Brits’ desperate dash to get home NOW from Portugal to beat amber list quarantine and £1k Covid tests
She is among swathes of travellers rushing to get home before 4am on Tuesday when the country will be removed from the green list and the 10-day quarantine rule kicks in.Her family, who arrived in Albufeira on Wednesday, were “loving life,” before the reports began to emerge the next morning.
“It ruined a whole day of our holiday,” she said. “We had to get home before Tuesday because our son would not understand why he had to isolate.”Most passengers wore masks as they left the terminalShelley also described the trip as the “light at the end of the tunnel” after Nathan had developed anxiety and had self-harmed during lockdown.
Thousands have decided to cut their trips short to ensure they don’t have to quarantine when they touch back down in the UK., told The Sun that their family felt they did “everything we were supposed to do” before going to Portugal on May 31 but it still wasn’t enough. “It’s been a real disappointment,” she added. “I think it’s really difficult and unfair. I think if there had been a huge wave of evidence for the necessity of the change then I’d think maybe, but I really don’t think there was.”
“We didn’t do it immediately as we wanted to think things through and wait for the official announcement,” he said.“With having to pay the difference, we were looking at £480 for a flight home for us both - more than what we paid on flights and accommodation for the whole week,” he said.
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