We went to Paris for spring break. It was easier to get a test in Paris than in the US. You walk into almost any pharmacy, show them your passport, have test, and they email you official results including QR code in about 30 mins.
That's really good to know! We'll in Paris for a few days before our cruise from Copenhagen so if the testing for Europe cruises changes to doing it before port arrival we'll need to test in Paris.
I would be curious what makes you believe so. I mean, genuinely curious — this is not a sarcastic question at all — as DW and I are both French and have lately cancelled our vacation in the US because we felt it wouldn't be safe for us to travel. Instead we went with DCL into the Med so that we could stay in Europe.
Just my two cents but I believe if you are ready to embark on a cruise you shouldn't be concerned about whatever place in Europe as most countries have conducted a very successful vaccination campaign against Covid. Here some data for Disney's port of call:
Good to know as well that, in France, the price is somewhat cheap, and regulated by law:
Interesting, thank you very much for sharing. In France and the countries I've visited (Spain/Italy), everything has come back to mostly how it was pre-covid (I know food is back on trains in France, didn't felt like travelling by train in other countries). Though the economy has restarted very quickly, to the point sometimes there are staff shortages, maybe that's also what's happening in Ireland with the catering gone in their trains? (just a guess, I have no clue)
We’re the same in the UK. Everything is back to normal (except for masks in healthcare) but there are lots of staff shortages causing problems, particularly in the travel industry. Lots of cancelled or delayed planes and trains.
I'm flying home on BA and I'm a little concerned about that. I booked through AA using miles though so I should only have to deal with them.
BA have cancelled two flights on me this year. Both times they gave me a decent amount of notice and rebooked me automatically on alternative flights the same day. It seems they just don’t have the staff to cover the usual number of flights.
Since I booked through AA I'm assuming if something happens they will rebook me on either BA or AA. I'm a frequent flyer on AA so I'm used to dealing with them. Not that they don't have their own messes, but it at least it's familiar.
I can't think of one thing that's not back to normal in my state. We have been for a while. Some of the covid changes like reduced housekeeping at hotels are due to staffing shortages or budget cuts.
We were in Schiphol Airport last month. They had the nicest public restrooms I’ve ever seen in an airport. They have kind of an upscale version of a cafeteria with amazing prices/selection. I thought everyone was very friendly. So if I had to be stuck somewhere, I’d choose AMS.
I too have status on AA and have called them with my 5 million questions. I was concerned about BA cancelling our return flight home from CDG. I believe they told me that BA would handle any issues. I would investigate what the contact number is for your status level on BA (as they’re both OneWorld).
Thanks for the positive take! I haven't flown through there, but the pictures look really nice and I have access to the KLM clubs, so it would be bearable. We also have a five day cushion before the cruise starts, so we wouldn't be as stressed as if we were cutting it close.
I used to live in Munich and loved using the public transport. Munich has 2 city train systems
Public transport is the way to go as said above. I just wanted to add that for the months of June through August you can get a ticket that is valid for one calendar month that only costs 9€ and it will be valid on all public transport in Germany (with the exception of long distance trains like high speed rail). But any method of transport within Munich and to the airport is covered. You can get it at any ticket vending machine or through the German railway website (www.Bahn.de). It’s called „9-Euro-Ticket“. But if your stay falls into two different months you would have to get two. One for June, one for July e.g.
No. We just got off the Magic Saturday in Barcelona and had to arrange our own testing before flying back to the US. We were able to get an appt and the airport and it went smoothly.
