Mommabo

I won’t retype everything written in the paper we received, I’m off to bed soon as we cruise tomorrow. I gave you the highlights. It is documented from others on these boards that these tests are accepted. If you don’t feel comfortable, don’t use them. It’s what we had available on very short notice. I refuse to be derailed when my intention was to share information with others who found themselves in similar circumstances. We don’t have Wi-Fi on board, so if you don’t hear back from me, then you can assume all went well. If they aren’t accepted, I will report back and you can say ‘I told you so’.

We sail July 2. Testing was scheduled for June 30, the day changes occurred at Walgreens.

You test yourself. They walk you through the entire process. So much is riding on this test, so you might feel heightened anxiety, but the testing itself is a breeze. Friendly, patient, and professional.

Of our 5 people scheduled to test, 4 indicated travel, 1 indicated exposure at conference and a cough. Only the 4 indicating travel are cruising, the 5th was getting tested due to exposure. No one lied about anything. All of us told we now had to pay $128.99 regardless of the reason. We declined and booked proctored testing (the 4 cruisers). This all happened on the first day the changed was announced. Despite having booked and having appts for free testing, the day of change all would be charged as our insurance did not cover testing. It was an unnecessary and unfortunate stressful situation that we were able to resolve quickly and easily due to all the helpful information provided on these boards. No deception on day of testing, nor the day health questions answered, nor will there be tomorrow when we board. Sheesh.

Oof, that sounds beyond me 🙂 I can tell you it has our name, DOB, DL#, then results.

There is a list on the website of the accepted tests.

Sorry forgot the link: https://rapidtestandtrace.com/product/observed-test-for-travel/?fbclid=IwAR0bo0mxML7Ysl5JvPAUjC-LH9bqLpWNXTwyBqZQUgrypgqA31PoPAT5iSs

Our experience today: Three days ago, we scheduled 4 tests for today at noon, indicating test was for travel. Today added a 5th person, indicating this person had exposure at a conference and a cough. All 5 of us were told we had to pay for testing regardless of travel or exposure/symptoms. Disappointed and a bit panicked, I remembered all the options for proctored testing. On drive home at 12:30, I was making appts with the company below starting as early as 1:00. By 2:00 all 5 of us were tested and had our negative results. So easy and huge relief. If in the future we need this again, would definitely go this route even if CVS were an option, this was so convenient and easy worth every penny. $20 pp using free ihealth we received from the government distribution. I have been reading these boards picking up tips, but usually don’t join discussions as it’s not generally my thing, but this information might be helpful to others and I know I would have been lost without all the previous posts about testing, so I thought I would pay it forward.