How much cheaper your holiday will be with new Covid test rules

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BRITISH families will save hundreds of pounds on the cost of a foreign holiday after ministers ditched pricey Covid tests. Transport secretary Grant Shapps will this evening announce jabbed sun see…

That means a family of four returning from a green list destination still has to fork out around £400 on arrival.

On top of that travellers must also pay for a pre-departure PCR or lateral flow swab before flying home from their hols.Both requirements will now be scrapped and replaced with a cheap and quick rapid antigen test at home. But holidaymakers still face a bill as the day 2 swabs will have to be supervised and free NHS kits won't be accepted.

Brits will need to book lateral flow kit from government approved providers at an average cost of around £30. They can taken either in person at a testing centre or at home overseen by an expert via Zoom to make sure they're done properly.

 

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