Grimsby travel agent hopeful for more countries to be dropped from red list

it's thought there will be changes to the travel list announced this week

Author: Rebecca Quarmby, Julie CastonPublished 15th Sep 2021

A Grimsby travel agent is hoping the government’s plans will bring more countries out of the red list as furlough comes to an end.

There are reports of a new two tier system to replace the traffic light one which means people will be told which countries they can and can’t go to.

Ralph Thacker is from Hops Travel in Grimsby who says taking countries off the red list will mean more bookings will be made so they will be needing more staff.

Ralph said:

“I think it's definitely time that these steps go forward, at the moment we've got the promise of furlough ending at the end of the month and we've got to bring all our stuff back full time so we need to be able to sell more destinations to keep afloat.”

PCR tests for double jabbed holiday makers could be scrapped in the announcement

Ralph added:

“It's only going to be a good thing to be able to send more people on holiday to more destinations with less restrictions. We have got customers that don't know whether they need 2,3, 4 tests so yeah great news yet again another way that it's going to prove easier to send people on holiday taking your passport to the airport and that is it is where we want to be moving towards.”

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