So my wife is thinking about traveling overseas next month to visit her family. But with Covid and testing requirements everything seems crazy and I m not sure how anyone travels these days.
Looking for some insight or experience of others that have traveled recently.
She s looking to go to Cambodia, with a stopover in Singapore (just transiting). Requirement is a Covid-19 negative test withing 48 hours of departure (even though Cambodia s requirements is 72 hours, Singapore requires 48 hours, even if just transiting).
The flight (nothing booked yet) would leave around 10:20 PM. So 48 hours is 2 days before, at 10:20 PM, obviously can t get a test then. So she can t get a test until next day (assuming you can get a test scheduled). That leaves little room for getting the results back, especially when time is never guaranteed.
Do airports accept showing it on your phone in case we get it emailed while on the way there?
Then coming back, the US requires a test within 24 hours before departure. Again, since her flight is at around 6:20 PM, it doesn t seem clinics in Cambodia are open after 5 PM (still trying to check around). So that means she would have to take a test the morning of her flight. And I ve heard they don t email it to you, you have to pick it up.
So how can anyone make this work? I would be very worried of her missing flights (going and coming, especially coming) and getting stuck in Cambodia. I worry if they don t give the proper test could she get turned away when arriving in the US, etc.
She is fully vaccinated, but that doesn t exclude tests.
What are people s experiences here?
Thank you for any information.