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by PedroCandeias 1922 days ago
No, just 5. You get the results a few hours after each test. I flew in on a Sunday, went into quarantine, got my landing test results same day, did my second test Friday morning (took 2min to enter, get tested and come back out) and got my negative results via app at lunch time, at which point I was done with quarantine.
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StavrosK 1922 days ago
That's pretty good, but if you can only afford a week (which is already more than the vast majority of people in my country can afford), it makes it a non-starter... Doesn't help that Iceland is expensive, I guess...
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darkwater 1922 days ago
Don't want to sound harsh but, given how isolated Iceland is, anything less than a week is like... wasting money anyway? Obviouvsly if it's a business trip you might go and stay one or two days, but for anything involving leisure, I don't know, adding extra 5 days quarantine is not that a big deal (if you can afford going to Iceland anyway).
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spijdar 1922 days ago
Some people can only stay a week. I went for a week several years back, and in that time drove up through the highlands, tent camping and inching my way all the way around the island. I ended with a day trip to Vestmannaeyjar before flying back. I might not have been able to add an extra 5 days to said trip, and definitely couldn't now, where I only get a week of paid leave every six months or so.
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StavrosK 1922 days ago
If you go for a week, basically doubling the costs of the trip for a quarantine is anything but a big deal, I'd think. I'm not sure how you figure that paying double for a trip so you can quarantine isn't a big deal...
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Moru 1922 days ago
Some countries you get a lot more paid vacation. We have 25 days per year for example.
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darkwater 1922 days ago
IDK, it's just that I usually like to go "deep" when traveling an one week for place like Iceland seems too few days.
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flemhans 1921 days ago
A week is a good trip. We went around the whole island (the outer ring road) in five days and saw so many beautiful places. It was almost too much. This was in June 2020, so there were no tourists. Incredible nature.

Edited to add: It's isolated, but still just a few hours flight from us-east and northern Europe.

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