When traveling into or out of the United States, it’s important to have the most up-to-date travel requirements for both your destination and your return. Seven Corners can help prepare you by providing current information on COVID travel requirements for the U.S. so you have a smooth journey from start to finish.
Before we get to U.S. COVID travel requirements, note that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend all travelers get up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines, wear a mask, and wash their hands often or use hand sanitizer.
To prevent the spread of COVID and other illnesses, the CDC also recommends staying away from others or wearing a mask if you have respiratory symptoms. This is especially beneficial on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation as well as in transportation hubs such as airports.
These guidelines seem pretty simple, but some other travel requirements can be more confusing. Requirements may be different depending on where you’re going, where you’re from, and when you’re traveling. It’s important to do your research and understand what measures you must take to travel — and get back home — wisely and safely.
Are There Travel Restrictions for Domestic Travel in the U.S.?
As of April 2025, there were no longer any restrictions for domestic travel within the United States due to COVID.
For any kind of travel, it is always recommended that you research the risks associated with visiting your specific destination. While local officials may not have issued travel restrictions, there may still be outbreaks of illnesses such as COVID, measles, or flu. Knowing the risks can help you prepare and adjust your travel plans as necessary.
Do I Need a Negative COVID Test to Fly to the USA?
The CDC no longer requires most travelers flying from a foreign country to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery in order to enter the United States.
What COVID test is required for travel?
If you are traveling to the U.S., you are no longer required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test to enter the country.
If you’re traveling outside the U.S., check if your destination also requires a negative COVID-19 test result and if they have additional testing requirements. Some countries may require tests performed by a specific, trusted entity.
Do You Need Proof of COVID Vaccine to Travel?
The U.S. no longer requires the COVID vaccine to enter the country. However, proof of vaccination may be required by other countries, so verify your destination’s requirements before traveling.
Also, regardless of vaccine mandates, your destination may require you to present a negative COVID-19 test result from a Trusted Testing Partner within one day of boarding your flight.
What If I Test Positive for COVID Before or During My Trip?
Seven Corners can help in several ways. Our plans are designed to help protect your health and your belongings in a range of unexpected situations.
Cancelling your trip
If your plan, such as Seven Corners Trip Protection, includes a trip cancellation benefit, you can be reimbursed for cancelling your trip if you get sick with COVID before your trip and a physician says you cannot travel. Some conditions apply, and these conditions can vary by plan. Review your plan document or talk to an agent for details.
Using coverage for medical expenses
If you get sick with COVID or another illness during your trip, travel insurance can pay for your medical treatment. COVID is covered the same as any other type of sickness.
If you require a medical evacuation or repatriation, that would also be covered in the same way as if you were being evacuated or repatriated due to other illness or injury.
Extending your coverage
If you contract COVID-19 during your trip, you may have to quarantine until you test negative, even if you’re not symptomatic. You may also not be able to fly home right away as most airlines still do not permit travelers with COVID on flights.
Seven Corners’ travel medical plans may allow you to extend your coverage if you contract COVID and cannot return home on the date you originally planned. Contact Seven Corners as soon as possible after your diagnosis to let us know about your situation, and we can help arrange an extension if you are eligible under your plan.
Our trip protection plans cannot be renewed after you have departed on your trip. However, in certain situations, an extension may be possible, or you may also be able to purchase a travel medical plan.
Contact your agent or Seven Corners, and we can help you choose the best option.
Using coverage for related expenses
Benefits of your plan may include coverage for trip interruption and trip delay. These benefits can be helpful if you test positive for COVID and a physician determines that you must interrupt your trip and quarantine due to the illness.
Trip interruption and trip delay typically cover different expenses. Trip delay is meant to help with expenses that arise due to an unexpected lag or pause in your trip. Examples include lodging and meal expenses.
Trip interruption, on the other hand, can address expenses related to you having to alter existing transportation arrangements — perhaps you have to rebook your original flight at a greater cost. Be sure to read and understand your plan so you know when these benefits would apply and what expenses they could cover.
COVID Travel Insurance
Seven Corners plans provide coverage to protect your health, money, and belongings if you get sick with COVID during your trip. Learn more about this coverage by visiting our Travel Insurance for COVID resource or by contacting our licensed agents.
