Quote Originally Posted by ThePachenas View Post
We are heading down at end of January -- and really hope we will be able to make it.

Omicron is most certainly in Jamaica. It's just too prevalent now where the majority of tourists come from.

There are too many leaks in the system:

  • no mandatory vaccinations for tourists.
  • tests up to 72 hours before arrival mean more opportunity for virus to be contracted post test.
  • the fact that rapid antigen tests are allowed, and the higher number of false negatives from those tests -- especially in the early stages of infection when the viral loads are increasing.
We were planning to be there January 9 to 28 but..... I have to agree. There are too many leaks in the system. I would hate to arrive in Negril to find out I have been infected on our way in. The fact that our flight was modified from a non-stop from Ottawa to MoBay to include a stop-over in Toronto made me feel even more uncomfortable. Also the latest advice from the Gov't of Canada is to "Avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada until further notice."
In November we had the impression we were getting near the end of this pandemic but now I feel we have gone back to December 2020.
So, it was a VERY hard decision but we canceled yesterday. Not that our heart didn't want to go but our head won that debate. That's me but everyone decides what's good for them.