The Government’s hotel quarantine booking portal is now live

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• peter says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:44

  Or fly via another country, like Spain.. spend there 10 days for £300, with freedom.. and then head for UK.
  Great idea, but I cannot imagine many ppl using this luxury.. 🙂

  • TGLoyalty says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:05

    Only problem is getting into Spain or elsewhere but for £3,700 for a family of 4 (over 12’s) I’d stay put for a month or 2.

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    11 Feb11 February 20:07

    And then find on day nine that Spain goes on the red list because of its direct routes to South America!

    • Sam G says:

      12 Feb12 February 07:34

      Yep. “Third country” strategy is quite a gamble. Got some friends very nervously waiting in Dubai to get into Singapore as UK is totally banned – multiple cases of the “Kent” strain including a cabin crew member (seemingly infected onboard) on a Dubai-Singapore flight in the other day so may also end up on the naughty list. Now double screwed as they’d have to hotel quarantine back this way now too

• Russ says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:45

  OK the, names down below all those who want to attend the first HFP Conference abroad:

  * Russ and Mrs Russ

• chris says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:45

  The Thai approach is so much more inviting …An enormous pdf of 5* hotels all competing for quarantine trade resulted in some great offers…

  • Eric says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:19

    This happened in Singapore previously too. Could choose Andaz, Grand Hyatt for $150 SGD/night without meals. Could even accrue reward nights.

    • BP says:

      11 Feb11 February 18:23

      No choice in Singapore but some very nice hotels such as the Mandarin Oriental were included. Some now dropped.odf the list and there are some poor budget hotels so it’s not all great.

• J says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:47

  10 days in the Britannia or 10 years in prison? Oh why does the decision have to be so hard…

  • Russ says:

    11 Feb11 February 17:49

    🙂 🙂 🙂

  • peter says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:11

    They should do 10 days cruises from Brazil / SA 😀

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:08

    Underrated comment

  • kitten says:

    12 Feb12 February 12:37

    Almost worth committing a crime to get better accommodation.

• janet watson says:

  11 Feb11 February 17:59

  Stop whingeing. These rules have been in place in other countries like the British Virgin Islands since March 2020 and the hotel bills were significantly more.

  • janet watson says:

    11 Feb11 February 17:59

    And for 14 days

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    11 Feb11 February 20:06

    Didn’t know there was a Britannia in the BVI !

• Neo says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:18

  Do You know how much will be cost of 2 covid tests for people returning from non red list?
  And It looks like only kids under 5 dont need test on day 2 and 8 :/

  • Tarmohamed says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:49

    210 per person.

    • Neo says:

      11 Feb11 February 20:08

      …greedy

      I can book one test for 72gbp…

      • 8vio says:

        11 Feb11 February 21:19

        Do you have a link for such a cheap test of 72 GBP? Is it a PCR one? I’m in a big mess now and thankful for any help. Commuting every 3 weeks to Austria for work since 2013 (this is now my 7th self isolation at home), but on the contrary to Austria, where you are considered a commuter if you come on a monthly basis, regular commuting is only accepted for the Uk Gov if you travel at least once a week between two countries.
        Like Ireland today they will for sure put my country as well to the red list and then I can resign as quarantine hotel is more that what in earn in gross.

        • Pawel says:

          12 Feb12 February 08:03

          here You have Randox using esyjet code 😉
          https://www.businesstraveller.com/features/these-airlines-are-offering-discounted-covid-tests/

    • Pawel says:

      12 Feb12 February 10:29

      but nothing about children on gov page with this test,
      so or children under 11 or under 5 don’t have take test on day 2 and 8 :/
      pcr test before flight is not required ford children under 11
      but on hotel quarantine is under 5 :/

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:09

    Don’t forget there’ll be a whole other suite of tests you’ll be wanting to have done if you spend 10 days in a Britannia…

    • ankomonkey says:

      11 Feb11 February 21:39

      🙂

• Asim says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:19

  So the governments paying £50 for the hotel and meals, let’s say £210 for the two tests, and let’s allow £30 for transport. That’s £740 for 10 nights. The remaining £1000 is profit for the government then?

  • meta says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:25

    It’s 11 nights actually. The day of arrival doesn’t count. However, still a profit.

    • meta says:

      11 Feb11 February 18:28

      And even if you allow £500 for security and management, still a lot! But if you can’t pay straight away, you can at least spread the cost over 12 months…

      • Callum says:

        11 Feb11 February 20:23

        I think people always underestimate what running things like this cost. It’s not remotely as simple as just renting some hotel rooms and booking a taxi.

        I can’t imagine the government is going to make any profit out of this.

  • Harry T says:

    11 Feb11 February 18:33

    I think you’re confusing the government profiting with their chums who have fortuitously started a hotel quarantine management business this month.

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      11 Feb11 February 19:09

      Well at least have indicated they’ll have it runnnng next month

• Aston100 says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:33

  I wonder if dietary requirements and cuisine preferences will be taken into consideration.
  Yeah I know, first world problems, but still would like to know the answer.

  • Phillip says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:06

    Why would dietary requirements be a first world problem? Cuisine preference maybe, but people who suffer with food allergies or with serious health issues related to food consumption can’t just be told that they have to pay for something they might not be able to eat at the risk of falling ill. If they don’t cater to dietary requirements, then is there an option no to pay for food?

    • Aston100 says:

      11 Feb11 February 19:26

      ***If they don’t cater to dietary requirements, then is there an option no to pay for food?***
      I suspect one of the main options will be “don’t travel then” or words to that effect.

      Perhaps all guests/inmates should simply be given a £20 just eat voucher per day, to spend on takeaway food of their own choosing.

      Did somebody say Just Eat?…

      • Aston100 says:

        11 Feb11 February 19:27

        *attempts do some Snoop Dogg moves*

        • KP says:

          11 Feb11 February 22:52

          Hilarious I laughed out so loud !!

  • bookish says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:12

    You should hope so. One of US capitol insurgents on remand and awaiting trial, refused to eat the food he was being served on the basis that it wasn’t organic and thus against his religion. As the result of a court order he is now being given only organic food and had to be moved to meet this accommodation.

  • ChrisW says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:22

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/treated-worse-than-criminals-australian-arrivals-put-into-quarantine-lament-conditions

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