Travel & COVID in Scandinavia

Latest Update: June 9, 2021

The team at Discover Scandinavia Tours keeps working hard through these difficult times. We are also keeping a close eye on all the developments in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Here we will share those developments with you, in the most useful and condensed form possible. Our goal is to provide you with accurate information that you can use, not just generalities.

This page will be updated weekly (or as close to that as possible).

Changes in the last 30 days

Vaccinated visitors from the OECD countries can enter Denmark
Finland has opened its borders to vaccinated travelers from Australia and New Zealand

Border Closures, Quarantines and Other Restrictions

The following conditions address, specifically, tourists coming from the USA, Canada, The United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand (“non-essential travel). Conditions may be different IF:

You are a citizen or legal resident of one of the Scandinavian countries;
You have a travel need considered “essential.”

ICELAND

The Icelandic government has announced that all travelers are welcome to visit Iceland, starting on April 6, without being subject to border measures, such as testing and quarantine, if they can show either:

A certificate of full vaccination against COVID-19
A certificate of previous COVID-19 infection

Official source: Icelandic Directorate of Health

NORWAY

Visitors are currently not permitted into the country

Official source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health

DENMARK

Vaccinated visitors from the OECD countries can enter the country

Official source: Danish Government

FINLAND

Vaccinated visitors from Australia and New Zealand are permitted into the country
Other visitors are currently not permitted into the country

Official source: The Finnish Border Guard

SWEDEN

Visitors are currently not permitted into the country

Official source: Emergency Information from Swedish Authorities

Discover Scandinavia Tours – Current Operations

We are still going strong, getting ready to send our clients to Scandinavia. Specifically, we are:

Rescheduling vacation programs originally scheduled for June and July of 2021.
Booking new vacations through the winter of 2023.

Discover Scandinavia Tours – New Cancellation & Rescheduling Policies

We have made our policies more flexible and accommodating than ever. If you want all the details, please refer to this LINK.

With many clients scheduled to travel in 2021 (including many clients who were originally traveling in 2020), a common question has been: “What if COVID is still impeding travel in 2021?”

To address this particular question, we created exceptions to our policies. They are as follows:

The following scenarios will trigger exceptions to our standard terms & conditions for program postponement and cancellation:

The U.S. Department of State issues a Level 4: Do Not Travel Global Health Advisory, or the government in the client’s country of residence restricts all but essential travel;
The U.S. Department of State issues a Level 4: Do Not Travel due to COVID-19 for the destination the client is travelling to, or the government in the client’s country of residence issues a comparable advisory;
The destination the client is travelling to has entry restrictions in place that prohibit the client from travelling, such as closed borders or extended quarantine requirements;
International flights are cancelled without alternative routing available for client to use to reach the destination(s) in the itinerary;

If any of the scenarios described above is in place at NINETY (90) DAYS prior to a client’s departure, the client will be allowed to:

Change their programs to a future date at no additional cost, OR
Cancel their programs and receive a reimbursement of payments made to Discover Scandinavia Tours, minus the initial deposit of $1,000 USD per traveler.

Discover Scandinavia Tours – Payment Protocols

We have also eased our payment protocols, in order to increase your peace of mind. We understand that travelers cannot wait to explore the world again, but concerns exist. Our new protocols are, for ALL of our tours:

First payment: $1,000 USD per passenger, due at the time of BOOKING;
Balance:
- 50 % due 120 days prior to the start of your program.
- 50 % due 60 days prior to the start of your program

Do you have other QUESTIONS?

Please do not hesitate: get in touch with us and we will be happy to address any questions you may have. We cannot wait to send you to Scandinavia!