Coronavirus travel update. Welcome to the YPT COVID-19 / Coronavirus travel updates page. With this page we aim to give up to date travel advice on which countries are open to tourism during the current pandemic. As you might imagine one of the most frequent questions we are getting asked right now is which countries […]

Can I travel to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan? In short no you cannot and the current situation is that people are trying to rush out of the country rather than visit on a sojourn. To read about our last trip to Afghanistan click here. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you may have […]

Russia to open to tourism by August 9th according to a report by “Traveling Lifestyle”, although as yet there is scant other corroborating news. If the information proves to be correct it will be great news for our Soviet Tours , although with China closed will make taking the Trans-Siberian to Moscow this October still […]

Saudi Arabia to reopen for tourism as of August 1st according to a report from Reuters. In a statement released by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism they stated; “Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to enter without having to be institutionally quarantined upon providing a negative Covid-19 PCR test and a vaccination certificate,” This has […]

What are the rules for traveling to green, amber and red list countries? The UK has finally allowed people to travel again, but with no travel passport in place yet and almost algebraic equations now here you can and can’t go things are certainly a little opaque. To read about of travel passports will actually […]

Will there be a travel passport after all? As travel has slowly started to resume there has been constant talk of a travel passport, something us and indeed others in the industry have been clamoring for, but alas this has not only not happened yet, but as things stand probably looks unlikely, at least as […]

The Young Pioneer Tours COVID-19 travel procedure is our set of additional guidelines for people travelling with us during the pandemic. The COVID-19 travel procedure page has been set up to give extra clarification and complement our Terms & Conditions of travel, not as a replacement for them. Overview of our COVID-19 Travel Procedure The […]

Can LGTB people travel to Chernobyl and Transnistria? The short answer to this question is that yes they can, but certain cultural and safety sensitivities also need to be taken on board. Much of Eastern Europe and this includes Ukraine, Transnistria, and Moldova are not particularly LGTB friendly, although they are much less dangerous than […]

Canadians allowed to travel again from July 5th, provided they have been vaccinated and upload their data to the ArriveCAN app, according to an announcement from the federal government today. The law basically means that Canadians who have been vaccinated will now be able to travel without having to enter expensive government run quarantine centres […]

If you want to travel you will need to vaccinated or at least that is how current global trends are pointing. Over the last month countries from Iceland, to the Seychelles, Moldova and as of Today Thailand have announced that they will be, or have opened their borders to fully vaccinated tourists. To read about […]