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Hurrah Common sense has kicked in (With exception of the Italians still loving masks !) NO NEED FOR PRE EMBARKATION TESTS OUT OF SPAIN (and most of Europe) ! For all sailings August 1, 2022 and beyond: For cruises originating from a U.S. port: For cruises originating from a Canadian port: For cruises originating from Piraeus, Greece: *Please note, a COVID19 Recovery Certificate may be presented as an alternative to the testing requirement as noted above if you have tested positive within 90 days of your scheduled embarkation date. This excludes all voyages visiting Bermuda. At check in, these guests must have one of the below acceptable forms of COVID-19 Recovery available (dated no less than 10 days and no more than 90 days (US) and 180 days (EU) before embarkation): For European citizens, this would include an EU Green Pass or comparable certificate. For guests unable to present an EU Green Pass (i.e. U.S. citizens), a doctor’s note, plus a laboratory-confirmed PCR test result with the proper information (i.e. name, date, date of birth, positive result etc.) will be accepted. ****Cruises originating from all other destinations: Not subject to pre-cruise COVID-19 testing.

Fingers crossed the testing will be scrapped soon https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/06/13/when-is-the-us-dropping-pre-departure-tests-for-vaccinated-travellers

Thank you. Stopped testing in UK now and going about our business so its all a bit of an overkill drama for us Brits. 🙂

Perfect Thanks for this. Just one question. What if your incoming flight is delayed etc. I see its an appointment basis so outgoing works well. Not sure about incoming.

So the website states that, if vaccinated, you need a supervised Antigen test per the below: "Within 3 days prior to embarkation date for cruises departing from a non-U.S. port" When does the clock start. Celebrity are clear on this so basically you can test on Thursday, Fly on Friday and Sail on Sunday as the sail day does not count as a day. NCL - Silent 😞 So do we test at base and decide we are OK to travel or fly to Barcelona and hope we are not trapped there as we didnt know we were unwell until tested domestically. Any recommendations for trustworthy (and accepted) locations in Barcelona for Antigen. Speaking to NCL some people are told their supplier is not accepted so then pay upwards of USD 65 a head to re-test at the dock.

That's a good start Thanks.

We sail on 28th August From Barcelona but flying in from UK early on the Friday. All fully jabbed and 3 out of 4 of us are boosted to. Hopefully all this stupidity will be over by then as in addition you can not enter Spain if you last jab was more than 270 days old. Our boosters are 270 days old 3 days after we come back luckily but there are no further jabs available and in the UK people will be reluctant to take any more after the 3rd. If this expensive pre-boarding rule continues will probably test in Barcelona. Any guidance on best source would be appreciated from those that have actually ha to do this. Thanks all