100% correct crawdaddy. Covid does not discriminate - it has killed people who are fitness instructors, marathon runners etc. When you get vaccinated it is to protect yourself against getting deathly ill from the virus but equally important, a medical fact is that it lessens the chance that if you do get the virus that you will spread it to others. Stop letting social media, and insane whatsapp messages that spread false information about the vaccine to take over everybody's common sense. If you have questions about the vaccine read what the facts are from the CDC or WHO and not whatsapp.
They are shocked that tourists would book an airline ticket for $700, hotels for $2k, request vacation time from work and then wouldn't want to wait until a few days before this nonrefundable trip to apply thru a website - they must be crazy. And when we don't get an answer to the Health Visa 2 days before our trip - we are out $4,000. No thanks. They obviously think everyone is simply traveling from Ft Lauderdale and only has an $80 boat trip on the line. The health visa also requires that people who have been vaccinated provide the lab name and phone number (mandatory fields in the application). The Government in charge of this site needs to educate themselves as to what happens in the US. People in Massachusetts actually can get vaccinated at the mall as a 'walk-in'. No lab name, no lab phone number to provide.
Exactly! And what they gov't fails to understand is that everyone is not just traveling from Miami and when a health visa is not approved in time, we are simply out a $50 boat ride. I am traveling from across the US. So the flight is $650, and I have to book a hotel for 7 days. I have been vaccinated for months. I just asked healthvisa@bahamas.com and they said even though I am fully vaccinated I can only apply for a health visa a week before my flight leaves. WHY? So I am going to book over $2,000 in non-refundable ticket/hotel to sit on the edge of my seat and see if they will approve my health visa at the last minute. And they need a paper copy, so I guess they expect me to bring my printer to the airport so when they approve me an hour before my flight I can print it out at the airport. I don't think they understand how traveling works. It makes absolutely no sense.
traveler says...
100% correct crawdaddy. Covid does not discriminate - it has killed people who are fitness instructors, marathon runners etc. When you get vaccinated it is to protect yourself against getting deathly ill from the virus but equally important, a medical fact is that it lessens the chance that if you do get the virus that you will spread it to others. Stop letting social media, and insane whatsapp messages that spread false information about the vaccine to take over everybody's common sense. If you have questions about the vaccine read what the facts are from the CDC or WHO and not whatsapp.
On Restrictions eased for those fully vaccinated in the US
Posted 15 May 2021, 10:31 a.m. Suggest removal
traveler says...
They are shocked that tourists would book an airline ticket for $700, hotels for $2k, request vacation time from work and then wouldn't want to wait until a few days before this nonrefundable trip to apply thru a website - they must be crazy. And when we don't get an answer to the Health Visa 2 days before our trip - we are out $4,000. No thanks. They obviously think everyone is simply traveling from Ft Lauderdale and only has an $80 boat trip on the line. The health visa also requires that people who have been vaccinated provide the lab name and phone number (mandatory fields in the application). The Government in charge of this site needs to educate themselves as to what happens in the US. People in Massachusetts actually can get vaccinated at the mall as a 'walk-in'. No lab name, no lab phone number to provide.
On ‘All hands on deck’ as visa site overwhelmed
Posted 11 May 2021, 11:30 p.m. Suggest removal
traveler says...
Exactly! And what they gov't fails to understand is that everyone is not just traveling from Miami and when a health visa is not approved in time, we are simply out a $50 boat ride. I am traveling from across the US. So the flight is $650, and I have to book a hotel for 7 days. I have been vaccinated for months. I just asked healthvisa@bahamas.com and they said even though I am fully vaccinated I can only apply for a health visa a week before my flight leaves. WHY? So I am going to book over $2,000 in non-refundable ticket/hotel to sit on the edge of my seat and see if they will approve my health visa at the last minute. And they need a paper copy, so I guess they expect me to bring my printer to the airport so when they approve me an hour before my flight I can print it out at the airport. I don't think they understand how traveling works. It makes absolutely no sense.
On D’Aguilar: Fake vaccination cards are a concern
Posted 3 May 2021, 10:31 p.m. Suggest removal