Need to fly to FL from MTL this Sun or Mon. Help getting covid test?

May 20, 2022 9:27 PM

My band is playing a festival in downtown Montreal Canada on Saturday 5/21. Some band members need to fly home to Florida on Sunday or Monday. We need help finding the correct kind of (rapid / supervised) covid test in order to get on an international flight. All the options we have found are > $150!!! Is there any way to get this done for cheaper in downtown Montreal?PLEASE HALP (also this is apparently a holiday weekend aaah)
posted by capnsue to Travel & Transportation (4 answers total)

You might try Shopper's, they're doing travel covid tests at a reasonable rate. Call to make an appointment and bring your passport for the paperwork.
posted by jennstra at 9:52 PM on May 20, 2022

Best answer: (Shoppers is called Pharmaprix in Quebec.)

If you can successfully find a rapid test on the shelf in a pharmacy, you can book a video test appointment from this site for about $30 and get the result certificate within an hour. I’ve used it twice and it worked fine. You need to book a day or two in advance but you can see the available appointment times before you buy.
posted by mekily at 12:25 AM on May 21, 2022 [2 favorites]

I paid C$40 for a rapid test at a shoppers in Toronto about 2 weeks ago
posted by brujita at 4:42 PM on May 21, 2022

Response by poster: THANK YOUUUUU!! my band mates made it to their destinations safe and sound using the zoom-supervised rapid tests.

(The rest of us have been in the van driving home to Baltimore for 10 hours and we’re still driving aaaaaah)
posted by capnsue at 6:49 PM on May 22, 2022 [2 favorites]