Bedford family-run travel agency offering PCR Covid tests for under £45

As travelling abroad becomes more and more expensive with the excessive pricing of PCR tests, one family-run travel agency is trying to ease the burden.

Global Travel Experts of Bedford has decided to offer the tests for under £45.

Supplied via Eurofins Scientific Services, the tests are easy to take and - just in case - the Global Travel Experts team in Castle Lane are there to help.

Owner Meherwan Bozorgi said: “These are testing times for travellers so we decided to go through the very challenging process of becoming an authenticated station as a service to ease the burden of travellers having to travel outside Bedford and/or pay extortionate prices for these tests.

“This service is not only available to our clients, but all those travelling."

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The cost of Covid travel tests were cut last month after health secretary Sajid Javid said too many providers were "acting like cowboys".

However, they were only cut from £88 to £68 for a single PCR test - which still acts as a barrier for many families, with many asking why they need to pay for a test to travel when it's usually free.

Prices can vary on the Government website from anything from £20 for a swab on site in north London to £300 for a swab at home.

And - according to insurance company Admiral - with one person needing to take up to three tests per trip, the UK is the second most expensive country, behind the US.

On avrage, a single traveller will have to pay around £92 in the UK, a couple £184 and a family of four £276.