Huge changes to holidays are coming from tomorrow as UK drops travel restrictions

Big changes to holidays abroad are set to come into force tomorrow as the government prepares to drop all travel restrictions.

From 4am tomorrow, March 18th, all current travel restrictions will be dropped, including the requirement for Passenger Locator Forms (PLFs), mandatory face masks on airplanes and negative Covid tests for unvaccinated travellers.

The changes will come into force just weeks before the Easter holidays, meaning thousands of holiday-makers will save both time and money.

Here are all the changes coming into force from tomorrow:

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Passenger Locator Forms

In what could be the most celebrated rule change, the long-winded and complicated Passenger Locator Forms will be no more from tomorrow.

The form currently has to be filled out by all arrivals into the UK, and asks for intricate information about personal details, travel details, addresses and vaccination status.

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Pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers 

Pre-departure tests were scrapped for vaccinated holiday-makers back in January, but were kept in place for unvaccinated travellers.

From tomorrow, however, no one will be required to do them, regardless of their vaccination status.

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Day two tests for vaccinated travellers

Day two tests were also ditched for vaccinated Brits back in February.

Unvaccinated travellers still had to take them, but this will no longer be the case from tomorrow.

Mandatory face masks on flights

Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, face masks have been compulsory on all flights across all airlines. 

However, a growing number of airlines have been ditching mandatory face masks onboard, with more dropping the rule this week.

Yesterday, British Airways scrapped masks, following in the footsteps of Jet2 and TUI, while Virgin Atlantic has said they will start scrapping them on flights to the Caribbean.

Ryanair is also expected to drop mandatory masks in the coming weeks.