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'The long wait for the US to reopen will have been worth it'

Destinations
21 September 2021

At long last, after 18 months of false starts and speculation, the news the UK-US travel industry has long been waiting for came somewhat out of the blue on Monday (20 September) taking many by surprise both sides of the Atlantic.

Valley Floor

Rumours spread rapidly that the White House would, in early November, finally lift the travel ban for fully vaccinated British travellers.


One of our directors, Nadia Clinton, shared with us the succinct response from Delta Air Lines: “We applaud the Biden administration for establishing a path re-opening travel to the US. Science tells us that vaccinations, coupled with testing, is the safest way to re-open travel.”