{"id":785,"date":"2021-08-19T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:49:18","slug":"preparing-for-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Bermuda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travel ain’t like it used to be<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bermuda is a small Island, and by May of 2021 they’ve almost eliminated COVID. They’re keen not to let it back in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to travel to Bermuda we must be vaccinated (by the time we book in May we’re there), and we must have negative PCR tests no sooner than 3 days before we arrive. We hadn’t realized that there were different types of COVID , but apparently there are. The “antigen” test is fast and cheap, but seemingly not accurate enough for travel purposes – we need a PCR test, though it can be a “Rapid PCR”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get a PCR test for free from CVS, charged to your medical insurance so not really free – just paid for by someone else, but there’s no guarantee on turnaround time. “Typically 1-2 days” isn’t confidence inspiring when the timeline is as close as ours. We fly on a Tuesday, and so the proceeding Friday is the earliest we could be tested. Further research shows that we can pay for guaranteed 8 hour results through a private lab, but it’s $300. Each. I book both the free CVS test on Friday July 30th, and the paid lab test for Saturday July 31st in preparation for our Tuesday August 3rd flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 30th July: the CVS test is self administered – drive up to the window and retrieve the test bag through the dispensing tray. Under the watchful eye of the clinician, wipe the inside of your nose with a cotton swab, pop in a vial of liquid, seal and return. The paid test the next morning (July 31st) is very similar, only someone else swabs your nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 hours later, all clear!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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We received the CVS results within 22 hours, at about the same time as the paid results from the lab – noon on Saturday 31st. The next step is to submit the Bermuda Travel Authorisation request (online), uploading the PCR test results and photographs of your CDC vaccination card – and pay $75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All systems go!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning (Sunday August 1st) at 07:02 we receive confirmation that our BTA has been cleared, and the formal hurdles are now past.<\/p>\n\n\n

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