"Honey, have you packed the PCR result in the suitcase?" This is what you should know if you have to travel

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What happens if you start to feel

while you are staying in a hotel?

What if you have a

when entering an airport?

What if you have flown for several hours with a person who, upon arrival at the destination,

positive in a

?

Many questions and not always all have an answer.

And depending on the places where you formulate them, they may have one answer or another.

They can even change from today to tomorrow.

The difficult balance between ensuring certain

and trying to contain the pandemic in a rapidly changing environment can create certain gaps in useful (and often necessary) information for those who decide to travel.

And there are those who rush the last

or already make

if the outlook improves.

For many, the

not an absolute bad idea for a getaway in a second wave that can star the rest of autumn and part of winter.

In fact, the islands have just adopted a measure with all signs of being increasingly implemented: they

with a negative result at destination.

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The Canary Islands is the

to do so and it will come into force on

for all tourists and travelers, nationals or foreigners, over six years of age who stay in a tourist accommodation on the islands.

As is customary in countries that apply these control measures, the test must be carried out within

to arrival at the destination.

Tenerife beach during the second wave.

What a few months ago seemed like a dissuasive measure that could limit travel, is now a

by tourist destinations themselves in the absence of demand.

The keyword now is building

Another measure adopted in recent days by the Canarian government is also aimed at this idea: offering its tourists

whose cost is borne by the Community itself and for which tourists (national, local and foreign) will have travel assistance coverage with guarantees of medical expenses, health repatriation and prolongation of stays due to quarantine related to Covid-19, to comply with an obligatory confinement due to a positive result.

To this end, the island government signed a policy with

The

plans to adopt a similar measure for 2021, although limited to

WHO BEARS WITH THE EXPENSES?

The possibility of being

, and the expenses that derive from it, is a thorny issue that can set many travelers back when it comes to traveling.

Contracting this type of insurance has, in the current context, all the logic.

Precisely in order not to scare potential customers away, hoteliers do not usually report that if they have to be confined or isolated in the hotel,

of their stay.

The casuistry, in any case, is very varied.

Facade of the Marriott hotel in Brussels.

As a general rule, hotels have the obligation to notify the competent health authorities that there is a possible case of Covid in the hotel.

And it is the

that has the last word on

the confinement.

The regulations are not very clear in this regard, it varies between cities, communities and countries.

Even for weeks, depending on the health situation of the country in question.

In general, hotels must have

in low-traffic areas and, if possible, with greater ventilation (availability of terraces or balconies) for possible cases of confinement.

It also has a

protocol

(normally everything will be served in

) and one or two people from the staff will always take care of this service.

FEVER AT THE AIRPORT

What happens at an

?

Here too there is disparity, controversy and many gray areas as the

measurement spreads across airports around the world (now including Spanish ones).

A simple question such as

you can find more than one answer.

Among other things, because not all countries recognize the legal validity of this measure, which in many cases is more dissuasive than real.

Traveler with a mask at an international airport.

The

when it comes to establishing powers cannot be ignored.

Many hotels do not take the temperature of their customers, the case of

, for example, partly because of these kinds of issues.

Yes, on the other hand,

as can be seen in its brand-new hotel in Madrid.

The establishment has well designed the entire protocol in case a guest has a fever when registering.

In this sense, it is worth highlighting the initiative of

which since last October 1 offers all its guests

for any incident caused by Covid-19: from medical expenses to long stays.

Other hotel groups have adopted similar measures in a context where insurers - and laboratories that perform PCR tests - seem to have a lot to gain.

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