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Majority of holidaymakers believe old Covid travel rules are still in place

Responsible business
Will Payne
3 March 2022

The majority of UK holidaymakers still believe some or all of the old Covid-19 travel regulations are still in place, according to new research by Holiday Extras.

Budget-friendly travel – especially in the UK's favourite holiday destination, Spain – is set to be most popular

The add-ons specialist polled 1,000 people who had flown from a UK airport in the past three years and found only 120 (12%) were confident that all of the old rules were no longer in effect.

Meanwhile, 260 (26%) said they didn’t know, 250 (25%) thought pre-departure tests were still needed, around 100 (10%) claimed the red list was still in use, 70 (7%) thought they had to isolate on their return and 60 (6%) believed all restrictions were still in place.

The last major UK travel restriction, the Day 2 return test for fully vaccinated travellers, came to an end on 11 February.