Timeshare owners, listen up! Are you headed to your timeshare in Mexico for a much needed vacation? If you are, then you need to know that the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has added regulations for travelers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC is hoping to lower transmission risks with the virus via air travel. Effective January 26th, the CDC will require that travelers entering the United States by air provide a negative antigen COVID-19 test completed within 72 hours before travel. Canadian travelers will need to show a negative PCR test. Before you travel back home, make sure to schedule your COVID testing. These efforts are designed to help reduce transmission risks of the COVID-19 virus from air passengers. Read below to learn if you need a COVID test to travel to vacation at your timeshare.
- Information About CDC COVID-19 Testing
The CDC has put forth regulations that went into effect on January 26, 2021 that require each traveler who enters the United States provide a negative antigen COVID test. Similarly, Canada is also requiring passengers to provide a negative PCR test to enter Canada. Air passengers must take a COVID-19 test within the three days prior to their flight to return to the United States. Proof of the COVID test must be shown in electronic documentation or a written result of the laboratory test. Passengers will need to show these at the airport at check in. If any person contracted COVID while on vacation, then recovered, they must also provide a negative COVID test as well. All airlines are enforcing the regulations and all passengers must provide a negative COVID test to board the airplane. If any passenger doesn’t provide the negative COVID test, they will not be allowed to board the airplane. You should make sure you schedule your COVID test in advance to avoid travel delays.
- COVID Testing
As of now, Mexico isn’t requiring people to provide a COVID test before entering their country, but the CDC is recommending that all travelers take the COVID test before traveling. The CDC is also asking all travelers to take an additional Coronavirus test when they arrive back home, and to refrain from any outings for a week afterwards. Doing this will help in transmitting the virus to other people. The COVID-19 test prior to departing on vacation will assist in knowing which travelers are infected with the virus before anyone boards the plane. That way, timeshare owners and other vacationers are able to safely travel without putting themselves or others at risk.
- The CDC – Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) is an organization that is based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. They strive to protect the health, security, and safety of the Americans. The CDC is doing all they can to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic by providing regulations for all travelers. Currently, new variants of the COVID virus are emerging as well. The hospitals in America are full due to many new cases daily. As a result, the CDC hopes the new travel regulations regarding COVID testing will help slow the virus from being transmitted by travelers. You can still visit your timeshare, just make sure you do not travel if you are sick. Also, schedule your COVID test within the 72 hours before you return home as you have to show proof of a negative test to board your flight.
It is very important that if you are not well, please don’t travel. If you are healthy and feeling well, still continue to practice social distancing and wear your facemasks in public places. Remember, you have to take a COVID test within 72 hours before you leave Mexico if heading back to the US or Canada. Proof that your COVID-19 test is negative is required at the airport in order to board your flight. These testing regulations are a positive way to help protect Americans’ health. If you are wondering where the best place to stay on your Mexico vacation, then you should contact the Villa Group Resorts. They have nine luxurious resorts throughout Mexico and offer a quality timeshare program for qualified applicants. Contact them today to learn more.