With substantial changes to France’s border rules set for tomorrow morning, it can be tricky to keep track of the latest vaccination, testing and admin requirements - not to mention the timing of it all.

French travel is back on for the vaccinated, a French government minister confirmed this morning, with a decree set to be published tomorrow morning.

The changes will go into immediate effect, with slightly tighter testing rules in place for travellers.

Here’s everything you need to know about the change in rules:

Travellers to France after it opens tomorrow will be able to take a lateral flow (antigen) test before travel.

This must be privately booked and paid for - you may not use free NHS tests for travel purposes.

You must also fill in France’s online health screening form ahead of travel and upload the QR codes from your NHS Covid Pass to France’s TousAntiCovid app for entry to most indoor and public venues.

The French government has confirmed that it will lift its strict travel ban on the UK from tomorrow morning - but only for fully vaccinated travellers.

Vaccinated Britons will be able to enter France with a negative test result taken within the previous 24 hours, and can avoid quarantine.

However, no rules will change for unvaccinated travellers, who must still have a “compelling reason” to enter, as per the 18 December rule change.

If they meet the government’s criteria for entry, unvaccinated visitors must provide a negative Covid test (a PCR or an antigen within the 24 hours before travel) and self-isolate for 48 hours, emerging only with a negative test result after that.

Ministers have not yet released an exact time for the rule change, only announcing that the decree will be published tomorrow and go into effect immediately.

Here’s everything we know so far:

France will reopen its border to fully vaccinated UK holidaymakers from tomorrow, Friday 14 January, French minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has confirmed.

“We are relaxing the entry conditions to France from the UK for vaccinated travelers,” tweeted Lemoyne, the minister delegate for tourism.

“End of compelling reasons and isolation on arrival a negative test < 24h will be requested at the start.

“The decree will be published tomorrow morning, with immediate entry into force.”

Visitors from Britain must show a negative Covid test result taken within the 24 hours before departure.

They will not be subject to quarantine.

Holidaymakers to France should check the current vaccine passport rules for domestic venues, which change on Saturday.

Four weeks after France announced it was closing its borders to arrivals from the UK, the travel ban remains in place. Simon Calder, travel correspondent of The Independent, offers his thoughts on why.

“The ban was brought in ostensibly because of concern about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Since the start of the year, France has had a rate of new Covid infections roughly twice as high as the UK – almost all of them attributable to Omicron.

“The ban is clearly both futile and damaging – emotionally to many people deprived of family visits and holidays, and economically to ferry, train and air operators as well as the French tourism industry. So why would France continue with the pointless closure of its frontiers?

“The kindest explanation is of fears that large numbers of British visitors testing positive for coronavirus would add to the pressure on the French health service.

“But politics provides more plausible explanations – in particular the need leaders feel to look tough by imposing travel bans. Some say the ban was a political response to the UK’s bizarre decision in July 2021 to create a special ‘amber plus’ category in coronavirus travel rules, requiring all arrivals from France to quarantine.

“British ministers ascribed that ban to a ‘variant of concern’ prevalent on the French island of Réunion, but have never fully explained why the isle itself was exempted from the category.

“In addition, opening frontiers to Brits while closing down big events in France and making people work from home is unlikely to prove popular – except among people and businesses who benefit directly from UK tourism.

“But the continuation of a pointless travel ban may simply be yet another example of the tendency of governments to be very swift to impose restrictions yet to be very slow to ease them.”

For Simon’s latest thoughts on the France travel situation, listen to his podcast here:

Ski operators do not expect the French ban to be lifted in time for the coming weekend’s departures, research by The Independent indicates.

Crystal Ski, part of the Tui Group, is selling trips to Austria, Bulgaria and Italy.

A week’s holiday to Mayrhofen in Austria, including flights from Birmingham to Innsbruck, transfers and B&B accommodation, is on offer for £317. Covid tests will add around £100 to the cost.

Inghams’ first departure to France is scheduled for Saturday 22 January – with the lowest cost option being a week in La Plagne in the French Alps for £329, including flights from Gatwick, transfers and accommodation.

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