Land Border Opening?

[scorpsfan]

If you listen to the press conference they repeated several times that the pre and on arrival testing was so they could study the positivity rates of travellers. It could also help them identify any potential threats of new variants.

While annoying this kind of makes sense. If they see an increase of travellers from an area testing positive it could want them they need to do something.

Just wish it was cheaper and easier.

I totally get they have to trace it, for sure.
I'm mainly annoyed by the cost and hassle of the testing!! (especially when we will be fully vaccinated!)

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Oh and the kids thing is another way of keeping families from traveling. Families can't leave kids under 12 home alone LOL

 

[scorpsfan]

What is the cost of the on arrival test?

I thought they do an arrival test at the airport? The pre-travel 3 day result test is something like $200 a person!! Crazy.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

What is the cost of the on arrival test?

Likely depends on where you land? Halifax airport has free testing. I can get a test every single day if I want one for free.

 

[DisDee1982]

I didn’t hear the parts about kids. So say everyone else is vaccinated except a child. Everyone would need testing and we can skip the hotel. But the child has to quarantine at home for 2 weeks? What about the people who live with the child?

Adults who live with the quarantining child would not have to isolate

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Adults who live with the quarantining child would not have to isolate

But would you leave your small child home alone? No.

 

[wdwmom3]

Adults who live with the quarantining child would not have to isolate

Do you have a link to this info. I missed the part about kids. If this is true we could possibly go in August and just my youngest would have to isolate at home. Which is no big deal if others don’t have to.

 

[wdwmom3]

But would you leave your small child home alone? No.

Say you have more then one vaccinated person. So like one parent or older vaccinated siblings could go do stuff like go to work etc.

 

[Minniemoo15]

My DH has to fly to the US for work next week. He is fully vaccinated and will stay a few days later to fly home on the 5th if it means he can skip quarantine.

So on his return … he takes a test pre-departure somewhere in the US. Then he flies to Montreal before connecting home to Halifax. Does he take his upon-arrival test in Montreal or Halifax ? Is this something he needs to arrange or will it be done by the airport ? Does he quarantine until he gets a negative result from that test ? TIA.

 

[Dawg74]

Just reading the information now, still not certain what this means for the land border and also, doesn’t the USA need to allow us in as well at the land border? I understand you could fly, we were hoping to drive across and drive back

 

[Jrb1979]

Seeing the new rules in place for travel not much has changed other then not having to quarantine. Still too many hoops to go through to travel. It's not worth it yet. It will only be worth it for me once the vaccine passport is in place and it being the only thing in the way of travel.

 

[wdwmom3]

Just reading the information now, still not certain what this means for the land border and also, doesn’t the USA need to allow us in as well at the land border? I understand you could fly, we were hoping to drive across and drive back

The US extended their closure. So no you would not be able to drive across right now.

 

[TommyJK]

… he takes a test pre-departure somewhere in the US. Then he flies to Montreal before connecting home to Halifax....

Just to clarify, he would need a negative test in the US before he'd be allowed to board the plane to return. (wasn't sure if you were alluding to just taking the test vs. the need to also have the results back and be negative before departure).

 

[Minniemoo15]

Just to clarify, he would need a negative test in the US before he'd be allowed to board the plane to return. (wasn't sure if you were alluding to just taking the test vs. the need to also have the results back and be negative before departure).

Yes sorry his work has already arranged the pre departure testing and results. It’s the on arrival test I am confused about.

 

[ellbell]

The government of canada website states these rules are for land and air.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-hea...-measures-for-travellers-entering-canada.html

 

[Minniemoo15]

The government of canada website states these rules are for land and air.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-hea...-measures-for-travellers-entering-canada.html

thanks for that link. Of note : it only comes into effect July 5 at 11:59pm - so really only July 6. Glad I caught that - my DH was supposed to land July 5 at 10:00pm.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Well, I think many of us knew what was going to be announced. AT LEAST, this is a step in the right direction. I knew that they weren't going to let everyone travel without any restrictions all " Willy, nilly" or "Hog wild" and just go about life the way we did pre-covid.

Government officials have been called out on their policies, there is increasing pressure from inside from their governing peers, foreign countries, and lastly the people the govern. Government officials keep moving the goal posts. For months Tam's numbers she always pointed out that they were wanting to have a 70/20. Slowly their rhetoric changed.

I'm hoping that this is a step in the right direction, so that those of us who want to travel this fall/winter will be able to travel - especially if we have received our vaccinations.

With the latest announcements, as least the playing field is level now for both land and air. The pressure the received over the hotel quarantine for air travelers, needed to happen, for them to drop that part of the quarantine requirements. I will say, it irked me a little that they were allowing people to just walk over the boarder, or get a care service to take them to their home and get through the land boarder that way with NO hotel quarantine.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

@Minniemoo15 Same question as I was asking over on the air travel policy thread.

He would need to test in Montreal then continue to Halifax (I am from Halifax!). I have no idea if they are using rapid testing or what. Halifax airport is using the rapid tests, I believe.

BUT, a big but, what if his test in Montreal came back positive? He would need to isolate in Montreal until he got negative test. He would likely need to present a quarantine plan in Montreal FOR Montreal in case this happened. This is how I am understanding all of this.

 

[Jrb1979]

Well, I think many of us knew what was going to be announced. AT LEAST, this is a step in the right direction. I knew that they weren't going to let everyone travel without any restrictions all " Willy, nilly" or "Hog wild" and just go about life the way we did pre-covid.

Government officials have been called out on their policies, there is increasing pressure from inside from their governing peers, foreign countries, and lastly the people the govern. Government officials keep moving the goal posts. For months Tam's numbers she always pointed out that they were wanting to have a 70/20. Slowly their rhetoric changed.

I'm hoping that this is a step in the right direction, so that those of us who want to travel this fall/winter will be able to travel - especially if we have received our vaccinations.

With the latest announcements, as least the playing field is level now for both land and air. The pressure the received over the hotel quarantine for air travelers, needed to happen, for them to drop that part of the quarantine requirements. I will say, it irked me a little that they were allowing people to just walk over the boarder, or get a care service to take them to their home and get through the land boarder that way with NO hotel quarantine.

I think by fall things will a lot more open border wise. I think the major hold up is the vaccine passport. Right now they are using the app but I think they want a more permanent thing.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I am not traveling until November, so I am not as worried about my plans, but I am anxious for my fellow DIS'ers.