Anyone Been to Oostende Recently?

[Major_Clanger]

I'm taking a Belgium registered boat from Lowestoft to Oostende next month for her owner and just wondered whether anyone has been recently? I'm leaving the boat there and flying back. Any issues with travel, marina entry or associated strange Co-19 behaviour?

Thanks for any input.

 

[alandalus11]

I think you are better checking the foreign office travel advise website for a definitive answer. Even though it may be legal for you to leave this country, the destination to which you are going may not let you in. There is currently an EU ban on non essential travel from outside the bloc. You also need to check what will be needed to get back into this country by way of covid tests etc. Things are very fluid so check the website is my advice.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I think you are better checking the foreign office travel advise website for a definitive answer. Even though it may be legal for you to leave this country, the destination to which you are going may not let you in. There is currently an EU ban on non essential travel from outside the bloc. You also need to check what will be needed to get back into this country by way of covid tests etc. Things are very fluid so check the website is my advice.

ESPECIALLY check the rules where you are going! The Registration of the yacht is a red-herring; it is the nationality and country of departure of the crew that matters. For example, for personal reasons, I know that Hong Kong bars entry to anyone departing from the UK if they have spent more than 2 hours in the UK. No quarantine, no excuses - no entry. I'm hoping that gets relaxed before September! But the point is that it is the country where you arrive that sets the rules, and no-one else.

 

[Major_Clanger]

Thanks both.... I think I'm up-to-speed on entry requirements and since I'm doing a job of work my travel is permissible. It was more a case of any local quirks experienced. The owner will be with me and he's Belgian - will have flown over here early June.