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Got space in your luggage? Air travellers get paid to carry parcels

If you’re only taking carry-on luggage the next time you fly, Shelvie Fernan wants to talk. She’ll buy your checked-baggage capacity — and pay you up to $1,400 for it. Fernan is the CEO and co-founder of Fly and Fetch, an Edmonton-based startup that has its eye on being the next big shared-economy firm to …

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Hong Kong scraps hotel quarantine, PCR test before departure for incoming travellers

Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travellers to quarantine in designated hotels as it seeks to remain competitive and open up globally after nearly two years. Incoming travellers will also no longer need a negative PCR test within 48 hours before boarding a plane to …

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The end of random border testing can’t come soon enough for many travellers

The federal government’s pandemic border measures — including random testing for vaccinated travellers — could be coming to an end soon. It might not be soon enough for many travellers and tourism operators. Sources told CBC News that the government is likely to end all of the measures in the near term …

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New protections for air travellers come into force this week — but they don’t go far enough, critics say

New regulations on refunds for air passengers are coming into force this week, but consumer advocates and airlines are raising concerns about the rules. Since 2019, federal rules have required airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights when those disruptions happen for reasons the airlines themselves can control. Starting Sept. 8, airlines will …

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Meet the librarian in rural Vermont helping stranded travellers with the ArriveCAN app

Sharon Ellingwood White says that 10 years ago, she was helping local residents create Facebook accounts. Now the part-time librarian in Canaan, Vt., says she’s become the “de-facto” local expert in another must-have app: ArriveCAN, the COVID-19 health data entry program that’s mandatory for anyone seeking to enter Canada by motor vehicle or airplane. “I live it day in …

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Flight changes, cancellations causing chaos for Fort McMurray travellers

Air Canada’s suspension of its direct Fort McMurray-Toronto flight is causing chaos and stress among travellers, and some say they won’t be using the airline again in the future. Nathalie Berthelot says her flights have been changed nearly a dozen times. She’s trying to get back home to New Richmond, Que., to see …

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Frustrated by passport wait ‘chaos,’ would-be travellers in Montreal take matters into their own hands

Marie Soulier has spent four straight days standing in line outside the passport office at Montreal’s Guy-Favreau complex, waiting to collect her passport. She arrives at 5:30 each morning and leaves when the office closes. She is still waiting, and her flight leaves for France tonight. She is just one …

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EU to lift mask requirement for air travellers next week

The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said Wednesday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it hoped the joint decision, made with the European Centre for Disease …

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UK lifts all testing requirements for vaccinated travellers, Health News, ET HealthWorld

UK lifts all testing requirements for vaccinated travellers, Health News, ET HealthWorld

LONDON: Vaccinated travellers can enter Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19. British residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine now only …

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