Yes. You need a negative Covid-19 test result taken 3 days before you depart to England. For example if your journey departs on Saturday you can take the test on the Wednesday prior see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england

No, NHS Covid-19 tests are not accepted. You will need to book from a private provider.

If you order by 2pm you will receive your antigen kit the next day 7 days a week. Alternatively if you would like to collect a kit in person you can from one of our sites, opening hours and locations are available at https://101testing.co.uk/day-2-test.

Our nasal swab antigen test kit is UK government approved and works within 15minutes. It has 98.8% accurate (≥97% specificity, ≥96% sensitivity)

If your test comes back inconclusive, we cannot issue a fit to fly certificate. Please contact our sales team for further advice/ a discounted kit.

You may use whatever mode of transportation necessary to travel to your quarantine location. Only use public transport if absolutely necessary. Do NOT travel by public transport if you have any symptoms at all.

Within 3 days of your travel date to England, take a Covid-19 test with a negative result (please see government. You will need to request and buy a day 2 or day 2/8 Test Package before boarding for England.

A passenger locator form must be completed with your quarantine address and your Passenger Locator Form number which we provide on booking.

There is a ban on travel from red list countries to the UK. If you’re travelling from, or have passed through a red list country in the 10 days prior to arrival in England, you must adhere to the UK government’s guidelines.

If you are travelling from a ‘green’ listed country, you do not need to quarantine. If you test positive on the day 2 test you would need to quarantine for a further 10 days from the date of the test.

If you are travelling from an ‘amber’ listed country and you have returned two negative tests for day 2 and 8 you must quarantine for the full 10 days unless you have taken the Test to Release test which can be taken on day 5 after your arrival.

Please note if your day 8 test is negative, you must still quarantine for the full 10 days.

If your day 2 is positive you must quarantine from 10 days after your day 2 result. If you are in quarantine with people you have travelled with, they will also need to quarantine for 10 further days. If you receive a positive result for your day 2 test, you will not be required to take any further tests.

However, people you are staying with will need to take a day 8 test test if they have received a negative result from their day 2 test and have not developed symptoms.

If your day 8 test is not taken you must quarantine for 14 days.

If your day 8 test is positive you must quarantine for a further 10 days from your day 8 test date.

If your day 8 test is inconclusive, you will need to do a further test and quarantine until a negative test result or 14 days.

Yes! We know guidelines and legislation are constantly changing and it can be difficult to keep up. The Test to Release scheme involves a PCR test taken on day 5 after your arrival with the purpose of releasing you early from your quarantine. The Test to Release scheme is optional whereas the Travel Test Package is mandatory. More information on the Test to Release scheme can be found on our relevant page regarding it.

Please note  even if you test negative through the Test to Release scheme and finish your quarantine early, you still need to take your day 8 test.

If either test—day 2 or 8—are positive, you must quarantine for an additional 10 days. More info will be provided with your test results. The purpose of the day 2 and 8 tests is to detect any travellers with a variant of coronavirus.  A positive test result is therefore further analysed at our laboratory with genome sequencing to look for this – there will be no additional cost if this needs to be done. 

Some tests may show that a person has a “variant” of the coronavirus. This will result in contact tracing and Public Health England involvement.

There is more information regarding this available on the government website.

If you are using the postal kit option, we send the kits out to reach you by day 2 latest. It usually takes one day for the samples to reach us in the lab and then upto 24 hours for our laboratory to process the result.

Let’s make that easier for you with a worked example;

 Arrival to UK June 1st - this is considered day 0.

June 2nd to 3rd - kit arrives (day 1-2)

June 3rd (day 2) - undertake day 2 sample and return to us.

June 4th (day 3) - kit reaches lab, may get test result same day

June 5th (day 4) - day 2 result expected

June 9th (day 8) - undertake day 8 sample and return to us

June 10th (day 9) - kit reaches lab, may get test result same day

June 11th (day 10) -  result expected

You can book a separate Day 8 only Travel Test package here (link to day 8 booking)

No, you can just book the Day 2 only travel test package here.

If you do not register your test, it will come back to our lab but we won’t be able to know that it is yours and you will not get your results.

You will need to pay for a replacement test - please get in touch with our team and we can organise this for you.

Your reference number will be located in your confirmation email.

It can also be found in the ‘My account’ section of the website after you have clicked on your specific order. It starts with PHCTE and is followed by 7 digits.

Do not worry, all of our home tests come with very clear instructions. You can always contact our customer service team on orders@101testing.co.uk or on phone if you need any help. Please also check the ‘What Happens Next’ page of the website. Please make sure that you read them carefully and that you complete the check list at the end of your Instruction sheet.

You will receive email notification when your results are ready, you will then need to login to your account to check your results and download your certificate.