Hi everyone whose been following the Mexico Vlog - it revealed many things about how to travel in the times of Covid restrictions. Many of the legalise has been established clearly to put people off travelling, BUT there most definitely ARE ways to mediate through, particularly in Europe and the USA - I suspect many other countries too including Africa right now. To be clear, you DO NOT need a negative PCR test to get back into Europe and the USA. I know this is what put several people off coming to Mexico.

There is a crucial difference between the Covid PCR test and an ANTIGEN test. The PCR is indeed invasive with much speculation as to what is being inserted into the body - definitely one to avoid. But to get back into Europe and the USA right now (probably many other countries too) you only need a negative ANTIGEN test, which is a simple dry swab (like a cotton bud), with no chemicals on it, which is lightly inserted in the entrance of the nose and/or the back of the throat. You get a test result usually within an hour which is emailed to you, so should you get a positive, you could easily take another. But everyone who took one from the Mexico tour all got negatives, so no problem with that at all. What's more, we hear from people arriving in Texas and Florida that they weren't even asked to show the result. In the UK they do check at border control, but it's an easy passage through.

So let's NOT let this put us off!

Much love

Open 🙏

PS: the PCR test and Antigen test are BOTH Covid tests (don't confuse "Covid Test" as meaning PCR).