Here We Go Again: Dropping Travel Restrictions

It’s now been well over a year since I first shared my 4 required steps before travelling again. As we’re learning to travel again while dropping travel restrictions, it’s time to do another checkin: where are we at in terms of travel? Are we good to go again, or are we still holding off a bit longer?

As a reminder – these are my 4 required steps before travelling internationally again:

1. Destination requirements dropped (depending on where you’re heading to: done)

2. Getting fully vaccinated (done – details here)

3. Departure border to re-open (depending on where you’re leaving from: done)

4. No more quarantine upon return (done)

As of this week there have been a number of positive developments for Canadian travellers across these four categories. Here’s the summary.

Dropping Travel Restrictions

While Canada has lifted its general negative travel advisory a few months ago, which made it easier to leave the country, returning to Canada was still tricky with the potential for random testing on arrival, a…