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Swoop Has New Beach Vacation Packages But You Need A Negative COVID-19 Test To Go

An all-inclusive vacation that includes a COVID-19 test!
Senior Writer

With Swoop's Jamaica vacation packages available for this winter, Canadians get an all-inclusive trip and access to a COVID-19 test that needs to be negative to board the flight. 

The low-cost airline is offering Trusted Travel Getaways which are meant to let Canadians travel to a sunny destination while also staying safe.

If you book a vacation, there are flights from Toronto to Montego Bay, Jamaica on December 19December 26, and January 2 departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport.

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$1,450 starting cost of a package per traveller

Every single traveller is required to take a COVID-19 test before departure with these packages and the airline is offering that itself at no additional cost.

To board the flight to Montego Bay, you must have proof of a negative test result.

Packages start at $1,450 per traveller and include round-trip flights, a seven-night all-inclusive stay at the Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay, hotel shuttle, and the airline's complimentary COVID-19 travel insurance.

The hotel is located in one of Jamaica's Resilient Corridors which was created for safe tourism and requires all hotels to follow a set of COVID-19 protocols.

If you travel anywhere outside of the country, you have to complete entry requirements and quarantine for 14 days when you get back.

Also keep in mind that Canada still has restrictions on international travel in place and is advising against travel outside of the country.

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    • Senior Writer

      Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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