Digital certificate required for access to restaurants and hotels

@jgibson When we visited this summer, we had stopped in Germany first and got their Covid pass by showing our CDC card and a stamped printout from our state health department showing our vaccination record (Germans love stamps - luckily the pharmacy that did them were happy to sign and stamp the printouts). Once in Portugal, the German/EU app that showed a QR code and "proof" was sufficient for the hotels. I wonder if a Portuguese pharmacy would do the same thing if you show the CDC card and a state health dept printout? Of course, it wouldn't be helpful when checking in initially, but may help later on. The CDC card just looks like a 12-yr old's class project - can't blame them for being skeptical - we were asked several times if that card was enough in the US.

I visited Portugal this past summer just when these same type of rules were coming into effect, late July and August. For sure, covid test to get into the country and return to the US. While I was in Portugal I did have to show my vaccination record and negative covid test within ? 72 hours at the first hotel. Subsequent hotels were varied, the larger cities, Coimbra, Leiria and Lisbon they accepted my covid vaccination card only, another larger hotel did not and I had to get covid tested. You can get rapid tests (at least when I was there) for about 6 euro in the pharmacies and do the test in front of the hotel staff. Tchau.

We have arrived and I asked the hotel we will be staying in on 1 Dec when rules change and they said no test needed but show your vaccine passport. So no test at the moment at hotels. 
I don’t know how it works to prove US vaccines. I guess you could email your hotel if you have it booked and ask what they accept as proof from the US? 

Hey John,

Konni and I used our California digital certification when we were there in July. Maybe your state has something similar?

https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/

I'm going to try to use that again when we are there at the end of the month.