the 19th of July. Yes, that's a week on Monday. But initially, |
| 0:58.5 | the chance to avoid quarantine from so-called Amber List locations will be limited to British |
| 1:04.5 | residents. Just a reminder, Amber List, which includes the vast majority of popular holiday |
| 1:10.2 | destinations, including France, |
| 1:12.3 | Italy, Greece, mainland, Spain, Portugal, and the US requires 10 days of self-isolation when |
| 1:19.1 | you get home. And it means that for most people, that's an effective travel ban, not just for |
| 1:26.8 | those of us who simply want to go on |
| 1:29.1 | holiday, but also people who are desperate to see loved ones or make business trips. Increasingly, |
| 1:36.0 | they are wanting to get abroad with relatively little hassle and expense. So we've now got |
| 1:43.6 | a scheme of sorts from the 19th of July, which |
| 1:48.6 | of course is opening day domestically. It's also going to be the day from 4 a.m. when if you |
| 1:55.6 | turn up and you've been to an amber country, it won't matter because you will, if you've been lucky enough to be jabbed, |
| 2:02.3 | be able to demonstrate your immunity status and that means that you will be allowed in. |
| 2:08.6 | You'll still need to take tests as far as I am aware and I'm still waiting for the absolute |
| 2:13.6 | detail from the Department for Transport. You will be effectively, the Amber List |
| 2:19.0 | joins the Green List from the point of view of somebody who has been jabbed twice by the NHS. |
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