Travelling to Turkey

[jabjab]

I'm wanting to travel to Turkey within the next month and from what I understand that the only thing I need to do is provide a covid free test 3 days before boarding the plane to Turkey and provide a test showing i'm covid free 3 days before I depart back to Canada.

Anyone confirm if I'm missing anything here? Seems pretty easy

[taemo]

looks like it, and dont fly through the UK

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/turkey
https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-ca/announcements/coronavirus-outbreak/travel-restrictions/#:~:text=As%20of%20December%2030%2C%202020,from%20the%20country%20of%20origin.

[jabjab]

looks like it, and dont fly through the UK

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/turkey
https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-ca/announcements/coronavirus-outbreak/travel-restrictions/#:~:text=As%20of%20December%2030%2C%202020,from%20the%20country%20of%20origin.

Yep, that's what I gathered too. Nobody is accepting anyone from the UK.

[Tik-Tok]

Yep, that's what I gathered too. Nobody is accepting anyone from the UK.

Unless you're connecting through the US.

The only part you're missing is the test at the airport when you get back, then self quarantine until results are back, then another test.

[bjstare]

This totally sounds like a good idea.


Anyways, you'll want to ensure you can get a covid test with a 3 day turnaround before your trip home. I have no idea what the protocols are like in Turkey, but I know some (probably lots of) other places right now a foreigner has just about zero chance of getting a test and result in a 72h window... meaning you won't be able to get on a plane home.

[jabjab]

This totally sounds like a good idea.


Anyways, you'll want to ensure you can get a covid test with a 3 day turnaround before your trip home. I have no idea what the protocols are like in Turkey, but I know some (probably lots of) other places right now a foreigner has just about zero chance of getting a test and result in a 72h window... meaning you won't be able to get on a plane home.

Well its no secret that i'm going to get hair transplants done and I believe the clinic would help get the tests for clients coming from out of country..well at least that what the clinic said.

[Xtrema]

This totally sounds like a good idea.


Anyways, you'll want to ensure you can get a covid test with a 3 day turnaround before your trip home. I have no idea what the protocols are like in Turkey, but I know some (probably lots of) other places right now a foreigner has just about zero chance of getting a test and result in a 72h window... meaning you won't be able to get on a plane home.

A 3 day layover in US before coming home? I'm sure PCR test should be widely available.

[killramos]

Hair transplants...

I think I’m just going to stop there

[bjstare]

Well its no secret that i'm going to get hair transplants done and I believe the clinic would help get the tests for clients coming from out of country..well at least that what the clinic said.

Believe it or not, I had no idea that you, some random internet stranger, was travelling across the world for hair transplants. If the clinic is guaranteeing your test for the trip home, that's obviously ideal. I still think it's a silly thing to be doing international travel now, but that's just me.


A 3 day layover in US before coming home? I'm sure PCR test should be widely available.

Seems like a good contingency plan, albeit a pain in the ass.

[gwill]

You didn't get the memo obviously. If you travel you deserve to lose your job and be publicly shamed.

[Darkane]

Hair transplants...

I think I’m just going to stop there

We can all have flowing Killy locks like your avatar.

[killramos]

We can all have flowing Killy locks like your avatar.

It’s a cross some of us must bear

[jabjab]

Believe it or not, I had no idea that you, some random internet stranger, was travelling across the world for hair transplants. If the clinic is guaranteeing your test for the trip home, that's obviously ideal. I still think it's a silly thing to be doing international travel now, but that's just me.



Seems like a good contingency plan, albeit a pain in the ass.

Heck , i think its the perfect time to go for a hair transplant. By the time everyone goes back to offices full time, I'd have a thick full head of hair!

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Hair transplants...

I think I’m just going to stop there

no different than women getting ass implants, breast implants, or lip injections :)

[killramos]

no different than women getting ass implants, breast implants, or lip injections :)

Couldn’t have put it better myself

[bjstare]

96790

[prae]

the feck kind of sketchy ass elective cosmetic surgery do you have to fly all the way to TURKEY for. fuck no. no thank you.

[taemo]

slightly unrelated, where did Elon Musk get his hair transplant done?

[prae]

slightly unrelated, where did Elon Musk get his hair transplant done?

if papa musk got one then shit sign me up

[Xtrema]

if papa musk got one then shit sign me up

https://parsamohebi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Elon-Musk-Hair-Transplant.jpg

Inquiring mine wants to know.

But I'll probably gonna save $ and go for Breaking Bad Bezo

https://imagez.tmz.com/image/a5/o/2017/07/14/a512027bdd495f088ff3fa0361980c4e_md.jpg


So it's 1/10th of the cost in Turkey.....
https://qz.com/954680/in-turkeys-cutthroat-hair-transplant-tourism-industry-the-biggest-losers-are-the-patients-and-syrian-refugees/

And hell no.

[Manhattan]

Turkey is the place to go if you want to travel... but still pretty messed up to be traveling during this 2nd wave spike across the world to get hair implants. I'm not sure if people understand that even if you test negative before your trip the risk lies in all the interactions along your trip...flights, restaurants, taxis, hotels and everything else.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/travel/istanbul-tourists-curfew.html

The people traveling in this article :facepalm:



https://imagez.tmz.com/image/a5/o/2017/07/14/a512027bdd495f088ff3fa0361980c4e_md.jpg

More importantly what kinda supplements/roids is Bezos on?

[davidI]

I just left Turkey a couple of weeks ago. I didn't need anything to enter from Bulgaria but things are always changing so who knows. Based on this site (which is by no means official), you would need a negative PCR: https://canitravel.net/countries/turkey?from=canada&passport=canada

Don't forget to get your e-visa ahead of time. https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/

Turkey has been taking COVID quite seriously lately but at the same time, they've made a lot of exceptions for tourists (i.e. no curfew, restaurants in hotels open, etc.). Most hotels will use a "loophole" and check you in for the night (without payment for the room) just in case the cops check so you can use their restaurant/bar.

I'd still be careful as there are a huge number of cases around but I'm all about finding balance during this time as far as being cautious (mask, distancing, etc.) and still living life.

Hotels are quite cheap now. I had a top floor room at Galataport Hotel for only 13 Euros/night and spent 2+ weeks there. Not the nicest hotel or anything but the views were epic and the reception chick was pretty cute.

I'd highly recommend picking up some hand-made looped towels from here as well: https://jennifershamam.webflow.io/ The company was started by a Canadian gal and was recommended to me by expat friends who have been living in Istanbul for 5-years. I bought $200+ in towels and am very happy with them.

96799

Let me know if you have any other Qs.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Tell me what that food is, meow!!
I want to go to there.

[TurboMedic]

Tell me what that food is, meow!!
I want to go to there.

Turkey was one of my favorite trips ever, 3 weeks backpacking around the country. The sights, the food, the people, was all amazing

[davidI]

Tell me what that food is, meow!!
I want to go to there.

That's Pide - basically pizza with different ingredients and in a different shape.

Turkish food is excellent, particularly when you find a good breakfast spread full of cheeses and lebneh and such. All of the mezzes are great and they grill delicious meats as well.