Still, it you have to quarantine, it doesn’t sound like a bad place to do it.
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Some hotels are offering a free quarantine after a positive test, and even though this resort reduced the room rate and cost of room service by 50%, after taxes, fees and food, he’s still looking at about $800 per night. Notably, his wife has since tested positive, after returning to the U.S., while his daughter’s test was negative.īoth of their tests had been negative before their flight, so they were compliant with the CDC order, though they may have encountered some trouble checking in with certain airlines - United, for example, requires passengers to declare that they haven’t had close contact with someone who tested positive in the last 14 days.Īt the same time, he began his solo quarantine in a spacious villa - at his own expense. the next day, wearing KN95 masks for the flight home, just as they did on the journey to Mexico. His wife and daughter moved to another room at the hotel, and flew back to the U.S. A third test - the more reliable PCR version - was also positive. While his wife and daughter tested negative, his rapid test came back positive, and a second rapid test did as well. Before their planned flight home, the TPG reader and his family took rapid tests, hoping to be cleared to return to the U.S.
While he was feeling a bit more tired than usual when they arrived in Mexico, most of the trip went off without a hitch. Most of the dining rooms have had significant spacing between tables, he said, but that wasn’t the case for one dinner he enjoyed with two friends before the Mexico trip - one of whom has since tested positive as well. In the southeast, where mid-pandemic restaurant dining is far more common than it is in some parts of the country, this reader estimates that he’s eaten inside restaurants 60 times since July 2020. While many people have avoided indoor dining entirely during the pandemic, that certainly isn’t the case for everyone. This reader, who requested anonymity, lives in the southeastern U.S., and believes he contracted COVID-19 while dining inside a restaurant with friends before traveling to a resort in Riviera Maya via Cancun (CUN) with his wife and daughter. It’s still going to happen - even more reliable PCR tests are hardly foolproof - but the new program has surely caught some would-be flyers, including one reader currently in Mexico, who shared his experience with TPG.
The testing mandate is intended to limit the number of people traveling while actively infected with COVID-19. While the new requirement presents logistical challenges, many destinations worked quickly to make the process as seamless as possible, in a bid to avoid having travelers cancel their plans, or avoid making new ones, despite clear warnings against international travel. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began mandating that all international travelers present a negative COVID-19 test before they’re permitted to board their flight to the United States.įor more TPG travel news and tips delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our free daily newsletter.
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