Only the rich will be able to travel if the Covid testing racket is allowed to continue Given the soaring costs of tests, families planning on going abroad may have to think again 30 December 2020 • 2:00pm As news of the Oxford vaccine gives hope to everyone trapped in lockdown, many are dreaming of a 2021 where life returns to normal. The thought of getting away from the horrors of the past year is a dream for millions. Yet international travel has returned to the bad old days of being a privilege of the rich. Where once low-cost airlines enabled ordinary families to jet off abroad, the risk of ever-changing rules and regulations, non-refundable flights and quarantines mean most people cannot roll the dice.