What to Expect explainer for summer travel in Europe

after the link dies people may still find this thread and wonder what the link said.

What does it say?

That everything is still up in the air, of course!

Some key quotes:

Throughout Europe and the United Kingdom, conditions of and requirements for entry differ from country to country, as does timing. The EU is trying to create more universal requirements for tourism, but each country retains sovereign powers to controls its borders in an emergency.

There are currently eight countries on the EU's "White List," a list of countries whose citizens are permitted to do non-essential travel (such as vacation travel) to the European Union. As of May 6, when the last list was released, countries on the White List were Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and China. This list is expected to be updated shortly and could include the United States.

Will I be able to visit more than one country in Europe, whether I am traveling by land or on some sort of cruise ship?
This situation is in flux, as vaccine programs are rolled out, allowing borders to open, and as new variants are discovered, which close borders down.

Will I have to be tested or quarantine when I return to my home country?
That will depend entirely on the regulations of your home country. As mentioned, almost all air travelers entering the US are required to test before arrival or prove they've recovered from Covid.

Here's the latest on the EU digital COVID certificates

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/eu-digital-covid-certificates-for-travel/index.html

Well the hotels won't be booked up by visitors from "white list" countries. I can assure you that neither NZ nor Australia will allow residents out to Europe this year (and we won't be vaccinated for a while so wouldn't come this year). I suspect Taiwan and Singapore are similar. Not sure that Rwanda is going to over-run Europe?

I'd summarize the article by saying, research, plan but wait until the last minute to book and stay up to date with European news

there's a similar article on Points Guy today laying out the situation in every country in Europe. I was surprised and disappointed that American tourists are still not allowed almost everywhere AND the State Dept. still recommends not travelling to almost everywhere.

there's a similar article on Points Guy today laying out the situation
in every country in Europe. I was surprised and disappointed that
American tourists are still not allowed almost everywhere AND the
State Dept. still recommends not travelling to almost everywhere.

Well we are still in the midst of a pandemic! The rates are already going up in the UK with the delta variant. In Australia it appears that just breathing the same air - even outside is enough to transmit the virus - they now have 63 cases in Melbourne (from none) - thats with very few people vaccinated though. The interesting thing in the UK is how sick /dead people get who are vaccinated

Things are changing at a rapid pace. The travel list for the UK is to be updated today and there is a suggestion that Portugal will be taken off the green list and few, if any, European countries will be added to the green list supposedly due to an increase in the Nepal variant in Europe.

There are also concerns in Europe regarding the Indian variant which has seen cases in the UK rise signifcantly however yesterday marked the first day that there were zero deaths from Covid in the UK and hospitalisations remain low so whilst infections are rising it appears that the risk of hospitilsation and death are low.

Caution appears to be the approach taken by many countries so I don't expect to see a big opening for travel for a while yet.

And, indeed, the UK did take Portugal off its green list.

“What to expect for summer travel in Europe” is a moving target. Look no further than the progress we have made in the US over the last 60 days. Our arrival into Spain in mid August should be vastly different than today’s situation. If not, we have time to re-group.

@Travel Junkie - I'm expecting the same when I go to Paris at the end of October with my sister!

This CNN info is dated June 3 and is not helpful at all.

It is well out of date. It was what might have been expected 2 and a half months ago - a lot of water over the dam since then