Current Travel Requirements

If you are unwell do not travel. If you are travelling to the Bailiwick, please make alternative arrangements and delay your travel. We all have a responsibility to play our part in keeping our community safe from COVID-19. 

You must also be aware that there may be ramifications if you test positive, are identified as a close contact of a positive, or self-isolation requirements change at short notice.

• If you are unwell please stay at home
• If you receive a positive COVID-19 test at any point during your stay in the Bailiwick, please notify us here COVID Notification Form - States of Guernsey (gov.gg). Read more: I am a positive case | States of Guernsey - COVID-19 (gov.gg)
• If you are staying in a shared household in the Bailiwick and you receive a positive test result, the other people in your household may be affected. As such, you should consider the potential implications of your travel for those in your household and discuss this with them before travelling.
• If you have been identified as having had close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case while in or travelling to the Bailiwick, you may be requested to undergo additional testing: I am a contact of a case | States of Guernsey - COVID-19 (gov.gg)

If you have travelled to the Bailiwick and are requested to unexpectedly self-isolate then you may need to find alternative accommodation if your current accommodation isn’t suitable. If this situation arises you should contact Public Health Services by calling 01481 220000 who will be able to advise you of options. Please note that, other than in exceptional circumstances - or if you have travelled for medical or compassionate reasons - you will be required to fund this accommodation yourself.

The World Health Organisation has made a video about factors to help you make safe choices when you're in an area of widespread COVID-19 transmission. You can view this here.

Read more here: Travelling to, from and through the UK | States of Guernsey - COVID-19 (gov.gg)

If you have any enquiries regarding bookings you already have, please contact your carrier:

• Aurigny, 01481 267267
• Blue Islands, 01234 589200
• Condor Ferries, 0345 609 1024

The States of Guernsey no longer offers pre-travel PCR tests.

Should anyone need a negative pre-travel PCR test result before travelling abroad, Primary Care colleagues have been providing this service in their own practices and will continue to do so. GP practices are offering this service during normal working hours and also on Saturday mornings.

Additionally, UK hub airports and other private providers offer pre-travel testing. If you are required to provide proof of a negative PCR COVID-19 result for your travel destination or carrier, please check the website of the UK airport you are connecting through as many offer this service. If you arrange for a postal PCR test from a private provider, please ensure you check that they will send direct to Guernsey.

Primary Care (GP surgeries) and some pharmacies also offer this test on-island, and both IslandHealth and the Healthcare Group are offering observed LFTs - patients are advised to contact their surgeries for these and allow sufficient time prior to travel.

In a small contained environment such as the cabin of a plane, the use of a face covering can prevent the spread of infectious droplets from an infected person to someone else. It can also prevent the potential contamination of the environment by these droplets. The use of a face covering does not remove the need to practice good respiratory hygiene.

Please check you travel providers requirements for wearing a face covering while travelling. 

We continue to recommend face coverings are used especially in enclosed spaces, in crowds or where there is poor ventilation.