An Edinburgh singer and songwriter, Callum Beattie, has had quite the holiday after booking £3 flights to Riga in Latvia only to realise he could not get in anywhere.
The ordeal has highlighted the need for those travelling abroad to check government and NHS websites before setting off.
The artist that shot to fame with their album ‘People Like Us’ had announced on October 11 that he had taken a £3 flight to Riga in Latvia.
But shortly after landing the Salamander street singer realised that he was unable to access pubs and other venues through using his Scottish Covid passport.
He announced on Twitter: “Just landed in Latvia to discover I can only enter bars and shops if I have a Latvian Vaccination Card or QR code. The Scottish one is no use. The worlds gone nuts man. Anyone any ideas how to get a Latvian vaccination certificate?”
Unfortunately the advice on how to acquire a Latvian Covid-19 passport was not forthcoming and Callum was forced to weigh up his options of hopping on a bus to Vilnius in Lithuania or Tallinn in Estonia.
He chose the latter and hoped on a bus to Estonia’s capital where he managed to wrangle a ticket for the Estonia vs Wales match.
He said on Twitter: “Landed in Latvia cannae get a pint or enter a shop cause they don’t accept my Scottish vaccine certificate. Estonia it is then! See you tonight hunny.”
Advice from NHS Scotland for travelling abroad is available on their website.
They say that: “If you are intending to travel abroad you should: check the entry requirements for your destination country on the UK foreign travel advice pages; get up-to-date information from the website of your destination country; check the re-entry requirements for your return to Scotland; only request a vaccination record if it is absolutely required and you are due to travel in the next 21 days.”
The Scottish Government were approached for comment on whether there were any moves with regards to foreign governments accepting a Scottish vaccine passport for entry into their venues.
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