What was your experience with covid testing turnaround time

[Centrals]

FYI: U.S. testing requirement is 3 days (not 72 hours) before travel

Their explanation makes the requirement more straightforward for travelers.

ticotimes.net

Not sure if it is accurate now. But that is for entering into USA, for most countries in SE Asia it is 72hrs.
Read the entry requirement for each country and this even apply within EU.

COVID entry rules for travelers to Europe – DW – 07/05/2022

Most European countries have lifted travel restrictions — despite ongoing high infection numbers. DW Travel has compiled this overview of EU rules.

www.dw.com

"Change without warning"!!! Stranded in a foreign country because its border is closed suddenly. Read so many stories in Mar 2020 in Philippines.
Probably one of the reason that deters would be travellers.

 

[Centrals]

Stranded at foreign airports is NOT a film but absolute reality.
Plenty of hard luck stories.

Paris airport: Algerian passengers from UK stranded for weeks

Twenty-six Algerians who flew from the UK have spent three weeks waiting to complete their journey.

www.bbc.com

Closer at home:

Passenger stuck in airport limbo for three months

Several visitors have are stuck in limbo at Hong Kong airport - with a Vietnamese man stranded for three months - after being caught by lockdowns in their home countries because of the Covid-19 pandem...

www.thestandard.com.hk